National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Balıkesirspor or Kestelspor that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Balıkesirspor form and stats
Balıkesirspor participated in Turkish Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.When playing at home in the 1. Lig, Balıkesirspor have managed 2 wins, 0 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Balıkesirspor with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Keciorengucu game, 36 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
The Balıkesirspor fans got no joy from their last match, a 1. Lig game also here at Balıkesir Atatürk Stadyumu: A 0-2 defeat against Bursaspor.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Denizlispor (1-2).Balıkesirspor are traveling soon after this match as the 1. Lig match at BB Erzurumspor awaits in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Balıkesirspor here at Balıkesir Atatürk Stadyumu in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). On the other hand, Balıkesirspor have conceded 6 goals.
Kestelspor form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Yildirim Belediyesispor in order to reach 3rd round of Turkish Cup. They also participated in Turkish Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The supporters enjoyed Kestelspor's previous game versus Yesilyurt Belediyespor, a 3. Lig: Group 2 3-0 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Carsambaspor at their stadium, the result 1-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Kestelspor manager G. Gündoğdu as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Duzcespor.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Kurt 4 goals |   O. Aynaoğlu 2 goals | A. Timurcioğlu 2 goals |
Balıkesirspor missing players
Kestelspor missing players
| Balıkesirspor | Kestelspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Scored | S | 8 | 29 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 36% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 44% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 45% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 32% | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.6 | ||
| 5.7 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.1 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6.7 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 10.9 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 24% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Umraniyespor | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 24 |
| 2 | Ankaragucu | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | Eyupspor | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | BB Erzurumspor | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Bandrmaspor | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | Kocaelispor | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 7 | Tuzlaspor | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Genclerbirligi | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | Samsunspor | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Boluspor | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Bursaspor | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Menemen Belediyespor | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 11 |
| 13 | Istanbulspor | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | Denizlispor | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Altnordu | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Adanaspor | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Manisa BBSK | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 9 |
| 18 | Keciorengucu | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Balıkesirspor | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 6 |