National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ergene Velimeşespor or Elazig Karakocan FK that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's quite the trip for Elazig Karakocan FK when visiting Velimeşespor as the cities are 1300 kilometers apart.
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.
Ergene Velimeşespor form and stats
Ergene Velimeşespor have not come this way in the Turkish Cup without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Halide Edip Advar. Ergene Velimeşespor participated in Turkish Cup the last season, where they reached the 3rd round.The Velimeşespor crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Turk Metal Krkkale here at Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Stadyumu.
Before that, Ergene Velimeşespor played out a 3. Lig: Group 2 draw 1-1 when visiting Ayvalıkgücü Belediyespor.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Velimeşespor have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 7 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 3 and lost 2.
There will be little rest for Ergene Velimeşespor after this match as they are travelling to Kuşadasıspor for a 3. Lig: Group 2 game in only four days.
Elazig Karakocan FK form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Elazgspor in order to reach 2nd round of Turkish Cup. They also participated in Turkish Cup last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Home advantage was not enough for Karakocan in their previous game as they lost hosting Ofspor, 1-3.
A 0-1 defeat away at Karaman Belediyespor before that.Elazig Karakocan FK are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 5 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The 3. Lig: Group 2 trip to 76 Igdir Belediyespor.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Erdöl 2 goals |  İ. Dilek 1 goals | K. Bölük 1 goals |
Ergene Velimeşespor missing players
Elazig Karakocan FK missing players
| Ergene Velimeşespor | Elazig Karakocan FK | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Scored | S | 4 | 27 | ||
| 43 | 23 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 56% | ||
| 56% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 8% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.5 | ||
| 4.1 | 2.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 7.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.9 | 7.1 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.7 | ||
| 40% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 16% | 36% | ||
| 11 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 8.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
