Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Gaziantep F.K. & Boluspor face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Turkish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Boluspor have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Gaziantep F.K. form and stats
Gaziantep F.K. participated in Turkish Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.The Gaziantep crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Hatayspor here at Gaziantep Stadyumu.
In the game before, an away victory in the Club Friendlies 2 match versus Konyaspor with a 1-0 scoreline.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Gaziantep F.K.'s earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 2 matches, drawn 4 and lost 0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super Lig game versus Besiktas in only three days. This game is also played here at Gaziantep Stadyumu.
Boluspor form and stats
Boluspor was sent out of Turkish Cup in the 5th round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Lig travels is 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Boluspor are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Eyüpspor.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Bandrmaspor in the 1. Lig.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Boluspor when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 8 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 2 and winning 1 game.
A new game in only three days for Boluspor, the 1. Lig home match versus BB Erzurumspor. Busy days.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Boluspor have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gaziantep F.K. four wins, three draws and Boluspor three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Brandão Figueiredo 5 goals |   I. Baldé 4 goals |  A. Maxim 3 goals |
Gaziantep F.K. missing players
Boluspor missing players
| Gaziantep F.K. | Boluspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 37 | 26 | Scored | S | 10 | 28 | ||
| 29 | 16 | Conceded | C | 13 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.5 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.6 | 8.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 8.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.9 | 3.5 | ||
| 31% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||
| 12.8 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 8.1 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Eyüpspor | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 38 |
| 2 | Pendikspor | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 29 |
| 3 | Samsunspor | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| 4 | Bodrumspor | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 |
| 5 | Rizespor | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Keçiörengücü | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Manisa BBSK | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 8 | Boluspor | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Bandrmaspor | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 10 | Sakaryaspor | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Goztepe | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Altay | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Adanaspor | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -1 | 18 |
| 14 | BB Erzurumspor | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Tuzlaspor | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 16 |
| 16 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Altnordu | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -15 | 12 |
| 18 | Denizlispor | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 22 | -20 | 9 |
| 19 | Gençlerbirliği | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 7 |
