National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gaziantep F.K. or Sakaryaspor that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the home side, as they had a match only four days ago in the Super Lig. This match was also played here at Gaziantep Stadyumu. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sakaryaspor have had more rest.
These teams have little in common geographically as Sakaryaspor have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Gaziantep F.K. form and stats
Last season, Gaziantep's Turkish Cup journey ended in the 8th finals.17 points is a decent return from 7 Super Lig games here at Gaziantep Stadyumu for Gaziantep F.K.. The data says 5 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Gaziantep has recorded two wins in a row here at Gaziantep Stadyumu, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Gaziantep F.K.'s last game was hosting Konyaspor and winning 3-2. Gaziantep F.K. goalkeeper Günay Güvenç did an outstanding job against Konyaspor with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. The victory against Konyaspor came after Joao Figueiredo's winning goal. The Gaziantep manager E. Bulut was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 73rd minute. Midfield player Alexandru Maxim got a match rating of 8.14 in that game, the max score being 10. Maxim served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 36 successful passes (of 39 total).
A Super Lig defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Trabzonspor.The manager E. Bulut will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Goztepe in only four days.
A decent goal production from Gaziantep in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Gaziantep have conceded only 4 goals.
Sakaryaspor form and stats
They also participated in Turkish Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.In general it has been a productive period now for Sakaryaspor as they haven't lost any of their last 15 games.
Sakaryaspor won their last game, 3-0 versus Etimesgut Belediyespor played at home. It's hard not to mention O. Sol's lethal finishing against Etimesgut Belediyespor. three goals were a big reason for the important victory.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-2 against Ergene Velimesespor in the 2. Lig: Kirmizi.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sakaryaspor manager E. Coşkundere as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Turgutluspor.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - two - three (Gaziantep wins - draws - Sakaryaspor wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Babaoğlu 7 goals | O. Sol 7 goals |  J. Brandão Figueiredo 3 goals |
Gaziantep F.K. missing players
Sakaryaspor missing players
| Gaziantep F.K. | Sakaryaspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 31 | 25 | Scored | S | 21 | 55 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Conceded | C | 7 | 14 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 46% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 20% | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.6 | 10.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 11.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 31% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 42% | ||
| 10.3 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 7.3 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Trabzonspor | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 2 | Konyaspor | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 | Hatayspor | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Fenerbahce | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -2 | 24 |
| 6 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 7 | Fatih Karagümrük | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Galatasaray | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 9 | Adana Demirspor | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | Besiktas | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Antalyaspor | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Gaziantep F.K. | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Altay | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 14 | Sivasspor | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 16 |
| 15 | Giresunspor | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 16 | Kayserispor | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 16 |
| 17 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 13 |
| 18 | Goztepe | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 19 | Kasimpasa | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 20 | Rizespor | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -15 | 10 |