National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gençlerbirliği or Bayburt İÖİ that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Gençlerbirliği nor Bayburt İÖİ as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Gençlerbirliği form and stats
Gençlerbirliği participated in Turkish Cup the last season, where they reached the 4th round.0 victories, 1 draw and 4 defeats. That’s what Gençlerbirliği have to build on here at Eryaman Stadyumu in the 1. Lig.
The home team returns to Eryaman Stadyumu after drawing with Yeni Malatyaspor on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Yeni Malatyaspor last time out, but a goal from Altıparmak completed a comeback to a draw result for Gençlerbirliği.
Preceding that match was a 1. Lig defeat to Manisa BBSK (1-3).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Gençlerbirliği, as the 1. Lig home game vs Eyüpspor is only four days away.
Gençlerbirliği are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Gençlerbirliği with 12 goals conceded in these matches.
Bayburt İÖİ form and stats
They also participated in Turkish Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Bayburt are travelling again after losing away to Corum Belediyespor in their previous match (0-3).
Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Batman Petrolspor.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sivas Belediyespor in just four days.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  G. Gül 3 goals |  İ. Karakaş 3 goals |  B. Alıcı 2 goals |
Gençlerbirliği missing players
Bayburt İÖİ missing players
| Gençlerbirliği | Bayburt İÖİ | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Scored | S | 6 | 20 | ||
| 40 | 19 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 48% | ||
| 4.4 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 11.6 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 5.4 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 26% | ||
| 10.5 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.5 | 9.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Bodrumspor | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Keçiörengücü | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Samsunspor | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Boluspor | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Manisa BBSK | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Rizespor | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | Pendikspor | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | Bandırmaspor | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Sakaryaspor | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | Adanaspor | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 14 |
| 12 | Goztepe | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Tuzlaspor | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 14 | Altay | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Altınordu | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -7 | 12 |
| 16 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 10 |
| 17 | BB Erzurumspor | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 10 |
| 18 | Gençlerbirliği | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Denizlispor | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | -14 | 5 |
