National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gençlerbirliği or Kırşehir Belediyespor that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Super Lig. Thankfully the previous game, versus Fenerbahçe, was also a home game here at Eryaman Stadyumu. The away team is better rested.
Gençlerbirliği form and stats
Last season, Gençlerbirliği's Turkish Cup journey ended in the 4th round.Gençlerbirliği have played three Super Lig home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead. Gençlerbirliği are slowly digging their own grave here at Eryaman Stadyumu with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Konyaspor match.
Gençlerbirliği's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-5 versus Fenerbahçe. A Super Lig defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Istanbul Basaksehir.
As you see from the result above, Gençlerbirliği suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Gençlerbirliği have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Gençlerbirliği have conceded 3 goals.
Kırşehir Belediyespor form and stats
Belediyespor was sent out of Turkish Cup in the 3rd round last season.Belediyespor has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Karacabey Birlikspor for a 2. Lig: Kirmizi game that ended a draw (2-2). A 0-1 loss hosting Sakaryaspor before that.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  Ü. Bilgi 5 goals |  D. Santos Candeias 2 goals | A. Karadayı 2 goals |
Gençlerbirliği missing players
Kırşehir Belediyespor missing players
| Gençlerbirliği | Kırşehir Belediyespor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 13 | 22 | ||
| 38 | 18 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 44% | ||
| 44% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 251 | 136 | Total Shots | T S | 58 | 113 | ||
| 85 | 44 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 43 | ||
| 20% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 59% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alanyaspor | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 17 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Fatih Karagümrük | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | Kasimpasa | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Rizespor | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Hatayspor | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Besiktas | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Konyaspor | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | Sivasspor | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Goztepe | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | BB Erzurumspor | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Trabzonspor | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Gençlerbirliği | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 20 | Denizlispor | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 21 | Ankaragucu | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 2 |