Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Göztepe & Bucaspor 1928 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Turkish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
These are hectic days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the 1. Lig. That game was an away game at Samsunspor, so at least Göztepe are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Göztepe form and stats
Göztepe was eliminated in the round of 16 last season in the Turkish Cup.The story so far in the 1. Lig for Göztepe at their home stadium (Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Stadı) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Göztepe faced defeat in their previous match, away at Samsunspor (0-1).
Previous to that game, a 1. Lig home match hosting Denizlispor in a game that was won 5-0.The match schedule is unforgiving for Göztepe as they have a new game in only four days, a 1. Lig match thankfully also at home. Keciorengucu are visiting.
Göztepe has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Göztepe are not conceding a lot of goals here at Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Stadı in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Bucaspor 1928 form and stats
They also participated in Turkish Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Bucaspor 1928 are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the game against Fethiyespor. Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away team? The answer is Çelenk and that is quite the accomplishment!
Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Pazarspor.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Bucaspor 1928 manager Dumlupınar as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Duzyurtspor.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Çelenk 7 goals | B. Bıyık 4 goals |   Y. Öztekin 3 goals |
Göztepe missing players
Bucaspor 1928 missing players
| Göztepe | Bucaspor 1928 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 24 | 17 | Scored | S | 12 | 37 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 36% | 38% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.8 | 11.7 | ||
| 4 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 22% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 37% | ||
| 12.7 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 7.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 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 | Eyupspor | 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 | Keciorengucu | 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 | Bandrmaspor | 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 | Göztepe | 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 | Altnordu | 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 | Genclerbirligi | 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 |
