Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Sivasspor & Antalyaspor face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Turkish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sivasspor and Antalyaspor.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Sivasspor form and stats
Sivasspor participated in Turkish Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals and lost against Antalyaspor.With 2 Super Lig wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Sivasspor are certainly not brimming with confidence. Two draws in a row at home now for Sivasspor.
Sivasspor enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Ankaragucu's place. The match ended 4-1 with Max Gradel, Olarenwaju Kayode, Mustapha Yatabare and Erdoğan Yeşilyurt scoring. Preceding that game was the home draw versus BB Erzurumspor that ended 0-0.
Muammer Yıldırım loved the game against Ankaragucu. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-1 victory.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sivasspor have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost four.
Sivasspor have scored 9 league goals here from 11 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Sivasspor have conceded 12 goals.
Antalyaspor form and stats
Antalyaspor's mission in Turkish Cup last season failed in the semi-finals against Alanyaspor.2-7-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Antalyaspor in their Super Lig matches away. Total Turkish Cup statistics for Antalyaspor: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Denizlispor in their previous outing. The Super Lig match ended in a draw 1-1. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Beşiktaş in the Super Lig.
We have checked recent matches where Antalyaspor have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those seven games were three victories, two draws and two defeats.
A new game in only four days for Antalyaspor, the Super Lig home match versus Yeni Malatyaspor. Busy days.
The attacking power of Antalyaspor when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. Antalyaspor have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Sivasspor wins - draws - Antalyaspor wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Gradel 7 goals |  H. Arslan 5 goals |   G. Bayrakdar 5 goals |
Sivasspor missing players
Antalyaspor missing players
| Sivasspor | Antalyaspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Scored | S | 12 | 27 | ||
| 30 | 12 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 8 | ||
| 9.4 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 7.7 | ||
| 4 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 29 | 48 |
| 2 | Beşiktaş | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 48 |
| 3 | Fenerbahce | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 20 | 48 |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 42 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 41 |
| 6 | Hatayspor | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 38 |
| 7 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 8 | Fatih Karagumruk | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 37 |
| 9 | Antalyaspor | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 31 |
| 10 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Sivasspor | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 12 | Goztepe | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 13 | Rizespor | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Kasimpasa | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 26 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 16 | Kayserispor | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 24 |
| 17 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 24 |
| 18 | BB Erzurumspor | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 19 | Genclerbirligi | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -21 | 20 |
| 20 | Ankaragucu | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 18 |
| 21 | Denizlispor | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 26 | -19 | 18 |