The league table is allowed to rest as Sivasspor and Yeni Malatyaspor battle for Turkish Cup honors in this first 8th Finals leg of two fixtures.
Sivasspor form and stats
Last season their Turkish Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.Sivasspor have been outstanding at home so far in the Super Lig with 8 wins, 1 draw and only 0 losses. On the other hand, in the Turkish Cup, Sivasspor has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. The Sivasspor fans aren't used to losing here and will expect new points from this game. Sivasspor has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat.
Sivasspor's last game was hosting Goztepe and winning 1-0. Ahead of that match, Sivasspor won a home game hosting Goztepe (1-0).
Goals decide football matches and Sivasspor are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. Sivasspor are not conceding a lot of goals here in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
Yeni Malatyaspor form and stats
Yeni Malatyaspor was sent out of Turkish Cup in the semi-finals last season, when Galatasaray turned out to be too strong.3 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Yeni Malatyaspor playing as the away team in the Super Lig this season.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Gazisehir Gaziantep in their previous outing. The Super Lig match ended in a draw 1-1. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Rizespor.
The travelling fans enjoy Yeni Malatyaspor's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away. 12 goals have been conceded by Yeni Malatyaspor in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 4 - 2 - 1 (Sivasspor wins - draws - Yeni Malatyaspor wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Jahović 10 goals |   M. Yatabaré 7 goals |  T. Bifouma 6 goals |
Sivasspor missing players
Yeni Malatyaspor missing players
| Sivasspor | Yeni Malatyaspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 53 | 28 | Scored | S | 20 | 42 | ||
| 29 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 20% | ||
| 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 302 | 190 | Total Shots | T S | 117 | 267 | ||
| 137 | 89 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 116 | ||
| 34% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sivasspor | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 37 |
| 2 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Fenerbahce | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Besiktas | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 29 |
| 7 | Galatasaray | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 8 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 24 |
| 9 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Goztepe | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Denizlispor | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Rizespor | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 13 | Genclerbirligi | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Kasimpasa | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Antalyaspor | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 14 |
| 17 | Ankaragucu | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 28 | -26 | 10 |