📏 Form Guide

MKE Ankaragücü

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MKE Ankaragücü prepare for this match following a 1-1 Super Lig drawn match against Antalyaspor.

In that match, MKE Ankaragücü managed 60% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for MKE Ankaragücü was Efkan Bekiroğlu (64'). Antalyaspor had 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. Erdoğan Yeşilyurt (40') was the scorer for Antalyaspor.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that MKE Ankaragücü have shown defensive steel. In fact, MKE Ankaragücü have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, shipping 11 goals in the process.

Coming into this fixture, MKE Ankaragücü have not been beaten in their last 2 home league matches.

Gaziantep

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Alanyaspor in Super Lig action, Gaziantep will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Gaziantep managed 56% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Alanyaspor got 13 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Koka (6', 72') and Oğuz Aydın (32') scored for Alanyaspor.

The forward players for Gaziantep have made hard work of scoring goals over their last six encounters, netting the disappointing return of just 4. In those matches, Gaziantep have also seen the collective goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 10. In any event, we must now wait to see if such a trend will be replicated in this upcoming game.

Taking a look at their past results, Gaziantep:

• remain unbeaten by MKE Ankaragücü in away games against them for the last 3 league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their past head to head meetings going back to 14/06/2020 shows that MKE Ankaragücü have won 1 of them and Gaziantep 4, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

An aggregate of 9 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 2 for Kupa beyi and 7 being from Gaziantep. The average number of goals per game works out to 1.5.

The previous league game between the two was Super Lig match day 13 on 25/11/2023 and the score finished Gaziantep 0-1 MKE Ankaragücü.

That time, Gaziantep had 54% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

For their opponents, MKE Ankaragücü had 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Alper Uludağ (45') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Umit Öztürk.

📋 Team News: MKE Ankaragücü

The MKE Ankaragücü boss Emre Belözoğlu will be happy not to have any fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash owing to a completely injury-free group ready to go. Ineligible players who cannot play in this game through suspension are Arda Ünyay, Yasir Karabay and Matej Hanousek.

📰 Team News: Gaziantep

Gaziantep boss Selçuk İnan has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Onur Başyiğit (unknown injury), Ulaş Zengin (Achilles tendon rupture) and Bryan Acosta (unknown injury) are those who can’t be considered.

🔮 Prediction

We believe that Gaziantep are certainly able to find the back of the net against this MKE Ankaragücü side, although that probably shouldn’t be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for both teams to score in a 2-1 advantage for MKE Ankaragücü when the full-time whistle blows. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 12:13 13/04/2024