Konyaspor vs MKE Ankaragücü Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Konyaspor

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Konyaspor will be hoping for a better result after the 1-2 Super Lig loss in their previous game against Beşiktaş.

In that game, Konyaspor had 41% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Beşiktaş got 20 shots on goal with 4 on target. Mert Günok (1' Own goal), Cenk Tosun (67') and Josef de Souza (94') scored for Beşiktaş.

It’s not been often in recent games that Konyaspor have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Konyaspor have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 12 goals along the way. Such a pattern isn’t assured to follow through into this next game, though.

Analysis of their past results shows that Konyaspor:

• have not been beaten in the league by MKE Ankaragücü in their last 2 matches.
• have not registered a win against MKE Ankaragücü in their previous 3 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 5 league games. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

MKE Ankaragücü

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Since a loss in their previous game against Adana Demirspor in Super Lig action, MKE Ankaragücü and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, MKE Ankaragücü managed 51% possession and 25 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for MKE Ankaragücü was Uroš Radaković (61'). On the other side, Adana Demirspor got 12 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Yusuf Sarı (49'), Emre Akbaba (66') and Gökhan İnler (77') scored for Adana Demirspor.

The stats tell the story, and MKE Ankaragücü have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 9 goals overall. At the back, MKE Ankaragücü have some weaknesses to address.

Looking at the pre-match facts, MKE Ankaragücü:

• have left without a victory over Konyaspor in games played away from home for the previous 3 league games.
• remain unbeaten by Konyaspor when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 21/04/2019, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Konyaspor winning 1 of those games, MKE Ankaragücü 1 and 4 being drawn in normal time.

A combined total of 10 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 5 from Konyaspor and 5 coming from Kupa beyi. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The last league clash between these clubs was Super Lig match day 1 on 08/08/2022 which ended up with the score at MKE Ankaragücü 0-0 Konyaspor.

That day, MKE Ankaragücü managed 47% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

For their opponents, Konyaspor had 10 attempts at goal with 0 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Bahattin Şimşek.

📰 Team News: Konyaspor

Cebrail Karayel (Unknown Injury), Amir Hadziahmetovic (Unknown Injury) and Muhammet Demir (Unknown Injury) aren’t available for Konyaspor gaffer İlhan Palut.

ℹ️ Team News: MKE Ankaragücü

Due to a completely healthy group available to select from, the MKE Ankaragücü manager Ömer Erdoğan doesn’t have any fitness worries at all ahead of this clash. Lamine Diack is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

💡 Prediction

We’re envisaging that MKE Ankaragücü will need to push hard to break down this Konyaspor team who we think will gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore expecting a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning margin for Konyaspor when the referee blows for full-time.

Should be a close one.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 01:30 19/01/2023