📏 Form Guide

Fatih Karagümrük

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Fatih Karagümrük will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 1-2 1. Lig success versus Adanaspor.

In that game, Fatih Karagümrük managed 45% possession and 7 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Fatih Karagümrük was Papy Djilobodji (38'). Adanaspor had 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Andrei Ivan (71') was the scorer for Adanaspor.

It has not been often in recent games that Fatih Karagümrük have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Fatih Karagümrük have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 7 goals on the way.

Heading into this contest, Fatih Karagümrük have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Kocaelispor

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In their previous fixture, Kocaelispor drew 1-1 in the 1. Lig tie with MKE Ankaragücü.

In that match, Kocaelispor managed 63% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Kocaelispor was Marcão (79'). Ankaragucu had 12 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Owusu Kwabena (26') scored for MKE Ankaragücü.

In 6 of the prior 6 games featuring Kocaelispor, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game in that spell works out to a mere 1.67, with the average goals for Kocaelispor standing at 1.17. Let’s see whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Kocaelispor:

• are unbeaten in their last 4 league matches away from home.
• are without an away win for the past 2 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league encounter featuring the two was 1. Lig match day 11 on 02/11/2024 when the final score was Kocaelispor 2-1 Fatih Karagümrük.

That time, Kocaelispor had 63% possession and 18 shots on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Oğulcan Çağlayan (53') and Ryan Mendes (93').

Fatih Karagümrük had 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Nikola Dovedan (57') scored.

📰 Team News: Kocaelispor

Owing to an otherwise full-strength group, there is only a single fitness problem for the Kocaelispor boss to be concerned with. Ryan Mendes (Muscle injury) won’t be in action.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that Kocaelispor and Fatih Karagümrük may well end up cancelling each other out here.

It could well end in a draw. We’re therefore seeing a close game with a 1-1 scoreline when the full-time whistle blows.

Lucas Pereira, 17:01 16/03/2025