I really like this game, because of the numbers that both teams throw, especially the local one, Gaziantep.
The 17th day of the Turkish Super League arrives with the confrontation between Gaziantep (5th) and Ankaragucu (18th).
Visitors should be in the second category, but they were saved “thanks” to the consequences of the global pandemic, which reversed the declines in Turkey. The locals were marching in 8th position when the competition was forced to stop. This year the thing is going through the same paths, the visitors will have to settle for fighting not to descend, while the locals seek to scratch a European position – so far they are doing well.
I’m going to focus on the pick’s leading team, Gaziantep. In the, so far, 7 games that they have played in their fiefdom, they have shown a solidity that is unbecoming of the Turkish league and even less so of a mid-table team. They accumulate 4 victories and 3 draws. 23 goals -slightly more than 3 per game-, divided into 15 in favor and 8 against, are more than enough presentation letter to trust that tomorrow they will score two or more goals against an opponent, Ankaragucu, who as a visitor – to Despite not conceding a nonsense of goals, he finds it quite difficult to stand up.
So far, in the 7 matches that the locals have played in their stadium, we would get the green on 5 occasions (3-1 vs Alanyaspor; 3-1 Fenerbache; 2-2 Yeni M .; 3-1 Besiktas; 2-2 Karagumruk ). In the other two games they have also managed to score, but only slightly (1-1 vs Trabzonspor and 1-0 Konyaspor). Another point is that they have also played, in between the previous ones, two cup matches. Both matches were resolved with 3 goals in the Gaziantep locker, although yes, with minor rivals.
The “negative” point of the forecast is that of the 7 visits by Ankaragucu, only 2 or more goals have been scored by Goztepe (11th) and Rizespor (10th). The other results have been somewhat poor in terms of goals: 0-0 vs Sivasspor (14th); 1-0 vs Galatasaray (3rd); 1-0 vs Antalyaspor (15th); 1-1 vs Genclerbirligi (17th); and 1-2 vs Denizlispor (19th). I emphasize the qualifying position to make you see that the vast majority of rivals are all, except for Galatasaray, from the bottom of the table.
