Sivasspor – Genclerbirligi will be played on Thursday, December 24, starting at 13:00 in round number 14 in Turkey. The match will be played on eni 4 Eylül Stadyumu and will be led by Kaan Numanoglu.
Genclerbirligi is without victory in the last 3 direct confrontations, suffering two defeats. Moreover, Sivasspor has won in the last 5 direct matches played at home.
The host team comes after a success at the limit, 1-0 away to Konyaspor and occupies the 16th position with a total of 14 points, 4 lengths away from the “red zone”. It is noteworthy that Sivasspor comes after 5 consecutive stages of “under 2.5 goals”. Moreover, the group coached by Riza Calimbay has the lowest average of goals in the first league in Turkey, only 1.3 goals per match. Another fact that we must emphasize is that, together with Erzurum BB, Sivasspor is without a victory on its own field this season.
On the other hand, the team in which Bogdan Stancu plays is undefeated for 3 rounds, the period in which he collected 7 points. It is interesting that the winning team has a total of 12 points and occupies the 17th position, two lengths away from the opponent in this game. So, Genclerbirligi got more points in the last 3 stages than in the previous 9 this season.
Genclerbirligi is clearly in a formative growth, but we must emphasize that the weak start of the hosts is also due to the participation in the Europa League groups. Sivasspor does not have a balanced group and this was seen in the less poor results of the internal competition. Given that the host team has ended its participation in the Europa League, a better period of the group coached by Riza Calimbay should normally follow.
Another selection worth trying is a card bet. Tugay Kaan Numanoglu showed at least 5 warnings in the last 4 matches he refereed, during which time he took out of his pocket 27 times the “yellow” and 4 times the red card.
Sivasspor, without victory at home this season;
Sivasspor, the lowest average of “home” goals, 1.3 goals per match;
Genclerbirligi, in the last 3 rounds has scored 7 points out of the total of 12 this season (12 stages);
Sivasspor: Samassa; Goiano, Appindangoye, Yalcin, Ciftci; Arslan, Claudemir, Fajr; Yesilyurt, Kayode, Gradel
Genclerbirligi: Nordfeldt; Artan, Kizildag, Pehlivan, Polomat; Ozdemir, Motta; Candeias, Yildirim, Yilmaz; Stancu
PREDICTION: Sivasspor to win @ 1,76
