Süper Lig Gameweek 25 Mon, Mar 9 · 13:00 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu, İstanbul
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Our take

It was too close to call.

Kocaelispor were the stronger side on L90 Strength (25 vs 19). Recent goals, xG and shots on target add to that edge for Kocaelispor. Eyüpspor had 8.8 days of rest, Kocaelispor 9 and had to travel 197 km.

Away travel197 kmRest days8.8 · 9Matches / 14d1 · 1
Eyüpspor35%
Draw29%
Kocaelispor36%
Expected goals 1.21 – 1.24
Eyüpspor38%
Draw27%
Kocaelispor35%
Expected goals 1.38 – 1.30
Eyüpspor34%
Draw29%
Kocaelispor37%
Expected goals 1.20 – 1.25
Eyüpspor28%
Draw28%
Kocaelispor43%
Expected goals 1.08 – 1.39
Eyüpspor35%
Draw29%
Kocaelispor36%
Expected goals 1.20 – 1.23
Over 2.5 44% Both score 50% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (İstanbul)

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Referee · TürkiyeGurcan Hasova
  • Cards per match 6.5
  • Penalties per match 0.50
  • Matches 2

Team strength

EyüpsporKocaelispor
19 L90 StrengthIn forecast 25
13 Current StrengthIn forecast 22
9 AttackIn forecast 16
10 DefenceIn forecast 32
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Eyüpspor

Attack—
Defense risk—

Kocaelispor

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

EyüpsporKocaelispor
0.79 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.88
1.46 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.04
0.93 xGVia Att/Def 0.89
1.56 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.89
-0.14 Goals minus xGContext -0.01
54% Scored inContext 58%
21% Clean sheetsContext 33%
10.38 ShotsContext 10.29
3.82 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.39
34% On target shareContext 32%
6.73 Shots in the boxContext 6.29
60% Box shareContext 61%
8% ConversionContext 9%
2.50 OffsidesContext 2.30
14.17 Shots allowedContext 10.75
5.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.24
4.27 BlocksContext 3.48
3.91 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.47
73% Save rateContext 66%
49% PossessionIn forecast 50%
374 PassesContext 367
304 Accurate passesContext 295
81% Pass accuracyContext 80%
6.77 Team ratingContext 6.74
11.46 FoulsContext 14.70
14.54 Fouls sufferedContext 13.46
2.08 Yellow cardsContext 2.21
0.04 Red cardsContext 0.08
This league season, per match · 24 and 24 games
1.00 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.90
1.80 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.00
0.78 xGVia Att/Def 0.94
1.84 xG allowedVia Att/Def 0.79
+0.22 Goals minus xGContext -0.04
70% Scored inContext 50%
20% Clean sheetsContext 30%
9.30 ShotsContext 10.80
4.13 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.33
36% On target shareContext 28%
6.22 Shots in the boxContext 6.80
62% Box shareContext 65%
11% ConversionContext 8%
1.90 OffsidesContext 2.78
16.50 Shots allowedContext 9.80
6.10 On target allowedVia Att/Def 2.78
5.00 BlocksContext 3.50
4.20 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.00
69% Save rateContext 61%
48% PossessionIn forecast 53%
372 PassesContext 401
301 Accurate passesContext 330
81% Pass accuracyContext 82%
6.72 Team ratingContext 6.76
11.30 FoulsContext 15.33
13.60 Fouls sufferedContext 13.10
1.80 Yellow cardsContext 1.80
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Eyüpspor
Rest8.8 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel0 km656 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Kocaelispor
Rest9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d1all competitions
Travel197 km0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Eyüpspor Kocaelispor
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 0Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match8.8Süper Lig 2025-2026, 28 Feb9Süper Lig 2025-2026, 28 Feb
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km197 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways656 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days0 / 1 / 30 / 1 / 4
Next matchdays after this one64.9

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Eyüpspor Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
24J. Yılmaz(G)
77C. Meraş 5B. Ozyurt 68J. Onguéné 17Talha Ülvan
55B. Gezek 28T. İlter
23L. Pintor 8E. Akbaba 10Á. Torres
19U. Bozok
+2 more reported missing outside this XI
Kocaelispor Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
35Gökhan Değirmenci(G)
6H. Smolčić 2A. Dijksteel 5B. Balogh 22A. Oğuz
8H. Keïta 14Show
17D. Churlinov 10K. Linetty 7Daniel Agyei
19S. Dursun
+6 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Eyüpspor Absences are shown before kick-off
Kocaelispor Scores -0.02 · concedes +0.01 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Eyüpspor+0.5 pp
  • Draw+0.0 pp
  • Kocaelispor-0.5 pp

Home / Away this season

Eyüpspor · Home 1.08points per game · 12 home games
W-D-L
3-4-5
Scored
0.92
Conceded
1.42
Kocaelispor · Away 0.82points per game · 11 away games
W-D-L
2-3-6
Scored
0.73
Conceded
1.45

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 16 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 1 of 1 meetings

0 Eyüpspor wins0 draws1 Kocaelispor wins
Goals per game0.00 – 1.00 Over 2.50% Both scored0% Clean sheets0% · 100%
  • 4 Oct 2025Kocaelispor1–0Eyüpspor

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Referee · Gurcan Hasova Türkiye · 2 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards6.00league 4.46
Red cards0.50league 0.21
Cards 5+100%league 45%
Fouls16.0league 26.0
Penalties0.50league 0.26
Home wins50%league 38%
Eyüpspor

No previous matches with this referee.

Kocaelispor1 with this referee
Record1-0-0 Cards · opp.3.0 · 3.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • W19 Dec 25H · Antalyaspor2–13

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Eyüpspor24 games · scored 19 · conceded 35
3 6 0-15
1 3 16-30
5 31-45
5 4 46-60
4 5 61-75
6 12 76-90
Kocaelispor24 games · scored 21 · conceded 25
4 0-15
4 16-30
5 4 31-45
1 5 46-60
5 4 61-75
6 8 76-90
Eyüpspor10 games · scored 10 · conceded 18
4 0-15
1 16-30
3 31-45
4 3 46-60
2 2 61-75
4 5 76-90
Kocaelispor10 games · scored 9 · conceded 10
1 0-15
2 16-30
2 3 31-45
2 46-60
2 2 61-75
3 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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