Gaziantep take on the visitors Konyaspor in the 1/8-finals match of Turkish Cup. The match will be played on Thursday, January 19th at Gaziantep Stadyumu (Gaziantep).
Gaziantep are trying to improve after last season. The GFK is a rather young project, which has nothing to be particularly proud of. But, having risen to the Super Lig in 2019, they further managed to show quite decent results there at the level of a strong middle-table side, taking 8-9th place - but in 2021/2022 there was a rollback to 15th. Of course, they want to restore positions. So far, not everything is working out, but there have been few defeats lately. The abundance of draws hinders the rise in the table - they shared points not only with Besiktas and Basaksehir, but also with an outsider, Istanbulspor. Against this background, the club looked worthy at home with Fenerbahce, even in the minority. But in the end lost because of the late goal of Valencia.
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Konyaspor failed to gain a foothold in the positions achieved in 2021/2022. The Eagles of Anatolia have recently begun to show solid results periodically. The victory in 2017 in the Cup (and the Super Cup) stands apart. Yes, and last season brought a return, after rather mediocre years, to 3rd place - this is a repeat of the maximum result that was in the 2015/2016 draw. Now Ilkhan Palut's men have a minimum of defeats, but due to the excessive abundance of draws, including in the recent rounds, they are unable to defend the "bronze" positions. In the last round, there was a defeat at all - to Besiktas. Moreover, they managed to lead the score for more than an hour, but, having conceded in the 95th minute, they lost to the Eagles 1-2.
Gaziantep performs well in head-to-head confrontations. And they confirmed this in the fall, having managed to win 1-0 on the road. Clubs play quite spectacularly, both scoring and conceding a lot. So we are waiting for "more than 2.5 goals".
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 scored goals.
