Akhisar Belediyespor vs Konyaspor Predictions

Akhisarspor sit one place and one point above the drop zone heading into Monday nights home game against Konyaspor, and could find themselves in the bottom three before kick-off if the weekends results go against them. Visitors Konyaspor could move as high as third place with a win on Monday night, but like their hosts a lot is going to depend on the results of Saturday and Sunday’s matches.

Akhisarspor were already 4-1 up after the first leg of their Turkish Cup match against Fatih Karagümrük, and booked their place in the next round via another comfortable win at home. Manu missed a forty-second minute penalty for the hosts and the two sides went in goalless at the break, but Ghanaian made up for his earlier miss with the games opening goal in the seventy-third minute. Akhisarspor were awarded another penalty in stoppage time and this time Bokila took on the responsibility and coolly slotted the ball home to wrap up a 2-0 win on the day and a 6-1 aggregate victory for Akhisarspor.

Konyaspor are already out of the Turkish Cup which means they have had a week to prepare for this game since their last match at home to Kasimpasa at the weekend. The first half ended goalless, but the second produced five goals and saw the hosts claim all three points. Jahović put Konyaspor 1-0 up just two minutes into the second forty-five, but two goals from Diagne in the space of three minutes put Kasimpasa into the lead. The hosts responded well to going behind and levelled the scores shortly after with Jahović’s second strike of the game and in the eighty-second minute claimed the victory thanks to a goal from Fofana which made the final score 3-2 to Konyaspor.

When these two sides last met in February Akhisarspor were once again the hosts and ran out comfortable 3-0 winners. Seleznyov scored a goal in each half to put the home side 2-0 up and a late strike from Serginho ended any faint hopes of a Konyaspor comeback. This game didn’t produce a lot of chances for either team, despite the final score, and Konyaspor will have been disappointed to lose as they had more of the overall possession, more corners, and just a couple of shots fewer than their hosts.

Both teams head into Monday’s game having picked up three wins, two draws, and one defeat from their last six matches, which suggests we could be in for a draw when the in form sides lock horns. Manu top scores for the hosts with four Super Lig goals so far this season, while Jahović and Yatabaré joint top score for Konyaspor with five league goals apiece.

We’re confident that under 2.5 goals will be scored when these two sides meet on Monday, and we have backed the game to end in a goalless draw. Four of the last six meetings between these two clubs have produced under 2.5 goals, while Four of Akhisarspor’s and four of Konyaspor’s last six matches have produced under 2.5 goals. Both Akhisarspor and Konyaspor have kept three clean sheets in their last six matches, and we’re expecting both defences to come out on top this Monday.