In a weekend match in week 23, on Sunday Jan 23rd, Altay will host Konyaspor at İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu in a Super Lig match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 18th placed Altay is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Alanyaspor. Emre Akbaba struck first for Alanyaspor in the 26th minute on a feed from Wilson Eduardo, then Oğuz Aydın added another in the 81st minute In the end, Altay was frustrated by Alanyaspor’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Alanyaspor ended the match with the shutout victory. Altay looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, 2nd placed Konyaspor, recorded a 0-1 loss against Sivasspor. Leke James scored the first goal for Sivasspor in the 66th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Konyaspor couldn’t manage to score, and Sivasspor took the shutout win. Konyaspor looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
Altay and Konyaspor last played eachother at the Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu on the 11th of September. Konyaspor was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Soner Dikmen scored the first goal for Konyaspor in the 7th minute, then Abdulkerim Bardakçı added another in the 20th minute on a feed from Guilherme Haubert Sityá.
Both Serdar Gürler and Paul-José Mpoku have been the hottest scorers for Konyaspor in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Altay hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are André Poko and Cebrail Karayel, and they each have 1 goal.