With both teams holding good defensive records to their name, it is likely to be a low-scoring affair on Friday, but the hosts should have enough quality to defeat their opposition.
There is a lot riding on the remainder of the season for both teams, but the priority for Giresunspor will be to win the matches against teams around them in particular.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Konyaspor win with a probability of 62.01%. A draw had a probability of 22.1% and a win for Giresunspor had a probability of 15.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Konyaspor win was 1-0 with a probability of 12.87%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.93%) and 2-1 (9.71%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.47%), while for a Giresunspor win it was 0-1 (5.65%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 12.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Konyaspor in this match.