This has the potential to be an engaging fixture as Rizespor have their presumed home advantage, while Galatasaray have an edge of 11 points in the Super Lig standings.
- Rizespor have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Super Lig
Galatasaray could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago.
Rizespor form and stats
The story so far in the Super Lig for Rizespor at their home stadium (Çaykur Didi Stadyumu) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats.
Rizespor lost their last game at Kayserispor (placed 9th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Defender Şahin got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.62/10. Şahin served one assist, hit three key passes and won 8 of 9 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Samsunspor in a game that was won 1-0.Rizespor have scored {3 league goals} here from 4 matches, not a lot. Defensively Rizespor have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Galatasaray form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super Lig travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Impressively, the visitors are on a eight-match winning run which they hope continue versus Rizespor.
This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Champions League home loss versus FC Bayern München with 1-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Icardi got a match rating of 7.84 in that game. Icardi scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Besiktas.The travelling fans enjoy Galatasaray's attacking play in away games, having scored 8 goals in 5 league matches away. Galatasaray are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only {1 away goals} have been conceded so far.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these teams: Rizespor won two, Galatasaray triumphed in six and we saw two draws. seven games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with under 2,5 goals. The matches between these sides sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Icardi Rivero 10 goals |   B. Keser 3 goals |  M. Aktürkoğlu 3 goals |
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| Rizespor | Galatasaray | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 18 |
| 14 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 89% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 80% | 89% |
| 67% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 60% | 78% |
| 56% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 40% | 56% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 56% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 20% | 44% |
| 33% | 75% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 80% | 56% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 20% | 11% |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 3.2 | 3.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 11.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17 | 15.4 | 18.4 |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.4 | 6.7 |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 30% |
| 15.3 | 13.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 10.4 | 8.2 |
| 5.2 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 2.9 |
- Galatasaray have created more than twice as many corners as Rizespor.
- Galatasaray have not yet lost a game.
- Galatasaray have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Galatasaray have scored at least twice as many goals away as Rizespor have scored home.
- Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the most points (13) away in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Rizespor have not yet lost a game at home.
- Rizespor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Rizespor have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Super Lig
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fenerbahce | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 27 |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 25 |
| 3 | Adana Demirspor | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 17 |
| 4 | Besiktas | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Trabzonspor | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Kasimpasa | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 15 |
| 7 | Hatayspor | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 8 | Rizespor | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -4 | 14 |
| 9 | Kayserispor | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| 10 | Sivasspor | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Alanyaspor | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 10 |
| 12 | Ankaragucu | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Fatih Karagumruk | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 17 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -6 | 8 |
| 18 | Pendikspor | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 19 | Istanbulspor | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 20 | Samsunspor | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 2 |
