This season has been difficult for Gençlerbirliği up to now, while Rizespor have enjoyed success. Will the highest placed get the points at Eryaman Stadyumu?
- Gençlerbirliği is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Rizespor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rizespor, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Gençlerbirliği form and stats
Gençlerbirliği's results here at Eryaman Stadyumu in the 1. Lig have been very modest with 0 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. The home stadium (Eryaman Stadyumu) is supposed to be a fortress, but for Gençlerbirliği it's been a house of straw as the last five games here have all been lost. Can they turn things around?
Altiparmak was the last player to score a league goal for Gençlerbirliği and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Gençlerbirliği haven't scored in 204 minutes.
In their previous game, the manager Dalcı led his Gençlerbirliği to a defeat away at Altay. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Eryaman Stadyumu.
Preceding that match was a defeat to Eyupspor (0-2).Gençlerbirliği are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (14 from 6 played).
Rizespor form and stats
2 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Rizespor playing as the away team in the 1. Lig this season. One point away has become something of a habit for Rizespor who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Impressive finishing from Yala secured the home win 1-0 against Boluspor in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sakaryaspor that ended 1-1.Few goals the story here? 8 of this club's latest 10 league rounds have seen zero, one or two goals.
The visiting Rizespor have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Rizespor as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Gençlerbirliği-Rizespor H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gençlerbirliği three wins, Rizespor five wins, two draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Bolasie Yala 5 goals |   G. Gül 3 goals |  İ. Karakaş 3 goals |
Gençlerbirliği missing players
Rizespor missing players
| Gençlerbirliği | Rizespor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 18 |
| 24 | 14 | 6 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 85% |
| 85% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 86% | 77% |
| 62% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 29% | 23% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 23% |
| 8% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 67% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 46% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 43% | 46% |
| 38% | 33% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 23% |
| 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.5 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.7 | 8.7 | 5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8 | 8.3 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4 |
| 26% | 29% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | 35% |
| 10.3 | 11.3 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.5 | 7.4 | 7.7 |
| 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
- All of Gençlerbirliği's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gençlerbirliği have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Gençlerbirliği have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Gençlerbirliği have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Gençlerbirliği have the fewest points (1) at home in 1. Lig
- Gençlerbirliği have the most conceded goals (14) at home in 1. Lig
- Gençlerbirliği have yet to win a game at home.
- Gençlerbirliği haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Gençlerbirliği is in the worst form (0-1-5)
- Rizespor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Eyupspor | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | Pendikspor | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Keciorengucu | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Samsunspor | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Rizespor | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 6 | Boluspor | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Bodrumspor | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Manisa BBSK | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Sakaryaspor | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Altay | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -1 | 18 |
| 11 | Bandrmaspor | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 12 | Adanaspor | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Goztepe | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Tuzlaspor | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | BB Erzurumspor | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Altnordu | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 17 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -10 | 10 |
| 18 | Gençlerbirliği | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 19 | Denizlispor | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -16 | 5 |
