The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Antalyaspor are in the 10th position while the guesting Rizespor worry at 14th.
The hosts Antalyaspor saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Turkish Cup. That game was an away game at Alanyaspor, so at least Antalyaspor are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Antalyaspor form and stats
3-5-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Lig numbers at home for Antalyaspor so far this season.
Antalyaspor faced defeat in their previous match, away at Alanyaspor (0-4). A strong away win before that one, visiting Besiktas and winning 2-1.
Antalyaspor were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
This is expected to be a close game, with Antalyaspor perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Antalyaspor as a small favourite), we find nine games. Antalyaspor has won five of these, drawn two and lost two.
The Antalyaspor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 13 matches. Antalyaspor have conceded 24 from these games.
Rizespor form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rizespor so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-9 (win-draw-lose). Bitter travels for Rizespor as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Sivasspor match.
Milan Škoda and Tunay Torun scored in Rizespor's previous match, the home game against Galatasaray that ended 2-0. Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Goztepe's place.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rizespor playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Rizespor wins, one draw and three defeats.
The attacking power of Rizespor when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. Rizespor have conceded 28 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Rizespor - Antalyaspor 1-0 earlier this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Antalyaspor, four draws and two wins for Rizespor. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Škoda 5 goals |   S. Gümüş 4 goals |  F. Boldrin 4 goals |
Antalyaspor missing players
Rizespor missing players
| Antalyaspor | Rizespor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 31 | 16 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 28 |
| 44 | 24 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 28 | 44 |
| 93% | 92% | 80% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 78% | 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 85% | 85% |
| 63% | 69% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 44% |
| 33% | 46% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 15% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 11% |
| 48% | 54% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 48% |
| 26% | 23% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 15% | 26% |
| 33% | 31% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 46% | 30% |
| 5.8 | 6.5 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| 5 | 3.2 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 332 | 181 | 61 | Total Shots | T S | 27 | 117 | 273 |
| 118 | 61 | 28 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 38 | 99 |
| 26% | 26% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 26% | 28% |
- Antalyaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Antalyaspor have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Rizespor has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- Rizespor has the fewest scored goals (10) away
- Rizespor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Rizespor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 28 | 59 |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 33 | 56 |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 27 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 52 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 50 |
| 5 | Besiktas | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 46 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 11 | 47 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 43 |
| 7 | Fenerbahçe | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 43 |
| 8 | Goztepe | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 37 |
| 9 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 37 | 42 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -5 | 33 |
| 10 | Antalyaspor | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -13 | 33 |
| 11 | Gençlerbirliği | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 31 |
| 12 | Denizlispor | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -13 | 31 |
| 13 | Kasımpaşa | 27 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 51 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -11 | 29 |
| 14 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 41 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -2 | 28 |
| 15 | Rizespor | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 28 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -16 | 28 |
| 16 | Konyaspor | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 17 | Kayserispor | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 64 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 44 | -33 | 25 |
| 18 | Ankaragucu | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -23 | 24 |