Super Lig match prediction: Little separates Denizlispor and Rizespor in quality

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu (15427 seats)

Season ticket holders at Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Denizlispor languishing in the 21st position so far. The guesting Rizespor will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Denizlispor have the most conceded goals (66) in Super Lig
  • Rizespor have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Super Lig

It's no vacation for neither Denizlispor nor Rizespor as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rizespor, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.

Denizlispor are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Rizespor are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Denizlispor form and stats

Denizlispor's results here at Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu in the Super Lig have been very modest with 4 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats.

Denizlispor lost their last game at Kayserispor (placed 16th) after a 3-6 scoreline. In the match before that, Denizlispor hosted Sivasspor and drew the game 1-1.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Denizlispor's goalkeeper Abdulkadir Sunger was extremely busy against Kayserispor, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.

Denizlispor have scored 16 league goals here from 18 matches, not a lot. Denizlispor have conceded 22 in these home matches.

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Rizespor form and stats

Rizespor have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Super Lig, after 3-5-10 (18 played).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super Lig home defeat versus Besiktas with 2-3 on the scoreboard. A 1-2 defeat away at Gençlerbirliği before that.

It's a bit worrying for Rizespor that their goalkeeper Gökhan Akkan made six saves in the Besiktas game last time out, but still couldn't prevent the loss.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Rizespor have scored 20 goals in 18 league games away. As for defending, Rizespor rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 35 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Rizespor - Denizlispor 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Denizlispor won two games, five matches ended with a draw and Rizespor has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

DenizlisporH. Rodallega Martínez
H. Rodallega Martínez
14 goals
RizesporM. Škoda
M. Škoda
9 goals
RizesporL. Rémy
L. Rémy
7 goals

Denizlispor missing players

Rizespor missing players

Denizlispor Rizespor
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
6 4 2 Won W 0 3 10
10 6 2 Drew D 3 5 12
20 8 2 Lost L 3 10 14
36 16 7 Scored S 4 20 47
66 22 7 Conceded C 8 35 59
92% 83% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 89%
72% 61% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 89% 81%
44% 33% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 56% 50%
28% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 28%
25% 17% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 22%
56% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 61%
14% 28% 17% Clean Sheets C S 17% 11% 22%
39% 39% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 28% 28%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 2 2.4
4 2 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
10.6 11.3 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 7.2 8.6
3.7 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.7 3.4
27% 23% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 42% 39%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Denizlispor have the most conceded goals (66) in Super Lig
  • Denizlispor have the most conceded goals in the first half (33) in Super Lig
  • Denizlispor have the the worst goal difference (-30) in Super Lig
  • Rizespor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rizespor have the most dropped points from leading position (22) 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 Besiktas 36 24 6 6 78 38 18 13 3 2 41 12 18 11 3 4 37 26 40 78
2 Galatasaray 36 22 6 8 68 33 18 10 6 2 39 15 18 12 0 6 29 18 35 72
3 Fenerbahce 35 22 6 7 64 36 18 10 2 6 30 22 17 12 4 1 34 14 28 72
4 Trabzonspor 37 17 13 7 45 34 18 9 3 6 26 22 19 8 10 1 19 12 11 64
5 Hatayspor 36 16 9 11 60 44 18 9 4 5 34 22 18 7 5 6 26 22 16 57
6 Alanyaspor 36 16 8 12 55 39 18 12 3 3 40 18 18 4 5 9 15 21 16 56
7 Sivasspor 35 12 16 7 48 41 17 5 8 4 16 14 18 7 8 3 32 27 7 52
8 Gazisehir Gaziantep 35 13 12 10 53 45 18 10 6 2 33 18 17 3 6 8 20 27 8 51
9 Fatih Karagümrük 36 13 12 11 51 44 18 10 4 4 32 18 18 3 8 7 19 26 7 51
10 Göztepe 36 12 12 12 52 49 18 8 5 5 34 24 18 4 7 7 18 25 3 48
11 Antalyaspor 37 9 16 12 38 50 18 6 6 6 22 25 19 3 10 6 16 25 -12 43
12 Konyaspor 36 10 12 14 42 46 18 6 8 4 21 17 18 4 4 10 21 29 -4 42
13 Rizespor 36 10 12 14 47 59 18 7 7 4 27 24 18 3 5 10 20 35 -12 42
14 Yeni Malatyaspor 35 9 13 13 42 47 18 7 6 5 24 20 17 2 7 8 18 27 -5 40
15 Ankaragucu 35 10 8 17 43 56 17 8 3 6 25 21 18 2 5 11 18 35 -13 38
16 Kayserispor 36 9 11 16 33 49 18 5 6 7 19 23 18 4 5 9 14 26 -16 38
17 Kasimpasa 36 9 10 17 39 54 18 7 4 7 20 24 18 2 6 10 19 30 -15 37
18 Istanbul Basaksehir 35 9 10 16 37 53 18 4 7 7 24 27 17 5 3 9 13 26 -16 37
19 BB Erzurumspor 36 9 10 17 39 60 18 2 8 8 17 27 18 7 2 9 22 33 -21 37
20 Gençlerbirliği 36 9 8 19 37 64 18 5 5 8 22 30 18 4 3 11 15 34 -27 35
21 Denizlispor 36 6 10 20 36 66 18 4 6 8 16 22 18 2 4 12 20 44 -30 28

Read more about Super Lig

The Süper Lig is the top league in Turkish football. It has 18 teams who play a season from August to May, meeting each other home and away. After all fixtures have been played the final league table is ready and the champion of Turkey celebrated. The three bottom teams are relegated.