Gaziantep F.K. vs Rizespor Preview & Prediction 20 May 2022

Gaziantep F.K. are longing to add to their points total at home in this upcoming fixture versus Rizespor.

Insights:

Gaziantep F.K. have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Super Lig
Rizespor have the most conceded goals in the second half (41) in Super Lig

Gaziantep F.K. can neither be promoted or relegated from Super Lig. Rizespor are nearing the end of this stay in this division as relegation is now unavoidable.

Rizespor have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super Lig.

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Gaziantep F.K. form and stats

37 points is a decent return from 18 Super Lig games here at Gaziantep Stadyumu for Gaziantep F.K.. The data says 10 wins, 7 draws and 1 loss. Three draws in a row here at Gaziantep Stadyumu for Gaziantep F.K., who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.

Gaziantep lost their last game at Alanyaspor (placed 5th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Maxim, a natural forward, was the highest rated player for the team in that match, scoring a rating of 7.64 (out of 10). Maxim hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 43 total).

In the match before that, Gaziantep F.K. hosted Kayserispor and drew the game 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gaziantep F.K. have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Gaziantep have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gaziantep Stadyumu with 33 goals in 18 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Gaziantep F.K. are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gaziantep Stadyumu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 17 from 18 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. Gaziantep F.K. has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Rizespor form and stats

There's been little loot from Rizespor's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 18 away games in the Super Lig. Rizespor only have 2 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 4 draws. Rizespor love their trips these days, as their two previous away games have resulted in victories.

Rizespor might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sivasspor proved too strong as Rizespor slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Çaykur Didi Stadyumu. Mendes got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, top player of the team. Mendes dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 28 successful passes (of 31 total).

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Yeni Malatyaspor.

We have checked recent matches where Rizespor have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were 3 victories, 3 draws and 9 defeats.

Rizespor are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 18 games (in the league). It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. For Rizespor, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H encounter ended Rizespor - Gaziantep 0-1, earlier this season. Last ten meetings involving these contenders: Gaziantep F.K. won four, Rizespor were winners in six and we saw zero draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

J. Pohjanpalo

16 goals

A. Maxim

13 goals

J. Brandão Figueiredo

8 goals

Gaziantep F.K. missing players

Rizespor missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Gaziantep F.K.				Rizespor
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	5	18	37
11	10	1	Won	W	2	2	10
10	7	4	Drew	D	2	4	6
16	1	0	Lost	L	1	12	21
46	33	7	Scored	S	11	20	44
56	17	4	Conceded	C	5	38	69
86%	83%	80%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	89%	92%
78%	78%	80%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	80%	89%	84%
54%	50%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	40%	67%	65%
32%	39%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	40%	39%	35%
22%	22%	20%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	20%	17%	16%
54%	61%	80%	BTTS	BTTS	60%	56%	57%
24%	33%	20%	Clean Sheets	C S	20%	11%	16%
35%	22%	20%	Failed to Score	F T	40%	44%	35%

5	5.6	6.6	Corners for (avg)	C F	4.4	4.5	4.8
4.8	4.9	4.2	Corners against (avg)	C A	6.4	5.4	5.2
2.2	2.1	1.8	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.4	2	2.1
4	0	0	Red cards	R C	1	5	7

11	11.7	12.6	Shots (avg)	S (	9.6	10.1	9.7
4.4	5.3	5.4	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	5.2	3.7	3.7
28%	35%	26%	Goal Efficiency	G E	42%	30%	32%

11.4	11.2	9.6	Shots against (avg)	S A	11.8	13.3	12.6
5.2	4.6	4	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	4.4	5.9	5.5

Gaziantep F.K.			First Half	Rizespor
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	5	18	37
5	4	0	Won	W	2	2	6
20	12	5	Drew	D	3	7	16
12	2	0	Lost	L	0	9	15
18	12	1	Scored	S	5	7	16
27	8	1	Conceded	C	2	14	28
65%	56%	20%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	40%	72%	73%
38%	39%	20%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	40%	28%	32%
14%	11%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	40%	11%	11%
5%	6%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	6%	3%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
27%	33%	20%	BTTS	BTTS	40%	22%	24%
46%	61%	80%	Clean Sheets	C S	60%	28%	35%
62%	50%	80%	Failed to Score	F T	60%	78%	68%

Gaziantep F.K.			Second Half	Rizespor
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs low	Away	Total
37	18	5	Played	P	5	18	37
11	9	1	Won	W	2	2	10
14	8	4	Drew	D	2	7	12
12	1	0	Lost	L	1	9	15
28	21	6	Scored	S	6	13	28
29	9	3	Conceded	C	3	24	41
76%	72%	60%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	80%	89%	89%
46%	61%	60%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	60%	72%	59%
24%	22%	20%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	20%	28%	24%
5%	6%	20%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	20%	17%	11%
3%	6%	20%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	3%
30%	39%	60%	BTTS	BTTS	20%	39%	35%
43%	56%	40%	Clean Sheets	C S	60%	22%	30%
51%	33%	40%	Failed to Score	F T	40%	50%	46%

Key stats in Super Lig this season:

Gaziantep F.K. have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Super Lig
Rizespor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Rizespor have the most conceded goals in the second half (41) 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	Trabzonspor	37	23	12	2	68	33	19	12	7	0	35	17	18	11	5	2	33	16	35	81
2	Fenerbahce	37	20	10	7	68	38	19	11	5	3	33	17	18	9	5	4	35	21	30	70
3	Konyaspor	37	20	7	10	65	44	19	13	4	2	36	15	18	7	3	8	29	29	21	67
4	Istanbul Basaksehir	37	18	8	11	53	35	18	11	2	5	27	14	19	7	6	6	26	21	18	62
5	Alanyaspor	37	18	7	12	66	58	19	9	4	6	39	31	18	9	3	6	27	27	8	61
6	Besiktas	37	15	13	9	55	47	18	10	5	3	31	22	19	5	8	6	24	25	8	58
7	Antalyaspor	37	16	10	11	53	46	18	10	5	3	33	18	19	6	5	8	20	28	7	58
8	Fatih Karagumruk	37	16	9	12	47	51	18	10	5	3	29	17	19	6	4	9	18	34	-4	57
9	Adana Demirspor	37	14	10	13	53	47	18	8	5	5	28	17	19	6	5	8	25	30	6	52
10	Sivasspor	37	13	12	12	50	49	18	6	8	4	26	20	19	7	4	8	24	29	1	51
11	Galatasaray	37	14	9	14	50	52	19	10	3	6	31	23	18	4	6	8	19	29	-2	51
12	Kasimpasa	37	14	8	15	63	55	19	8	4	7	36	29	18	6	4	8	27	26	8	50
13	Hatayspor	37	14	8	15	52	59	18	9	5	4	32	20	19	5	3	11	20	39	-7	50
14	Kayserispor	37	12	11	14	53	59	19	10	4	5	32	22	18	2	7	9	21	37	-6	47
15	Giresunspor	37	12	9	16	40	43	19	7	5	7	23	21	18	5	4	9	17	22	-3	45
16	Gaziantep F.K.	37	11	10	16	46	56	18	10	7	1	33	17	19	1	3	15	13	39	-10	43
17	Rizespor	37	10	6	21	44	69	19	8	2	9	24	31	18	2	4	12	20	38	-25	36
18	Altay	37	9	7	21	37	53	18	5	4	9	18	23	19	4	3	12	19	30	-16	34
19	Goztepe	37	7	7	23	40	70	19	4	2	13	18	34	18	3	5	10	22	36	-30	28
20	Yeni Malatyaspor	37	5	5	27	27	66	18	3	3	12	20	38	19	2	2	15	7	28	-39	20

Table

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Trabzonspor	37	23	12	2	68	33	19	12	7	0	35	17	18	11	5	2	33	16	35	81
2	Fenerbahce	37	20	10	7	68	38	19	11	5	3	33	17	18	9	5	4	35	21	30	70
3	Konyaspor	37	20	7	10	65	44	19	13	4	2	36	15	18	7	3	8	29	29	21	67
4	Istanbul Basaksehir	37	18	8	11	53	35	18	11	2	5	27	14	19	7	6	6	26	21	18	62
5	Alanyaspor	37	18	7	12	66	58	19	9	4	6	39	31	18	9	3	6	27	27	8	61
6	Besiktas	37	15	13	9	55	47	18	10	5	3	31	22	19	5	8	6	24	25	8	58
7	Antalyaspor	37	16	10	11	53	46	18	10	5	3	33	18	19	6	5	8	20	28	7	58
8	Fatih Karagumruk	37	16	9	12	47	51	18	10	5	3	29	17	19	6	4	9	18	34	-4	57
9	Adana Demirspor	37	14	10	13	53	47	18	8	5	5	28	17	19	6	5	8	25	30	6	52
10	Sivasspor	37	13	12	12	50	49	18	6	8	4	26	20	19	7	4	8	24	29	1	51
11	Galatasaray	37	14	9	14	50	52	19	10	3	6	31	23	18	4	6	8	19	29	-2	51
12	Kasimpasa	37	14	8	15	63	55	19	8	4	7	36	29	18	6	4	8	27	26	8	50
13	Hatayspor	37	14	8	15	52	59	18	9	5	4	32	20	19	5	3	11	20	39	-7	50
14	Kayserispor	37	12	11	14	53	59	19	10	4	5	32	22	18	2	7	9	21	37	-6	47
15	Giresunspor	37	12	9	16	40	43	19	7	5	7	23	21	18	5	4	9	17	22	-3	45
16	Gaziantep F.K.	37	11	10	16	46	56	18	10	7	1	33	17	19	1	3	15	13	39	-10	43
17	Rizespor	37	10	6	21	44	69	19	8	2	9	24	31	18	2	4	12	20	38	-25	36
18	Altay	37	9	7	21	37	53	18	5	4	9	18	23	19	4	3	12	19	30	-16	34
19	Goztepe	37	7	7	23	40	70	19	4	2	13	18	34	18	3	5	10	22	36	-30	28
20	Yeni Malatyaspor	37	5	5	27	27	66	18	3	3	12	20	38	19	2	2	15	7	28	-39	20