Göztepe - Rizespor: Super Lig dungeon occupants scrapping for points and triumph. Here are all the relevant numbers and information before the fixture!
- Göztepe have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super Lig
- Rizespor have the most conceded goals (65) in Super Lig
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This looks to be an exciting game with lots of fun and excitement as both contenders are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!
Göztepe form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Super Lig this season. Göztepe have only managed 4 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses from their games here at Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Stadı. When Göztepe hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Gazisehir Gaziantep, Yeni Malatyaspor, Sivasspor, Giresunspor, Göztepe and Altay), they have won 2 of 5 matches!
An away draw last time out for Göztepe, facing Gazisehir Gaziantep in a game that ended 1-1. Jahović was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Gazisehir Gaziantep after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfield player Kayan got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Kayan hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 42 successful passes (of 48 total).
Heartbreak before that as Göztepe lost 0-2 at Fenerbahce's place.Göztepe's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 25 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rizespor form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rizespor so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 0-4-12 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 18 away games in a row.
The manager Korkmaz was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Çaykur Didi Stadyumu. Rizespor suffered a 0-6 loss to Fenerbahce (placed 2nd). Rizespor lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one. Rizespor keeper Akkan had a grand day vs Fenerbahce, but despite achieving seven saves the defeat could not be evaded. The attacker Sarı got a match rating of 7.02 in that game. Sarı hit three key passes.
A 1-1 draw at Kayserispor's stadium before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rizespor as they have only managed to score 10 times from 16 away games in the league. Rizespor have conceded 36 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Rizespor - Göztepe 3-1 was the product when this pair of teams previously played each other, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Göztepe four wins, two draws and Rizespor four victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  J. Pohjanpalo 14 goals |   A. Jahović 5 goals |  H. Akbunar 4 goals |
Göztepe missing players
Rizespor missing players
| Göztepe | Rizespor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Played | P | 3 | 16 | 34 |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| 38 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 33 |
| 58 | 25 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 36 | 65 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 91% |
| 88% | 76% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 82% |
| 59% | 41% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 62% | 62% |
| 24% | 18% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 32% |
| 9% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 15% |
| 68% | 47% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 53% |
| 3% | 6% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 18% |
| 29% | 47% | 60% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 4.9 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.2 |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 9.9 | 10.8 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9.8 | 9.6 |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 26% | 23% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 20% | 28% |
| 11.9 | 11.1 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6.2 | 5.7 |
- Göztepe have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Super Lig
- Göztepe have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Super Lig
- Göztepe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Rizespor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Rizespor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Rizespor have the fewest points (4) away in Super Lig
- Rizespor have the fewest scored goals in the first half (10) in Super Lig
- Rizespor have the most conceded goals (65) in Super Lig
- Rizespor have the most conceded goals in the second half (40) in Super Lig
- Rizespor have the the worst goal difference (-26) away in Super Lig
- Rizespor have yet to win a 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 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 63 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 34 | 76 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 64 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 29 | 65 |
| 3 | Konyaspor | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 59 | 38 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 64 |
| 4 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 57 |
| 5 | Adana Demirspor | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 52 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 55 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 4 | 52 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 33 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 41 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 51 |
| 8 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 4 | 51 |
| 9 | Fatih Karagümrük | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 49 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 33 | -7 | 50 |
| 10 | Hatayspor | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 50 | 54 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 36 | -4 | 49 |
| 11 | Galatasaray | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 47 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 29 | -2 | 47 |
| 12 | Kasimpasa | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 53 | 47 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 6 | 44 |
| 13 | Kayserispor | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 47 | 55 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 36 | -8 | 43 |
| 14 | Sivasspor | 33 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 43 | 43 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 42 |
| 15 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 49 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 33 | -6 | 42 |
| 16 | Giresunspor | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 21 | -5 | 40 |
| 17 | Altay | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 50 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 28 | -16 | 30 |
| 18 | Rizespor | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 33 | 65 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 36 | -32 | 30 |
| 19 | Göztepe | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 33 | -20 | 28 |
| 20 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 23 | -33 | 20 |
