With their 9 point advantage in the league table, Göztepe fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Rizespor.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Rizespor, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.
Göztepe form and stats
When playing at home in the Super Lig, Göztepe have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 11 games.
A nice win for Göztepe last time playing, versus Rizespor. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Stefano Napoleoni and Berkan Emir scoring for the victors. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kasımpaşa (0-2).
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 Göztepe have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won two times, drawn three and lost two.
The Göztepe fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. Göztepe's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rizespor form and stats
Rizespor have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Super Lig, after 2-2-8 (12 played). 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.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Rizespor, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Göztepe (placed 8th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ankaragücü wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.
We have checked recent matches where Rizespor have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, three draws and two defeats.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Rizespor have conceded 26 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Göztepe - Rizespor 2-0 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: four - two - two (Göztepe wins - draws - Rizespor wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Gürler 6 goals | H. Akbunar 5 goals |  F. Boldrin 4 goals |
Göztepe missing players
Rizespor missing players
| Göztepe | Rizespor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 31 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 10 | 26 |
| 30 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 28 | 44 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 69% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 85% | 85% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 31% | 46% |
| 23% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 15% |
| 4% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 23% | 12% |
| 46% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 50% |
| 31% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 15% | 23% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 46% | 31% |
| 4.3 | 5.1 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.1 | 5.2 |
| 2.3 | 2.6 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 234 | 136 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 117 | 265 |
| 88 | 55 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 38 | 95 |
| 35% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 26% | 27% |
- Göztepe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- 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 | Trabzonspor | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 31 | 53 |
| 2 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 25 | 53 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 50 |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 49 |
| 5 | Beşiktaş | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 44 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 43 |
| 7 | Fenerbahçe | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 40 |
| 8 | Göztepe | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | -1 | 34 |
| 9 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | Denizlispor | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -8 | 31 |
| 11 | Antalyaspor | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -14 | 30 |
| 12 | Gençlerbirliği | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | Kasımpaşa | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 26 |
| 14 | Konyaspor | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 26 |
| 15 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -2 | 25 |
| 16 | Rizespor | 25 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 26 | -16 | 25 |
| 17 | Ankaragücü | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 23 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 42 | -34 | 22 |