After league round 1 it's Rizespor - Alanyaspor 0-3 in points. Who will triumph in this second Super Lig game of the season?
These teams have little in common geographically as Alanyaspor have to travel 1200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
This looks to be an interesting game with lots of action and bustle as both squads are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!
Rizespor form and stats
The previous season, Rizespor's league stats were 10 wins, 6 draws and 22 losses, providing 17th position in the Super Lig. During these 38 matches they scored {44 goals} and gave away 71. Appearing as the home team in the previous season Rizespor managed 8-2-9 (win-draw-lost) with {24 goals} and 31 conceded.
Rizespor are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Adana Demirspor. The defeat against Adana Demirspor was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Erdoğan). Defender Topçu got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Topçu served one assist, hit two key passes and won 7 of 11 duels.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Umraniyespor that ended 0-0.This is expected to be a close game, with Rizespor perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Rizespor as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Rizespor has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Alanyaspor form and stats
Let's have a look at how Alanyaspor performed last season in the Super Lig: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 7 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 67 and conceded {58 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 10 - drew 3 and lost 6 with 28/27 goals scored/conceded.
Alanyaspor are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the game against Istanbul Basaksehir (placed 19th). Novais got a match rating of 7.95 in that game, top player of the team. Novais scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).
Ahead of that match was the Club Friendlies 2 away draw versus NAC Breda that ended 1-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Alanyaspor playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 5 Alanyaspor wins, 5 draws and 6 defeats.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Rizespor victory, three draws and six Alanyaspor wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Mary Honi Uzuegbunam 1 goals |   C. Ferreira de Souza 1 goals |  J. Barradas Novais 1 goals |
Rizespor missing players
Alanyaspor missing players
| Rizespor | Alanyaspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rizespor | Last season | Alanyaspor | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 4 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 8 | 10 | ||
| 50% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 67% | ||
| 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 50% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | ||
| 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | ||
| 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | ||
| 75% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 3.5 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 8.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 100% | ||
| 6 | 6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 6.2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 2.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hatayspor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Alanyaspor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Kasimpasa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Fenerbahce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Konyaspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sivasspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Samsunspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Istanbulspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Kayserispor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Galatasaray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ankaragucu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Rizespor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Fatih Karagumruk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Antalyaspor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Pendikspor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
