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

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Tue 21.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Çaykur Didi Stadyumu (15332 seats)

Rizespor look forward to battle it out with Altay in this Super Lig game. Everything you can know about the match can be found right here!

Insights:
  • Rizespor have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Super Lig
  • Altay have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Super Lig

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 Altay, who are travelling more than 1400 kilometers to play this game.

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Rizespor form and stats

Rizespor, who have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Super Lig, have collected 1 point from their Super Lig home games so far after 0-1-1. Rizespor has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager B. Uygun and the players.

Rizespor lost their last game at Adana Demirspor (placed 15th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Midfielder Yannick Bolasie was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.04 (out of ten) in that game. Bolasie hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Preceding that match was the home game against Hatayspor that was lost 0-2.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Rizespor have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost three.

Rizespor has scored 0 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Altay form and stats

Altay are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Super Lig, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

Leandro Kappel and Marco Paixão scored in Altay's previous match, the home game against Goztepe that ended 2-1. Altay goalie Mateusz Lis was high and low in the Goztepe game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Marco Paixão came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Goztepe last time out, making the manager M. Denizli feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against Goztepe, was very satisfying as Marco Paixão scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Martín Rodríguez got a match rating of 8.12 in that game, top player of the team. Rodríguez hit five key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).

A 1-3 defeat away at Konyaspor before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Altay playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were one Altay win, two draws and three defeats.

A new game in only three days for Altay, the Super Lig home match versus Beşiktaş. Busy days.

It's early days yet, but Altay has scored 5 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Rizespor one win, two draws and Altay two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RizesporD. Đoković
D. Đoković
2 goals
AltayD. Bamba
D. Bamba
2 goals
AltayA. Mohamed
A. Mohamed
2 goals

Rizespor missing players

Altay missing players

Rizespor Altay
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 0 2 5
0 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
4 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
3 0 0 Scored S 0 5 10
11 2 0 Conceded C 0 4 7
80% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
80% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
60% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 80%
40% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 40%
20% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 20%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 60%
20% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 20%
60% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 20%
 
5 3.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 4.4
5 4.5 6 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 3.8
1.8 0.5 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6 5 6 Shots (avg) S ( 0 13.5 12.8
1.8 0.5 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 4.8
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 42%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • All of Altay's away-matches have had more than 3,5 goals.
  • Altay have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Altay have scored more than double the goals of Rizespor.
  • Altay have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Super Lig
  • Altay have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • Altay haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Rizespor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rizespor have failed to score a single goal at home.
  • Rizespor have the the worst goal difference (-8) in Super Lig
  • Rizespor have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Rizespor have yet to win a game.
Rizespor Last season Altay
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   19 37
12 7   Won W   12 23
12 7   Drew D   1 3
16 6   Lost L   6 11
53 27   Scored S   30 71
69 30   Conceded C   17 41
90% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
80% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 73%
50% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 65%
30% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 41%
22% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 19%
57% 50%   BTTS BTTS   42% 49%
22% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   37% 35%
30% 35%   Failed to Score F T   21% 19%
 
3.6 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.2
5.2 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.2 3.6
2.4 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.8
7 4   Red cards R C   1 2
 
8.9 9.9   Shots (avg) S (   8.2 11.4
3.5 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 5.3
38% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 36%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Beşiktaş 5 4 1 0 10 2 3 3 0 0 7 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 8 13
2 Trabzonspor 5 4 1 0 11 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 3 0 0 7 1 7 13
3 Fatih Karagümrük 5 3 1 1 11 6 2 2 0 0 7 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 10
4 Fenerbahce 4 3 1 0 6 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 5 10
5 Konyaspor 4 3 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 10
6 Altay 5 3 0 2 10 7 3 2 0 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 5 4 3 9
7 Galatasaray 4 2 2 0 8 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 6 4 3 8
8 Hatayspor 4 2 1 1 9 3 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 6 7
9 Kayserispor 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 7
10 Yeni Malatyaspor 5 2 0 3 7 12 3 1 0 2 6 9 2 1 0 1 1 3 -5 6
11 Alanyaspor 4 2 0 2 3 9 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 5 -6 6
12 Goztepe 5 1 2 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 -1 5
13 Gazisehir Gaziantep 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 3 6 -1 5
14 Kasimpasa 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 5
15 Adana Demirspor 5 1 2 2 5 8 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 5 -3 5
16 Antalyaspor 5 1 1 3 6 10 3 1 1 1 6 6 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4 4
17 Sivasspor 5 0 3 2 5 7 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 3
18 Rizespor 5 0 1 4 3 11 2 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 3 9 -8 1
19 Istanbul Basaksehir 4 0 0 4 2 6 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -4 0
20 Giresunspor 4 0 0 4 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 0

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.