Soccer match preview: Beşiktaş confident before travelling to Rizespor

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Wed 28.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Çaykur Didi Stadyumu (15332 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Rizespor have their presumed home advantage while Beşiktaş are ahead 33 points in the Super Lig table.

Insights:
  • Rizespor have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Super Lig
  • Beşiktaş have the most scored goals (75) in Super Lig

Beşiktaş could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super Lig game only four sleeps ago.

It's quite the trip for Beşiktaş when visiting Rizespor as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

Relegation threatens Rizespor who should definitely be looking for some points here. Beşiktaş are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Rizespor form and stats

7 victories, 7 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Rizespor have to build on here at Çaykur Didi Stadyumu in the Super Lig.

The fans are hoping that Rizespor will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Super Lig game against Genclerbirligi (placed 19th). Previous to that game, a home match hosting Konyaspor in a game that was won 5-3.

The manager B. Uygun will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Denizlispor in only four days.

The Rizespor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 25 in 17 matches. 21 goals have been conceded.

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Beşiktaş form and stats

10-3-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Beşiktaş, who have the most scored goals (75) in Super Lig, in their Super Lig matches away.

Beşiktaş are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Super Lig against Kayserispor (placed 18th). Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Sivasspor.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hatayspor in just three days.

The Beşiktaş manager A. Yalçın has got the team scoring on the road, with 34 away goals in 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 24 goals have been conceded by Beşiktaş in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Beşiktaş - Rizespor 6-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rizespor zero wins, one draw and Beşiktaş nine victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BeşiktaşC. Larin
C. Larin
15 goals
BeşiktaşV. Aboubakar
V. Aboubakar
15 goals
RizesporM. Škoda
M. Škoda
9 goals

Rizespor missing players

Beşiktaş missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rizespor Beşiktaş
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 17 35
10 7 1 Won W 2 10 23
12 7 3 Drew D 1 3 6
13 3 2 Lost L 2 4 6
45 25 3 Scored S 8 34 75
56 21 7 Conceded C 9 24 36
89% 82% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
80% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 76% 80%
49% 41% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 65% 66%
26% 24% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 53% 40%
20% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 35% 23%
60% 53% 33% BTTS BTTS 80% 65% 54%
23% 35% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 40%
29% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 9%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.9 3.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.7 2
6 3 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
8.7 10.3 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 11.6 12.5
3.4 4.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.6 5.2
38% 35% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 43% 41%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Beşiktaş have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Beşiktaş have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Super Lig
  • Beşiktaş have the most scored goals (75) in Super Lig
  • Beşiktaş have the most scored goals in the second half (47) in Super Lig
  • Beşiktaş have the the best goal difference (+39) in Super Lig
  • Rizespor have the most dropped points from leading position (22) 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 Beşiktaş 35 23 6 6 75 36 18 13 3 2 41 12 17 10 3 4 34 24 39 75
2 Galatasaray 35 21 6 8 67 33 17 9 6 2 38 15 18 12 0 6 29 18 34 69
3 Fenerbahce 34 21 6 7 61 34 17 9 2 6 27 20 17 12 4 1 34 14 27 69
4 Trabzonspor 36 17 12 7 44 33 18 9 3 6 26 22 18 8 9 1 18 11 11 63
5 Alanyaspor 35 16 7 12 55 39 18 12 3 3 40 18 17 4 4 9 15 21 16 55
6 Hatayspor 35 15 9 11 57 43 17 8 4 5 31 21 18 7 5 6 26 22 14 54
7 Sivasspor 35 12 16 7 48 41 17 5 8 4 16 14 18 7 8 3 32 27 7 52
8 Gazisehir Gaziantep 34 13 12 9 51 42 17 10 6 1 31 15 17 3 6 8 20 27 9 51
9 Fatih Karagümrük 35 13 11 11 49 42 17 10 3 4 30 16 18 3 8 7 19 26 7 50
10 Goztepe 35 12 11 12 51 48 17 8 4 5 33 23 18 4 7 7 18 25 3 47
11 Konyaspor 35 10 12 13 42 45 18 6 8 4 21 17 17 4 4 9 21 28 -3 42
12 Rizespor 35 10 12 13 45 56 17 7 7 3 25 21 18 3 5 10 20 35 -11 42
13 Antalyaspor 36 9 15 12 36 48 18 6 6 6 22 25 18 3 9 6 14 23 -12 42
14 Ankaragucu 34 10 8 16 42 54 17 8 3 6 25 21 17 2 5 10 17 33 -12 38
15 Yeni Malatyaspor 34 8 13 13 40 46 17 6 6 5 22 19 17 2 7 8 18 27 -6 37
16 Kasimpasa 35 9 10 16 37 51 18 7 4 7 20 24 17 2 6 9 17 27 -14 37
17 Istanbul Basaksehir 34 9 9 16 37 53 17 4 6 7 24 27 17 5 3 9 13 26 -16 36
18 Kayserispor 35 8 11 16 27 46 17 4 6 7 13 20 18 4 5 9 14 26 -19 35
19 Genclerbirligi 35 9 8 18 36 61 18 5 5 8 22 30 17 4 3 10 14 31 -25 35
20 BB Erzurumspor 35 8 10 17 36 58 18 2 8 8 17 27 17 6 2 9 19 31 -22 34
21 Denizlispor 35 6 10 19 33 60 18 4 6 8 16 22 17 2 4 11 17 38 -27 28

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 Beşiktaş 35 23 6 6 75 36 18 13 3 2 41 12 17 10 3 4 34 24 39 75
2 Galatasaray 35 21 6 8 67 33 17 9 6 2 38 15 18 12 0 6 29 18 34 69
3 Fenerbahce 34 21 6 7 61 34 17 9 2 6 27 20 17 12 4 1 34 14 27 69
4 Trabzonspor 36 17 12 7 44 33 18 9 3 6 26 22 18 8 9 1 18 11 11 63
5 Alanyaspor 35 16 7 12 55 39 18 12 3 3 40 18 17 4 4 9 15 21 16 55
6 Hatayspor 35 15 9 11 57 43 17 8 4 5 31 21 18 7 5 6 26 22 14 54
7 Sivasspor 35 12 16 7 48 41 17 5 8 4 16 14 18 7 8 3 32 27 7 52
8 Gazisehir Gaziantep 34 13 12 9 51 42 17 10 6 1 31 15 17 3 6 8 20 27 9 51
9 Fatih Karagümrük 35 13 11 11 49 42 17 10 3 4 30 16 18 3 8 7 19 26 7 50
10 Goztepe 35 12 11 12 51 48 17 8 4 5 33 23 18 4 7 7 18 25 3 47
11 Konyaspor 35 10 12 13 42 45 18 6 8 4 21 17 17 4 4 9 21 28 -3 42
12 Rizespor 35 10 12 13 45 56 17 7 7 3 25 21 18 3 5 10 20 35 -11 42
13 Antalyaspor 36 9 15 12 36 48 18 6 6 6 22 25 18 3 9 6 14 23 -12 42
14 Ankaragucu 34 10 8 16 42 54 17 8 3 6 25 21 17 2 5 10 17 33 -12 38
15 Yeni Malatyaspor 34 8 13 13 40 46 17 6 6 5 22 19 17 2 7 8 18 27 -6 37
16 Kasimpasa 35 9 10 16 37 51 18 7 4 7 20 24 17 2 6 9 17 27 -14 37
17 Istanbul Basaksehir 34 9 9 16 37 53 17 4 6 7 24 27 17 5 3 9 13 26 -16 36
18 Kayserispor 35 8 11 16 27 46 17 4 6 7 13 20 18 4 5 9 14 26 -19 35
19 Genclerbirligi 35 9 8 18 36 61 18 5 5 8 22 30 17 4 3 10 14 31 -25 35
20 BB Erzurumspor 35 8 10 17 36 58 18 2 8 8 17 27 17 6 2 9 19 31 -22 34
21 Denizlispor 35 6 10 19 33 60 18 4 6 8 16 22 17 2 4 11 17 38 -27 28

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