Soccer betting preview: Rizespor welcomes Fatih Karagümrük in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Çaykur Didi Stadyumu (15332 seats)

It's match two of the Super Lig season and everything to play for. Don't miss our complete preview of Rizespor-Fatih Karagümrük!

This has all the signs of an absorbing match with lots of spark and excitement as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Let's go!

These teams have little in common geographically as Fatih Karagümrük have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Rizespor form and stats

The previous season, Rizespor's league statistics were 12 wins, 12 draws and 16 losses, ending with 13th place in the Super Lig. From these 40 matches they scored 53 goals and gave away 69. Appearing as the host team in the previous season Rizespor delivered 7-7-6 (win-draw-lost) with 27 goals and 30 conceded.

Samu was the last player to score a league goal for Rizespor and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Rizespor haven't scored in 191 minutes.

In their previous game, the manager B. Uygun led his Rizespor to a defeat in the Super Lig match away at Beşiktaş. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Çaykur Didi Stadyumu. Alper Potuk (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.04/10. Potuk hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 6 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Istanbul Basaksehir with the scoreline 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 ten matches with the results: Won four, drawn four and lost two.

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Fatih Karagümrük form and stats

Let's have a look at how Fatih Karagümrük performed last season in the Super Lig: They landed a 8th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 12 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 64 and conceded 52 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 8 and lost 8 with 22/32 goals scored/conceded.

Fatih Karagümrük had fun at their own home (Çaykur Didi Stadyumu) last time out, beating Gazişehir Gaziantep 3-2. Ahmed Musa and Aleksandar Pešić scored. Attacker Aleksandar Pešić got a player rating of 7.74 in the game. "Man of the match" Pešić scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Beşiktaş.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 15 similar matches played by Fatih Karagümrük in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Karagümrük, eight draws and three defeats.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Rizespor victories, one draw and one Fatih Karagümrük win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fatih KaragümrükA. Pešić
A. Pešić
1 goals
Fatih KaragümrükA. Musa
A. Musa
1 goals

Rizespor missing players

Fatih Karagümrük missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rizespor Fatih Karagümrük
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low 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
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 3
3 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 2
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% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 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 1
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
2 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 12
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 7
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 43%
Rizespor Last season Fatih Karagümrük
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
12 7   Won W   4 16
12 7   Drew D   8 12
16 6   Lost L   8 12
53 27   Scored S   22 64
69 30   Conceded C   32 52
90% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
80% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 82%
50% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 57%
30% 30%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   40% 32%
22% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 15%
57% 50%   BTTS BTTS   65% 65%
22% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 25%
30% 35%   Failed to Score F T   30% 18%
 
3.6 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.2 5.2
5.2 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 5.2
2.4 2.8   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.5
7 4   Red cards R C   4 6
 
8.9 9.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 10.4
3.5 4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.2
38% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 38%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Altay 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Beşiktaş 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Fatih Karagümrük 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Hatayspor 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Kasimpasa 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Adana Demirspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Alanyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Antalyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fenerbahce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Galatasaray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Giresunspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Goztepe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Istanbul Basaksehir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Konyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sivasspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Trabzonspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yeni Malatyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Gazişehir Gaziantep 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
19 Kayserispor 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Rizespor 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season 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 40 26 6 8 89 44 20 14 3 3 49 14 20 12 3 5 40 30 45 84
2 Galatasaray 40 26 6 8 80 36 20 12 6 2 45 17 20 14 0 6 35 19 44 84
3 Fenerbahce 40 25 7 8 72 41 20 11 2 7 34 25 20 14 5 1 38 16 31 82
4 Trabzonspor 40 19 14 7 50 37 20 11 3 6 30 24 20 8 11 1 20 13 13 71
5 Sivasspor 40 16 17 7 54 43 20 7 9 4 19 15 20 9 8 3 35 28 11 65
6 Hatayspor 40 17 10 13 62 53 20 10 4 6 35 23 20 7 6 7 27 30 9 61
7 Alanyaspor 40 17 9 14 58 45 20 12 4 4 42 21 20 5 5 10 16 24 13 60
8 Fatih Karagümrük 40 16 12 12 64 52 20 12 4 4 42 20 20 4 8 8 22 32 12 60
9 Gazişehir Gaziantep 40 15 13 12 59 51 20 10 6 4 37 24 20 5 7 8 22 27 8 58
10 Goztepe 40 13 12 15 59 59 20 8 5 7 35 27 20 5 7 8 24 32 0 51
11 Konyaspor 40 12 14 14 49 48 20 7 9 4 27 19 20 5 5 10 22 29 1 50
12 Istanbul Basaksehir 40 12 12 16 43 55 20 5 8 7 26 28 20 7 4 9 17 27 -12 48
13 Rizespor 40 12 12 16 53 69 20 7 7 6 27 30 20 5 5 10 26 39 -16 48
14 Kasimpasa 40 12 10 18 47 57 20 9 4 7 26 25 20 3 6 11 21 32 -10 46
15 Yeni Malatyaspor 40 10 15 15 49 53 20 7 8 5 26 22 20 3 7 10 23 31 -4 45
16 Antalyaspor 40 9 17 14 41 55 20 6 7 7 24 28 20 3 10 7 17 27 -14 44
17 Kayserispor 40 9 14 17 35 52 20 5 7 8 20 25 20 4 7 9 15 27 -17 41
18 BB Erzurumspor 40 10 10 20 44 68 20 2 8 10 18 30 20 8 2 10 26 38 -24 40
19 Ankaragucu 40 10 8 22 46 65 20 8 3 9 26 25 20 2 5 13 20 40 -19 38
20 Genclerbirligi 40 10 8 22 44 76 20 6 5 9 27 35 20 4 3 13 17 41 -32 38
21 Denizlispor 40 6 10 24 38 77 20 4 6 10 17 27 20 2 4 14 21 50 -39 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 Altay 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Beşiktaş 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
3 Fatih Karagümrük 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Hatayspor 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Kasimpasa 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Adana Demirspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Alanyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Antalyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Fenerbahce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Galatasaray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Giresunspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Goztepe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Istanbul Basaksehir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Konyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Sivasspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Trabzonspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Yeni Malatyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Gazişehir Gaziantep 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
19 Kayserispor 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
20 Rizespor 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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