Betting prediction and preview: Fenerbahçe fancied to be better team when visiting Rizespor

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Date: Sun 29.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Caykur Didi Stadium (15332 seats)

Rizespor will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Fenerbahçe.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Rizespor and Fenerbahçe.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Rizespor form and stats

Rizespor have collected 13 points from their Super Lig home games so far after 4-1-3.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Fenerbahçe in the Super Lig last time out and are looking for a win here. Before that match, a win away at Yeni Malatyaspor.

Rizespor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 8 games. On the other hand, Rizespor have conceded 9 goals.

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Fenerbahçe form and stats

Playing away, Fenerbahçe have won 2 games, drawn 3 and suffered 3 defeats in the Super Lig this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Rizespor (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The Super Lig match ended in a draw 1-1. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Besiktas.

Fenerbahçe have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by Fenerbahçe in these games.

Head 2 Head

Rizespor-Fenerbahçe H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Rizespor 1 win, Fenerbahçe 7 wins, 2 draws. 8 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

FenerbahçeV. Muriqi
V. Muriqi
10 goals
RizesporRick Boldrin
Rick Boldrin
4 goals
RizesporSamu
Samu
3 goals

Rizespor missing players

Fenerbahçe missing players

Rizespor Fenerbahçe
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 9 2 Played P 4 9 17
6 4 1 Won W 1 2 8
3 2 0 Drew D 2 4 5
8 3 1 Lost L 1 3 4
17 11 3 Scored S 5 9 33
26 10 3 Conceded C 6 12 21
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 78% 88%
76% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 76%
41% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 56% 65%
18% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 47%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 24%
41% 56% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 67% 71%
29% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 22% 18%
35% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 24%
 
4.7 4.8 3.5 Corners For (avg) C F 3.5 4.4 5.2
5.4 5 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 3.7 3.4
2.4 2.7 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.4 2.2
2 2 0 Red Cards R C 1 3 4
 
166 93 23 Total Shots T S 37 103 275
63 37 9 Shots on Target S O 14 32 105
27% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 28% 31%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Fenerbahçe has the most points from losing position (10)
  • Fenerbahçe has the most scored goals in the first half (19)
  • Rizespor has the fewest points from losing position (-1)
  • Rizespor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Sivasspor 17 11 4 2 35 16 9 8 1 0 19 5 8 3 3 2 16 11 19 37
2 Istanbul Basaksehir 17 9 6 2 32 17 9 5 3 1 21 9 8 4 3 1 11 8 15 33
3 Trabzonspor 17 9 5 3 35 19 9 5 2 2 21 11 8 4 3 1 14 8 16 32
4 Besiktas 17 9 3 5 27 22 9 6 2 1 17 6 8 3 1 4 10 16 5 30
5 Fenerbahçe 16 8 4 4 32 20 8 6 1 1 24 9 8 2 3 3 8 11 12 28
6 Galatasaray 17 7 6 4 23 15 9 5 3 1 15 6 8 2 3 3 8 9 8 27
7 Alanyaspor 16 7 5 4 29 15 8 4 3 1 18 6 8 3 2 3 11 9 14 26
8 Yeni Malatyaspor 16 6 5 5 31 21 8 3 2 3 16 10 8 3 3 2 15 11 10 23
9 Göztepe 17 6 5 6 19 20 8 3 3 2 11 9 9 3 2 4 8 11 -1 23
10 Gazişehir Gaziantep 16 6 5 5 25 27 8 3 2 3 14 11 8 3 3 2 11 16 -2 23
11 Denizlispor 17 6 4 7 19 23 8 2 1 5 7 12 9 4 3 2 12 11 -4 22
12 Rizespor 16 6 2 8 16 25 8 4 1 3 10 9 8 2 1 5 6 16 -9 20
13 Genclerbirligi 17 4 6 7 28 32 9 2 4 3 12 13 8 2 2 4 16 19 -4 18
14 Kasimpasa 17 4 3 10 26 34 8 1 2 5 13 17 9 3 1 5 13 17 -8 15
15 Konyaspor 16 3 6 7 14 22 8 1 4 3 5 8 8 2 2 4 9 14 -8 15
16 Antalyaspor 17 3 5 9 15 33 8 1 3 4 10 18 9 2 2 5 5 15 -18 14
17 Ankaragucu 17 2 6 9 15 34 8 1 3 4 7 16 9 1 3 5 8 18 -19 12
18 Kayserispor 17 2 4 11 16 42 8 2 2 4 8 14 9 0 2 7 8 28 -26 10

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.