Struggling Rizespor will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Galatasaray in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
It's quite the trip for Galatasaray when visiting Rizespor as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Rizespor form and stats
5-2-6 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Lig numbers at home for Rizespor so far this season.
No payout for Rizespor in their previous match, an away game at Göztepe that ended in defeat 0-2. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Ankaragücü (1-2).
Rizespor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 13 games. On the other hand, Rizespor have conceded 16 goals.
Galatasaray form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most clean sheets (12) in Super Lig, on their Super Lig travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Galatasaray who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Göztepe.
Galatasaray delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Beşiktaş (placed 5th) in their previous match; a Super Lig game. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Sivasspor that ended 2-2.
Galatasaray has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 12 games. Galatasaray have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Galatasaray - Rizespor 2-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Rizespor won zero games, five matches ended with a draw and Galatasaray has five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / sixTop Goalscorers
  R. García Zárate 9 goals |  A. Büyük 6 goals |  S. Feghouli 5 goals |
Rizespor missing players
Galatasaray missing players
| Rizespor | Galatasaray | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 26 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 15 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | 16 | 6 | Scored | S | 10 | 19 | 44 |
| 44 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 85% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 46% | 62% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 50% | 46% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 25% | 27% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 8% | 15% |
| 50% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 42% |
| 23% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 46% |
| 31% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 23% |
| 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 265 | 148 | 63 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 138 | 315 |
| 95 | 57 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 26 | 57 | 127 |
| 27% | 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 33% | 35% |
- Galatasaray has the fewest conceded goals (20)
- Galatasaray has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Galatasaray has the most clean sheets (12)
- Galatasaray have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Galatasaray have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- 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 | Trabzonspor | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 31 | 53 |
| 2 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 25 | 53 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 50 |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 49 |
| 5 | Beşiktaş | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 44 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 43 |
| 7 | Fenerbahce | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 40 |
| 8 | Göztepe | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 37 |
| 9 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | Denizlispor | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -8 | 31 |
| 11 | Antalyaspor | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -14 | 30 |
| 12 | Gençlerbirliği | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | Kasımpaşa | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 26 |
| 14 | Konyaspor | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 26 |
| 15 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -2 | 25 |
| 16 | Rizespor | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -18 | 25 |
| 17 | Ankaragücü | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 23 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 42 | -34 | 22 |