The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Rizespor are in the 12th position while the guests worry at 13th.
It's quite the trip for Gençlerbirliği when visiting Rizespor as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Rizespor form and stats
When playing at home in the Super Lig, Rizespor have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 4 defeats from 9 games. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Rizespor, their manager İ. Kartal and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
The Rizespor crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Fenerbahçe here in a Super Lig match. In the game before, an away victory match versus Yeni Malatyaspor with a 2-0 scoreline.
The Rizespor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Rizespor have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Gençlerbirliği form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gençlerbirliği so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Gençlerbirliği are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Two away games in a row for Gençlerbirliği, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Beşiktaş in the Super Lig. A draw for Gençlerbirliği before that, at their own venue hosting Sivasspor (2-2).
The Gençlerbirliği manager H. Hamzaoğlu has got the team scoring on the road, with 16 away goals in 8 league matches. Gençlerbirliği have conceded 19 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Gençlerbirliği - Rizespor 0-1, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 5 Rizespor victories, 1 draw and 4 Gençlerbirliği wins. 5 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Stancu 12 goals |  G. Sio 7 goals |   Rick Boldrin 4 goals |
Rizespor missing players
Gençlerbirliği missing players
| Rizespor | Gençlerbirliği | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 17 | 11 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 16 | 28 |
| 27 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 19 | 32 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 76% | 78% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 47% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 88% | 71% |
| 18% | 11% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 62% | 47% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 29% |
| 41% | 56% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 88% | 76% |
| 29% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 35% | 22% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 18% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 5.2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.4 | 4.9 |
| 5.4 | 5 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 171 | 98 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 9 | 95 | 209 |
| 66 | 40 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 41 | 91 |
| 26% | 28% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 39% | 31% |
- All of Gençlerbirliği's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Gençlerbirliği has the fewest matches under the total-line (5)
- Gençlerbirliği has the most dropped points from leading position (15)
- Gençlerbirliği have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Gençlerbirliği have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Gençlerbirliği haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Rizespor has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- 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 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 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 | Fenerbahçe | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Beşiktaş | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 29 |
| 7 | Galatasaray | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 8 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 24 |
| 9 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Göztepe | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 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 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 13 | Gençlerbirliği | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Kasımpaşa | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Antalyaspor | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 14 |
| 17 | Ankaragücü | 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 |