The visiting İstanbul Başakşehir side should be favourites in this visit to Rizespor, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Europa League. That game, against Sporting CP, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for İstanbul Başakşehir.
It's quite the trip for İstanbul Başakşehir when visiting Rizespor as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Rizespor form and stats
Overall Super Lig stats at home this season for Rizespor are 5-1-5 (wins-draw-losses).
Rizespor faced defeat in their previous match, away at Gazisehir Gaziantep (0-2). Preceding that match was a defeat to Besiktas (1-2).
The Rizespor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 11 matches. On the other hand, Rizespor have conceded 13 goals.
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super Lig travels is 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
It might be tough going out on the road again for İstanbul Başakşehir, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Sporting CP. That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Besiktas in the Super Lig.
After this away game İstanbul Başakşehir return home for a Europa League game against Sporting CP. That game is only three sleeps after this.
İstanbul Başakşehir find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by İstanbul Başakşehir in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: İstanbul Başakşehir - Rizespor 5-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Rizespor victories, two draws and five İstanbul Başakşehir wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Crivelli 9 goals |  D. Ba 7 goals |  E. Višća 7 goals |
Rizespor missing players
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
| Rizespor | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | 14 | 4 | Scored | S | 4 | 12 | 41 |
| 32 | 13 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 95% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 81% | 82% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 86% |
| 43% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 55% |
| 14% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 10% | 27% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 10% | 18% |
| 43% | 55% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 68% |
| 29% | 36% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 33% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 14% |
| 4.4 | 4.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 203 | 119 | 30 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 125 | 278 |
| 77 | 47 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 9 | 45 | 111 |
| 27% | 30% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 27% | 37% |
- 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 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 45 |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 26 | 44 |
| 3 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 43 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 42 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 39 |
| 6 | Fenerbahce | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 38 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 36 |
| 8 | Goztepe | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -2 | 30 |
| 10 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 24 |
| 11 | Genclerbirligi | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -8 | 24 |
| 12 | Denizlispor | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 24 |
| 13 | Rizespor | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -11 | 24 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 39 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -16 | 22 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -13 | 20 |
| 16 | Ankaragucu | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -18 | 20 |
| 17 | Kasimpasa | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 29 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -20 | 16 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 37 | -32 | 15 |