Another enjoyable game as Rizespor receive Samsunspor

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Çaykur Didi Stadyumu (15332 seats)

Rizespor have claimed 5 of their 11 in total here in familiar surroundings. Will they claim the win versus Samsunspor?

Insights:
  • Rizespor have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Samsunspor have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Super Lig

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Rizespor form and stats

Rizespor must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Super Lig games here at Çaykur Didi Stadyumu.

In their previous game, the manager Palut led his Rizespor to a defeat away at Fenerbahce. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Çaykur Didi Stadyumu. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after going unbeaten through five league games. Rizespor were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Rizespor's goalkeeper Akkan was extremely busy against Fenerbahce, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Before that, Rizespor drew at home versus Sivasspor.

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 6 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Rizespor have scored {2 league goals} here from 3 matches, not a lot. Rizespor have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {1 goals}.

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Samsunspor form and stats

0-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Samsunspor in their Super Lig matches away.

Samsunspor failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Gazisehir Gaziantep (placed 16th) that ended with defeat 1-2. Midfielder Tait was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.24. Tait hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 42 successful passes (of 49 total).

Prior to that match, the Samsunspor manager Bayraktar faced defeat when travelling to Antalyaspor and losing 0-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Samsunspor in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Samsunspor, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

For Samsunspor, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Samsunspor have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing Rizespor.

Top Goalscorers

RizesporB. Keser
B. Keser
2 goals
RizesporD. Varesanovic
D. Varesanovic
2 goals
RizesporJ. Mary Honi Uzuegbunam
J. Mary Honi Uzuegbunam
1 goals

Rizespor missing players

Samsunspor missing players

Rizespor Samsunspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 1 Played P 3 4 7
3 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
2 2 0 Drew D 1 1 2
2 0 0 Lost L 2 3 5
8 2 1 Scored S 2 4 5
11 1 0 Conceded C 5 9 13
86% 67% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 86%
71% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 86%
57% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 43%
29% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 14%
29% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 14%
57% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 57%
29% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 14%
29% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 43%
 
3.1 3 1 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.2 4
5.1 4.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 2.5 2.4
3.4 4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 1.2 1.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.1 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.5 8.3
3.3 3.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 2.2 1.7
35% 18% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 44% 42%
 
15.1 14.3 20 Shots against (avg) S A 8.7 9.5 8
5.1 3.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.5 3.3
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • All of Samsunspor's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Rizespor have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Samsunspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Samsunspor have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Samsunspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Samsunspor have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Super Lig
  • Samsunspor have the the worst goal difference (-5) away in Super Lig
  • Samsunspor have yet to win a game.
  • Samsunspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Samsunspor is in the worst form (0-0-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fenerbahce 7 7 0 0 18 3 4 4 0 0 14 3 3 3 0 0 4 0 15 21
2 Galatasaray 7 6 1 0 14 4 3 3 0 0 8 3 4 3 1 0 6 1 10 19
3 Adana Demirspor 7 4 2 1 18 9 4 4 0 0 13 3 3 0 2 1 5 6 9 14
4 Besiktas 7 4 1 2 10 9 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 2 0 2 5 7 1 13
5 Trabzonspor 7 4 0 3 15 10 4 3 0 1 8 4 3 1 0 2 7 6 5 12
6 Kasimpasa 7 3 3 1 13 14 4 2 1 1 7 9 3 1 2 0 6 5 -1 12
7 Hatayspor 7 2 5 0 11 6 3 1 2 0 6 5 4 1 3 0 5 1 5 11
8 Rizespor 7 3 2 2 8 11 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 2 0 2 6 10 -3 11
9 Kayserispor 6 2 3 1 7 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 9
10 Antalyaspor 7 2 3 2 9 8 3 1 2 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 5 6 1 9
11 Konyaspor 7 2 3 2 7 7 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 9
12 Sivasspor 7 1 4 2 7 9 4 0 3 1 3 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 7
13 Alanyaspor 7 1 4 2 6 9 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 0 2 1 1 5 -3 7
14 Ankaragucu 7 1 3 3 9 10 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 7 7 -1 6
15 Fatih Karagumruk 7 1 3 3 6 7 4 0 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 3 2 -1 6
16 Gazisehir Gaziantep 7 2 0 5 6 13 3 1 0 2 3 6 4 1 0 3 3 7 -7 6
17 Pendikspor 7 0 4 3 6 14 3 0 2 1 3 7 4 0 2 2 3 7 -8 4
18 Istanbul Basaksehir 6 1 0 5 3 11 3 0 0 3 1 5 3 1 0 2 2 6 -8 3
19 Istanbulspor 6 0 2 4 3 9 4 0 1 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 -6 2
20 Samsunspor 6 0 1 5 5 13 2 0 0 2 1 4 4 0 1 3 4 9 -8 1

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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.