Rizespor are welcoming Yeni Malatyaspor for another very important game following their 3-1 result versus 17th-placed Göztepe.
- Rizespor have the most conceded goals (32) in Super Lig
- Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals (14) in Super Lig
Rizespor and Yeni Malatyaspor should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Yeni Malatyaspor have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Rizespor form and stats
The complete Super Lig results playing at home this season for Rizespor are 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Rizespor hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Gazisehir Gaziantep, Kayserispor, Kasimpasa, Rizespor, Göztepe and Altay), they have won 3 of 4 matches! Rizespor has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Çaykur Didi Stadyumu. We remember; it was Galatasaray.
The Rizespor supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Göztepe in Super Lig and win 3-1. The attacker Joel Pohjanpalo was named "man of the match" for Rizespor with the rating of 8.41/10. Pohjanpalo scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Fenerbahce (0-4).There will be little rest for Rizespor after this match as they are travelling to Sivasspor for a Super Lig game in only three days.
Rizespor has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 9 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Yeni Malatyaspor form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Yeni Malatyaspor so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
Malatyaspor's previous game was their home loss versus Alanyaspor (2-6). As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Alanyaspor was particularly ugly (2-6). The humiliation is still top of mind. Malatyaspor goalie Özbir had a brilliant day versus Alanyaspor, but even with managing seven saves the beating could not be stopped. Midfielder Mounir Chouiar was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Chouiar hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 12 of 14 times and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Konyaspor.After this away game Malatyaspor return home for a Super Lig game against Kayserispor. That game is only four sleeps after this.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Yeni Malatyaspor's away games in the league this season with only 3 goals from 7 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Malatyaspor have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Rizespor three wins, zero draws and Yeni Malatyaspor three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Tetteh 6 goals |   D. Đoković 4 goals |  J. Pohjanpalo 4 goals |
Rizespor missing players
Yeni Malatyaspor missing players
| Rizespor | Yeni Malatyaspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 15 | 11 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 32 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 7 | 29 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 88% |
| 88% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 43% | 62% |
| 69% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 38% |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 19% |
| 44% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 31% |
| 19% | 38% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 71% | 50% |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.1 |
| 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.8 | 9.1 | 11.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 7.6 | 8.8 |
| 3 | 2.9 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 31% | 48% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 10% | 22% |
| 13.9 | 13 | 11.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
| 5.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
- Rizespor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Rizespor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Yeni Malatyaspor have scored away.
- Rizespor have the most conceded goals (32) in Super Lig
- Rizespor have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in Super Lig
- Rizespor have the the worst goal difference (-17) in Super Lig
- Yeni Malatyaspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals (14) in Super Lig
- Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Super Lig
- Yeni Malatyaspor have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Yeni Malatyaspor is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 39 |
| 2 | Konyaspor | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 3 | Hatayspor | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 28 |
| 5 | Fenerbahce | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 8 | Galatasaray | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Adana Demirspor | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | Fatih Karagümrük | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Antalyaspor | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -3 | 21 |
| 12 | Sivasspor | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 19 |
| 13 | Giresunspor | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
| 14 | Kayserispor | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -4 | 19 |
| 15 | Altay | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 16 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -5 | 18 |
| 17 | Göztepe | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -15 | 14 |
| 19 | Rizespor | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 23 | -17 | 13 |
| 20 | Kasimpasa | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 11 |