1st position in the Super Lig table for Sivasspor so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 11th-placed Rizespor visits Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sivasspor form and stats
Home games in the Super Lig have been a walk in the park for Sivasspor so far, with 25 points won from 9 matches; 8 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Sivasspor has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive games without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Galatasaray defeat 100 days ago. Ever since the Gazisehir Gaziantep game Sivasspor has been unbeatable here at Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu producing seven straight wins.
In their previous game, the manager R. Çalımbay led his Sivasspor to a defeat in the Turkish Cup match away at Yeni Malatyaspor. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Besiktas.
Goals decide football matches and Sivasspor are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches. Sivasspor are not conceding a lot of goals here at Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
Rizespor form and stats
There's been little loot from Rizespor's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 8 away games in the Super Lig. Rizespor only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Rizespor, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Galatasaray (placed 6th). Before that, Rizespor secured a home win against Genclerbirligi with the score 2-0.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Rizespor as they have only managed to score 6 times from 8 away games in the league. Rizespor have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Rizespor - Sivasspor 2-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Sivasspor won 2, Rizespor won 3 and 5 draws. 4 games with over 2,5 goals, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Yatabaré 8 goals |  E. Kılınç 6 goals |  F. Andrade dos Santos 5 goals |
Sivasspor missing players
Rizespor missing players
| Sivasspor | Rizespor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 12 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 37 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 19 |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 12 | 16 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 94% | 89% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 61% | 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 25% | 44% |
| 33% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 25% | 17% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 25% | 11% |
| 72% | 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 25% | 39% |
| 28% | 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 33% |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.1 |
| 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 223 | 120 | 40 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 73 | 181 |
| 100 | 53 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 26 | 70 |
| 37% | 36% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 23% | 27% |
- Rizespor has the fewest points from losing position (0)
- Rizespor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Rizespor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sivasspor has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home
- Sivasspor has the most points (25) at home
- Sivasspor have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sivasspor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Sivasspor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rizespor have scored away.
- Sivasspor have scored in all their matches so far.
- Sivasspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sivasspor is in the best form (5-1-0)
| 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 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 20 | 40 |
| 2 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 36 |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 35 |
| 4 | Fenerbahce | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 34 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 32 |
| 6 | Galatasaray | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Goztepe | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 24 |
| 10 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 24 |
| 11 | Rizespor | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Denizlispor | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Genclerbirligi | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Konyaspor | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Kasimpasa | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 23 | -14 | 15 |
| 16 | Antalyaspor | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -21 | 14 |
| 17 | Ankaragucu | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -20 | 12 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 33 | -30 | 10 |