National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Beşiktaş or Rizespor that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Beşiktaş nor Rizespor as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Rizespor when visiting Beşiktaş as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.
Beşiktaş form and stats
Beşiktaş was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Turkish Cup. BB Erzurumspor was too strong.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Vodafone Arena as Beşiktaş have scored 21 goals to get 19 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Super Lig are 6-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the Gençlerbirliği game Beşiktaş has been unbeatable here at Vodafone Arena producing six straight wins.
Beşiktaş shared the glory with Hatayspor in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Before that, Beşiktaş had a Super Lig home game versus Rizespor which ended with a victory 6-0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Super Lig game versus Galatasaray in only four days. This game is also played here at Vodafone Arena.
Beşiktaş are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 8 games). As for guarding their own goal, Beşiktaş have only let in 4 goals at home. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Rizespor form and stats
They also participated in Turkish Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals, when Galatasaray drew the shortest straw.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Rizespor so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Rizespor played 1-1 against Denizlispor in their previous match. A 0-6 defeat away at Beşiktaş before that.
The draw against Denizlispor came from a losing position. The Rizespor manager S. Tomas brought on Kemal Rüzgar as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Rizespor manager S. Tomas as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Yeni Malatyaspor.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Rizespor have conceded 15 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - one - zero (Beşiktaş wins - draws - Rizespor wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Larin 11 goals |  V. Aboubakar 9 goals |   L. Rémy 6 goals |
Beşiktaş missing players
Rizespor missing players
| Beşiktaş | Rizespor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 10 | ||
| 57 | 35 | Scored | S | 8 | 39 | ||
| 29 | 9 | Conceded | C | 20 | 43 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.3 | 9.6 | ||
| 5 | 5.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.2 | ||
| 43% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Beşiktaş | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 34 |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 33 |
| 3 | Fenerbahce | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 30 |
| 6 | Hatayspor | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Trabzonspor | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Antalyaspor | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 9 | Konyaspor | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Sivasspor | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 11 | Fatih Karagümrük | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 21 |
| 12 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Rizespor | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 20 |
| 14 | Goztepe | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 15 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 19 |
| 16 | Kasimpasa | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 19 |
| 17 | Gençlerbirliği | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 19 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 16 |
| 19 | Ankaragucu | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 20 | Denizlispor | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -11 | 13 |
| 21 | BB Erzurumspor | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -14 | 13 |