The league table is allowed to rest as Rizespor and Galatasaray battle for Turkish Cup honors in this first 8th Finals leg of two fixtures.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Rizespor form and stats
Last season, Rizespor's Turkish Cup journey ended in the 5th round against Balkesirspor.The story so far in the Super Lig for Rizespor at their home stadium is 4 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats. On the other hand, in the Turkish Cup, Rizespor has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. Rizespor are very eager to stop a potential losing streak, having lost their two previous games here.
Rizespor's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Fenerbahce. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Yeni Malatyaspor.
Rizespor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. On the other hand, Rizespor have conceded 11 goals.
Galatasaray form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Galatasaray, as they won the Turkish Cup.2-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Galatasaray in their Super Lig matches away.
The supporters enjoyed Galatasaray's previous game versus Antalyaspor, a Super Lig 5-0 win played at home. Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Goztepe's place.
As mentioned above, Galatasaray was the only team on the pitch versus Antalyaspor in their previous game, winning 5-0. This could be a tougher task.
Galatasaray have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Galatasaray have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rizespor 1 win, 5 draws and Galatasaray 4 victories. As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 
R. Babel
5 goals
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Rick Boldrin
4 goals
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Samu
3 goals
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Rizespor missing players
Galatasaray missing players
| Rizespor | Galatasaray | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 31 | 21 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 37 | 19 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 48% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 45% | 40% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.1 | ||
| 5 | 4.7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 198 | 109 | Total Shots | T S | 121 | 275 | ||
| 77 | 45 | Shots on Target | S O | 35 | 94 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 30% | ||
| 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 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 37 |
| 2 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 33 |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Fenerbahce | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Beşiktaş | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 29 |
| 7 | Galatasaray | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 27 |
| 8 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 24 |
| 9 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 24 |
| 10 | Goztepe | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 11 | Denizlispor | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 22 |
| 12 | Rizespor | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 20 |
| 13 | Genclerbirligi | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Kasımpaşa | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -8 | 15 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -9 | 15 |
| 16 | Antalyaspor | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | -18 | 14 |
| 17 | Ankaragucu | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 28 | -26 | 10 |