It's the first match of the new season for Hatayspor and Rizespor. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both contenders have had time to rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!
Hatayspor form and stats
Disaster struck Hatayspor last season as they could not defend their status as a Super Lig team. With 15 defeats from 38 games, and only 15 wins, relegation could not be avoided. Hatayspor are hopeful of bouncing straight back up, but need to improve upon their home record from last season of W10 D5 L4.
Rizespor form and stats
Let's have a look at how Rizespor performed last season in the Club Friendlies 2: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 6 draws and 22 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded 71 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 4 and lost 13 with 20/40 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the previous four meetings): Hatayspor won one game, two matches ended with a draw and Rizespor have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / threeHatayspor missing players
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| Hatayspor | Rizespor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hatayspor | Last season | Rizespor | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 15 | 4 | Lost | L | 13 | 22 | ||
| 56 | 36 | Scored | S | 20 | 44 | ||
| 60 | 21 | Conceded | C | 40 | 71 | ||
| 95% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 84% | ||
| 58% | 63% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 63% | 63% | ||
| 34% | 32% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 34% | ||
| 18% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 16% | 16% | ||
| 55% | 63% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 55% | ||
| 24% | 26% | Clean Sheets | C S | 11% | 16% | ||
| 26% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 47% | 37% | ||
| 4.6 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.3 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 9.5 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 9.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 35% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | ||
| 11.4 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.5 | ||
| Last season | 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 | 38 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 69 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 33 | 81 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 38 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 73 | 38 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 21 | 35 | 73 |
| 3 | Konyaspor | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 66 | 45 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 68 |
| 4 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 56 | 36 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 65 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 67 | 58 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 9 | 64 |
| 6 | Besiktas | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 56 | 48 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 59 |
| 7 | Antalyaspor | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 47 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 7 | 59 |
| 8 | Fatih Karagumruk | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 47 | 52 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 34 | -5 | 57 |
| 9 | Adana Demirspor | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 60 | 47 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 13 | 55 |
| 10 | Sivasspor | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 52 | 50 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 2 | 54 |
| 11 | Kasimpasa | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 67 | 57 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 53 |
| 12 | Hatayspor | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 60 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 39 | -4 | 53 |
| 13 | Galatasaray | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 51 | 53 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 30 | -2 | 52 |
| 14 | Kayserispor | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 54 | 61 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 39 | -7 | 47 |
| 15 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 56 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 39 | -8 | 46 |
| 16 | Giresunspor | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 41 | 47 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 26 | -6 | 45 |
| 17 | Rizespor | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 44 | 71 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 40 | -27 | 36 |
| 18 | Altay | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 39 | 57 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 30 | -18 | 34 |
| 19 | Goztepe | 38 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 40 | 77 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 43 | -37 | 28 |
| 20 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 38 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 71 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 43 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 28 | -44 | 20 |