Alanyaspor vs Gaziantep - prediction, team news, lineups

Looking to ascent into the precocious fractional of the Turkish Super Lig, Alanyaspor invited Europe-chasing Gaziantep to Alanya Oba Stadium connected Monday for matchday 11 action.

Both sides caput into this contention caller from home cupful triumphs, with the Thunders edging Bulsa Yildirimspor 2-1, portion the Falcons secured a 2-0 triumph implicit Karabuk Idmanyurdu.

Match preview

After sealing progression to the Turkish Cup 4th circular with their triumph implicit the lower-division side, Alanyaspor present crook their attraction backmost to the Super Lig, aiming to retrieve from past weekend’s 2-0 decision astatine Kocaelispor.

The Thunders, who failed to physique connected their erstwhile location triumph against Goztepe, were 2nd champion against the recently promoted outfit, registering conscionable 1 changeable connected people – 4 less than their hosts – a show that near manager Joao Pereira questioning his players’ mentality.

Alanyaspor person present won conscionable 1 of their past six league matches (D3, L2), though taking 3 points against Goztepe and holding Fenerbahce distant suggest Pereira’s men person not been wholly mediocre successful that spell, with the different decision successful the series coming against leaders and reigning champions Galatasaray.

As things stand, Simsekler inhabit 10th spot successful the standings with 13 points from 10 matches (W3, D4, L3), having scored 11 times and conceded the aforesaid number, portion Pereira has already acceptable a “40 points” people arsenic the benchmark for achieving ‘’comfortable’’ information this season.

Picking up maximum points connected Monday is truthful important for Alanyaspor, who tin instrumentality encouragement from their coagulated location record, with 2 victories from 4 matches (D1, L1) astatine Alanya Oba truthful far.

Gaziantep person besides shown beardown quality connected their travels, avoiding decision successful each of their past 3 distant league fixtures, winning two, with their lone setback connected the roadworthy being a 3-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Konyaspor connected matchday two.

Burak Yilmaz’s broadside person crumbled connected their disconnected days, with each 3 of their defeats being dense ones, including past weekend’s 4-0 location nonaccomplishment to Fenerbahce, putting an extremity to a 7 lucifer unbeaten tally the Super Lig.

That effect leaves Gaziantep with the third-worst antiaircraft grounds successful the division, having conceded 18, though they person been productive astatine the different extremity with 15 goals scored, truthful Yilmaz volition beryllium anxious to tighten things up astatine the backmost heading into this clash.

Nontheless, sitting sixth successful the array with 17 points from 10 outings (W5, D2, L3) reflects a affirmative commencement to the season, though past suggests adding to that tally successful Alanya could beryllium difficult.

Gaziantep person mislaid six of their past 7 meetings (D1) with Alanyaspor, failing to find the nett successful immoderate of them, including a 3-0 decision successful past season’s corresponding fixture, truthful taking a constituent present whitethorn not beryllium viewed arsenic a atrocious result for the visitors.

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Team News

Alanyaspor are expected to callback respective regulars aft Pereira rotated his squad successful midweek, with first-choice goalkeeper Ertugrul Taskiran apt to instrumentality betwixt the sticks.

Umit Akdag and Nuno Lima are acceptable to resume their concern astatine the bosom of the three-man defence, with Fidan Aliti completing the backline aft returning from suspension and featuring successful the cupful match.

Uchenna Ogundu and Ui-jo Hwang, who were some rested successful midweek, should besides reclaim their spots successful onslaught connected Monday, portion Steve Mounie, Guven Yalcin and Efecan Karaca stay unavailable owed to injuries.

For the visitors, centre-back Myenty Abena is suspended aft receiving a reddish paper successful the decision to Fenerbahce, portion Kevin Rodrigues besides sits this 1 retired owed to accumulation of bookings.

Salem M’Bakata and Ali Mevran Ablak are semipermanent absentees with cruciate ligament injuries, portion Tayyip Talha Sanuc is inactive sidelined aft missing the past 2 matches with a fittingness concern.

Winger Enver Kulasin returned to enactment with a extremity successful the midweek cupful triumph aft 2 matches retired of the squad and volition beryllium pushing for different start, portion Juninho Bacuna could besides diagnostic aft uncovering the nett successful that victory.

Mohamed Bayo is expected to instrumentality to pb the enactment aft being rested connected Wednesday, though Emmanuel Boateng, who started successful the cup, remains an alternate option.

Alanyaspor imaginable starting lineup:

Taskiran; Lima, Aliti, Akdag; Ruan, Makouta, Janvier, Ozdemir; Kaya, Ogundu, Hwang 

Gaziantep imaginable starting lineup:

Bozan; Sangare, Kizildag, Guler, Nizet; Kabasakal, Camara; Kozlowski, Maxim, Lungoyi; Bayo

We say: Alanyaspor 1-1 Gaziantep

The past 7 meetings betwixt these sides person seen lone 1 squad find the net, a signifier mirrored successful each of Alanyaspor’s 4 location matches this season.

However, fixed some sides’ inclination to some people and concede, a gully with goals connected either broadside looks the likeliest result here, particularly arsenic determination is small to abstracted them successful presumption of location and distant performances.

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