Caykur Rizespor vs Besiktas - prediction, team news, lineups

Caykur Rizespor volition anticipation to extremity their Turkish Super Lig run connected a precocious erstwhile they big Besiktas astatine the Caykur Didi Stadyumu connected Friday evening.

The hosts caput into the last circular sitting eighth successful the standings and inactive with a accidental of finishing determination officially, portion the Black Eagles are already guaranteed to extremity the play successful 4th place.

Match preview

Rizespor person finished ninth successful each of the 2 seasons since returning to the apical flight, but this run offers them the accidental to amended that accomplishment by climbing 1 spot higher.

To marque that hap and stay successful their control, however, the Black Sea Sparrowhawks indispensable bushed Besiktas connected Sunday, arsenic they presently beryllium level connected 40 points with Konyaspor and are lone up connected extremity difference.

Recep Ucar’s broadside caput into this contention with conscionable 1 triumph from their past 4 league matches, a tally that has besides produced 2 defeats, including a dense 4-0 nonaccomplishment distant to Eyupspor past clip out.

That decision was efficaciously settled successful the opening half, with Rizespor conceding 3 times earlier the break, portion a precocious 4th extremity compounded a miserable evening - still, they volition anticipation returning location tin assistance them respond positively.

Recent signifier astatine Caykur Didi Stadyumu surely gives them crushed for encouragement, arsenic Rizespor person won each of their past 5 location league matches, scoring 12 goals and keeping 2 cleanable sheets during that run.

Yet past successful this fixture tells a precise antithetic story, arsenic the hosts person failed to triumph immoderate of their past 12 location meetings with Besiktas crossed each competitions, losing 8 of those matches, portion their past location league triumph implicit the Black Eagles came arsenic acold backmost arsenic 2005.

Besiktas, meanwhile, volition beryllium aiming to implicit a cleanable expanse implicit Rizespor this play aft already defeating them 1-0 successful the league and 4-1 successful the Turkish Cup.

Sergen Yalcin’s men get successful Rize having mislaid immoderate momentum successful caller weeks - a 1-0 decision to Konyaspor successful the Turkish Cup was followed by a 2-1 league nonaccomplishment against Trabzonspor, leaving them with small near to play for beyond ending the run strongly.

The Black Eagles are mathematically unafraid successful 4th place, sitting 4 points wide of fifth-placed Goztepe portion remaining excessively acold down Trabzonspor to ascent immoderate higher.

Away from home, however, Besiktas person mostly been reliable this season, collecting the fourth-most points connected the roadworthy successful the division, though they had mislaid back-to-back distant matches earlier bouncing backmost with a 2-0 triumph astatine Gaziantep successful their astir caller trip.

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Team News

Rizespor stay without Uzbekistan defender Khusniddin Alikulov, who has been sidelined since suffering a superior genu wounded against Goztepe successful January.

He is joined connected the wounded database by Altin Zeqiri, with the 25-year-old guardant acceptable to miss a sixth consecutive lucifer due to the fact that of an ankle issue.

Besiktas are besides expected to beryllium without Kartal Yilmaz owed to a torn ankle ligament, portion Milot Rashica could miss a 3rd consecutive crippled due to the fact that of a bony oedema problem.

Gokhan Sazdagi remains a large uncertainty aft missing the past 4 matchday squads, portion Necip Uysal continues to service a suspension related to the betting scandal.

Caykur Rizespor imaginable starting lineup:

Fofana; Hojer, Akaydin, Mocsi, Pala; Antalyali; Mihaila, Laci, Olawoyin, Mebude; Sowe

Besiktas imaginable starting lineup:

Destanoglu; Murillo, Agbadou, Djalo, Yilmaz; Ndidi; Cerny, Olaitan, Kokcu, Toure; Oh

We say: Caykur Rizespor 1-2 Besiktas

Rizespor person been beardown astatine location successful caller weeks and inactive person capable attacking prime to occupation the visitors, particularly fixed Besiktas’ occasional antiaircraft lapses distant from home.

However, the Black Eagles inactive look to person much prime successful the decisive areas of the pitch, and that borderline could assistance them decorativeness the play with different distant victory.

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