Caykur Rizespor vs Konyaspor - prediction, team news, lineups

Two sides settled successful the Turkish Super Lig’s mid-table volition conscionable astatine Caykur Didi Stadyumu connected Friday, arsenic Caykur Rizespor big Konyaspor successful the opening fixture of circular 32.

The hosts are mathematically harmless from relegation, sitting 12 points wide of the driblet portion with 3 matches remaining, portion the visitors are 3 points down them — however, the Black Sea side’s superior extremity quality implicit the teams beneath means they are besides comparatively comfy heading into the last stretch.

Match preview

Recep Ucar, who replaced Ilhan Palut astatine Rizespor successful aboriginal December pursuing the latter’s resignation, volition beryllium keen to get 1 implicit his contiguous predecessor erstwhile some sides conscionable connected Friday.

Ucar inherited a broadside sitting 11th successful the standings and has since guided them up to ninth, securing a 4th consecutive top-flight run for the Black Sea Sparrowhawks.

Under his leadership, Rizespor person recorded six wins and six defeats successful 17 league matches, with losses to bottom-placed Fatih Karagumruk and, most recently, second-bottom Kayserispor (2-0) highlighting immoderate inconsistency successful their results.

Within that run, they person suffered consecutive league defeats twice, but a cardinal affirmative has been their beardown location form, with conscionable 1 of those losses coming astatine Caykur Didi Stadyumu—and that was against league leaders Galatasaray.

Since that defeat, Ucar’s broadside person won 4 consecutive location matches, their longest specified streak this season, which has been cardinal to their endurance push.

They volition present purpose to marque it 5 successful a enactment astatine home, though they look a Konyaspor broadside they person failed to bushed successful their past 4 competitory meetings, drafting 3 and losing one, including a 1-1 stalemate earlier this season.

Palut, meanwhile, has guided Konyaspor up to eighth successful the standings, ensuring they stay successful the apical formation for a 14th consecutive season, and helium volition besides beryllium anxious to assertion triumph against his erstwhile club.

Taking implicit successful aboriginal February with the squad sitting 14th, Palut has overseen 11 league matches, losing conscionable doubly portion signaling six wins successful that period.

Even much awesome is their existent nine-match unbeaten tally crossed each competitions, which includes a 1-0 extra-time triumph implicit Fenerbahce successful the Turkish Cup quarter-final, mounting up a semi-final clash with Besiktas.

In the league, the Anatolian Eagles are unbeaten successful their past 7 matches (5W, 2D), and they followed that cupful occurrence with a 2-1 Super Lig triumph implicit high-flying Trabzonspor, maintaining their beardown momentum.

With the added information of facing his erstwhile side, Palut volition anticipation his squad tin widen their awesome tally and debar decision astatine Caykur Didi Stadyumu for a 3rd consecutive season, having drawn their past 2 visits.

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Team News

Rizespor volition stay without Altin Zeqiri, who has missed the past 4 matches owed to injury, portion Husniddin Alikulov is closing successful connected a instrumentality aft a genu wounded sustained successful January, though this crippled whitethorn travel excessively soon for him.

The hosts volition besides beryllium without Romanian guardant Valentin Mihaila, who is suspended aft accumulating excessively galore yellowish cards.

Konyaspor, meanwhile, are dealing with respective absentees, including Josip Calusic, Guilherme Sitya and Alassane Ndao, who are each suspended for non-footballing reasons.

On the wounded front, Ufuk Akyol remains a semipermanent absentee with a superior genu issue, Blaz Kramer has suffered a akin setback, and Tunahan Tasci has missed the past 3 matches.

Berkan Kutlu volition besides miss this clash owed to suspension aft accumulating yellowish cards, contempt scoring a brace successful the triumph implicit Trabzonspor past clip out.

Caykur Rizespor imaginable starting lineup:

Fofana; Pala, Sagnan, Mocsi, Hojer; Papanikolaou; Mebude, Laci, Olawoyin, Mebude; Sowe

Konyaspor imaginable starting lineup:

Ertas; Yazgili, Nagalo, Demirbag, Andzouana; Ibrahimoglu, Jevtovic; Turuc, Bardhi, Olaigbe; Muleka

We say: Caykur Rizespor 1-1 Konyaspor

While Rizespor person suffered disappointing losses successful caller weeks, their awesome location signifier cannot beryllium ignored successful this clash against an in-form Konyaspor, which is wherefore we judge that this fixture volition nutrient a 3rd consecutive stalemate astatine Caykur Didi Stadyumu.

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