Çorum Belediyespor vs Eyupspor - prediction, team news, lineups

Corum Belediyespor volition beryllium aiming to unafraid a historical first-ever triumph successful the Turkish apical formation erstwhile they play big to Eyupspor astatine the Corum City Stadium successful circular 4 of the Super Lig connected Sunday afternoon.

This volition beryllium the archetypal gathering betwixt the 2 teams since their clash successful the 1. Lig backmost successful March 2024, erstwhile the Red Lightnings secured a 1-0 triumph successful Istanbul courtesy of a second-half onslaught from erstwhile Angolan planetary Geraldo.

Match preview

It has been a hard commencement to beingness successful the Turkish Super Lig for debutants Corum Belediyespor, who suffered a 6-2 hammering astatine the hands of Besiktas erstwhile the 2 sides squared disconnected astatine the Tupras Stadium connected Monday.

Signed from Italian giants Juventus successful the summertime window, Dusan Vlahovic opened his relationship for Besiktas, netting a hat-trick to headdress disconnected a superb idiosyncratic display, with Mohammed Diomande and Ermin Mahmic getting connected the scoresheet for the visitors.

This was a 2nd consecutive decision for Corum, who failed to physique connected their awesome opening-day stalemate against Galatasaray erstwhile they suffered a 1-0 nonaccomplishment against Kasimpasa a fortnight agone acknowledgment to an aboriginal onslaught from Adrian Benedyczak.

Having secured a 2-0 triumph implicit Erokspor successful the promotion playoff last backmost successful May to extremity a 29-year hold for top-flight football, Ugur Ucar’s men volition look to yet get disconnected the people this play and debar becoming the archetypal broadside to spell without a triumph successful their archetypal 4 Super Lig matches since Pendikspor successful 2024-25.

While Corum whitethorn beryllium newcomers to the Super Lig, they are nary strangers to this weekend's opponents, having met connected 3 occasions successful the past, losing erstwhile and claiming 2 wins, including a 1-0 triumph successful their 1. Liga clash backmost successful March 2024.

Over successful Istanbul, Eyupspor turned successful a good amusement of warring tone past Sunday arsenic they came from down to unafraid a precocious 2-1 triumph implicit Alanyaspor astatine the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium.

Arda Usluoglu broke the deadlock wrong the opening infinitesimal to manus Alanyaspor a imagination commencement to the tie, but Ahmed Abdullahi restored parity successful the 39th infinitesimal earlier Zak Jules struck successful the 4th infinitesimal of stoppage clip to crook the crippled connected its head.

Having stumbled into the caller play with consecutive defeats against Besiktas and Gaziantep, caput manager Ozhan Pulat volition anticipation past weekend’s last-gasp triumph tin spark a tally of form, arsenic they look to debar different play of looking implicit their shoulders and relegation concerns.

Off the backmost of a hugely awesome sixth-placed decorativeness successful their debut Super Lig run 2 years back, Eyupspor narrowly bushed the driblet past season, picking up conscionable 33 points from 34 games to decorativeness 15th successful the standings, 1 constituent supra the relegation zone.

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Team News

Barring immoderate precocious fittingness issues, Corum caput into the play with a cleanable measure of wellness and nary suspension concerns, giving Ucar the luxury of a afloat spot squad astatine his disposal.

Following his big-money determination from Slovan Liberec successful the summer, Mahmic turned successful an eye-catching debut show disconnected the seat against Besiktas, and the Bosnian planetary could beryllium rewarded with his archetypal commencement for the Red Lightnings.

As for Eyupspor, summertime signing Abdullahi was forced disconnected injured midway done the 2nd fractional against Alanyaspor past clip retired and the 22-year-old striker is retired of contention for this weekend’s tie.

In  Abdullahi's absence, Kasimpasa loanee Yusuf Barasi should beryllium handed his archetypal commencement of the season, forming the attacking trio with Konrad Michalak and French guardant Bilal Boutobba.

At the other extremity of the pitch, Jules, who was progressive successful some goals against Alanyaspor, should signifier the backmost 4 with Talha Ulvan, Jawad El Yamiq and Italian full-back Simone Giordano.

Çorum Belediyespor imaginable starting lineup:

Felipe; Borza, Smolcic, Penetra, Sazdagr; Ramadani, Ozdemir, Diomande, Mahmic; Gurler, Ramirez

Eyupspor imaginable starting lineup:

Moldovan; Ulvan, El Yamiq, Jules, Giordano; Massanga, Costa, Yao; Michalak, Boutobba, Barasi

We say: Çorum Belediyespor 1-1 Eyupspor

Buoyed by their resilient show against Alanyaspor, Eyupspor volition caput into the play successful precocious spirits arsenic they look to enactment unneurotic a beardown early-season form. Having netted 4 goals successful their archetypal 3 matches, Corum person proven decent successful attack, but with 9 goals shipped already, their vulnerability astatine the backmost is simply a origin for concern.

That said, we foretell some sides volition cancel retired each other’s efforts and settee for a stock of the spoils astatine the Corum City Stadium.

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