Eyupspor vs Gaziantep - prediction, team news, lineups

Eyupspor invited Gaziantep to the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadyumu connected Saturday day for a Turkish Super Lig clash that could beryllium decisive successful the relegation battle.

While the hosts are warring for endurance with conscionable 4 matches remaining, the visitors get with acold little pressure, aiming to consolidate a mid-table finish.

Match preview

Eyupspor yet halted a damaging six-match losing streak crossed each competitions with a important 2-1 triumph implicit Fatih Karagumruk past clip out, though the effect was not capable to assistance them retired of the relegation zone.

That triumph ended a tally of 5 consecutive league defeats, a illness successful signifier that has near the Istanbul broadside 16th with 25 points, level with Genclerbirligi but down connected extremity difference.

It marks a stark opposition to past season’s awesome debut top-flight campaign, wherever Eyupspor finished sixth and narrowly missed retired connected European qualification.

Now nether their 3rd manager of the season, the absorption is purely connected survival, and this fixture represents a large accidental to physique momentum — particularly arsenic they pursuit back-to-back league wins for the archetypal clip this season.

There is besides added information from the reverse fixture, wherever Eyupspor secured a 2-1 win, and they could implicit a league treble implicit Gaziantep, having besides beaten them 3-2 astatine this venue past term.

Gaziantep, meanwhile, beryllium comfortably successful mid-table and travel into this clash disconnected the backmost of a morale-boosting 3-0 triumph implicit Kayserispor, which ended a three-match winless tally (1D, 2L).

That triumph was their archetypal since the resignation of erstwhile manager Burak Yilmaz, with interim brag Mustafa Aksoy overseeing the turnaround, portion reports suggest Mirel Radoi could soon instrumentality imperishable charge.

Despite that affirmative result, their distant signifier remains a concern, having mislaid their past 2 matches connected the roadworthy by a combined 6-2 scoreline.

However, with a 12-point cushion implicit Eyupspor, Gaziantep tin attack this crippled with little pressure, relying connected their wide prime to navigate the contest.

Eyupspor Turkish Super Lig form:

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Team News

Eyupspor volition beryllium without Dorin Rotariu, who remains sidelined with injury, portion Emre Akbaba continues his betterment from a breached leg.

Defender Anil Yasar is suspended pursuing his reddish paper past clip out, and Ilter Taskin is simply a uncertainty aft picking up a knock.

Gaziantep are inactive missing Ali Mevran Ablak and Salem M'Bakata owed to semipermanent genu injuries, portion Badou Ndiaye is racing to regain fitness.

All eyes volition erstwhile again beryllium connected Mohamed Bayo, who has been a standout performer this play with 14 league goals, making him 1 of the division’s astir unsafe forwards.

Eyupspor imaginable starting lineup:

Felipe; Calegari, Ozyurt, Clarro, Meras; Altunbas, Gezek, Yao, Radu; Legowski, Bozok

Gaziantep imaginable starting lineup:

Gorgen; Kilzidag, Abena, Sangare; Perez, Camara, Kabasakal, Kozlowski, Lungoyi; Maxim; Bayo

We say: Eyupspor 1-2 Gaziantep

Eyupspor’s caller struggles, peculiarly astatine location and successful attack, marque this a hard duty contempt their urgent request for points.

Gaziantep person been acold from convincing connected the road, but their superior attacking output and somewhat much unchangeable signifier could springiness them the borderline successful what is apt to beryllium a intimately contested encounter.

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