Fenerbahce vs Goztepe SK - prediction, team news, lineups

Fenerbahce volition look to get their Turkish Super Lig run backmost connected way erstwhile they invited Goztepe to Chobani Stadium connected Saturday, with Dirk Kuyt taking interim complaint pursuing Ismail Kartal's departure.

The hosts beryllium 5th with 16 points from 9 matches aft losing 2-1 to Galatasaray successful the Istanbul derby, portion the visitors are 10th with 12 points and get successful Istanbul unbeaten successful their past 5 league games.

Match preview

Fenerbahce look an important trial arsenic they set to a alteration successful the dugout, with Kuyt having small clip to settee successful earlier his archetypal lucifer successful complaint and knowing that triumph is important to forestall them from losing further crushed connected the teams supra them.

Victor Osimhen scored doubly successful the archetypal fractional for Galatasaray, and though the Yellow Canaries pulled a extremity backmost aft the interval, they could not find an equaliser, with the decision prompting Kartal's departure aft the nine yet accepted his resignation, having antecedently rejected it earlier successful the campaign.

Fenerbahce are without a triumph successful their past 2 competitory matches, having drawn 2-2 with Slavia Prague successful the Champions League past week, portion they person won conscionable 1 of their past 4 games, a tally of signifier that falls abbreviated of expectations for a broadside competing connected aggregate fronts.

The Yellow Canaries are already six points disconnected the apical of the Super Lig, meaning immoderate further slip-up could person important consequences for their rubric ambitions, though they tin gully assurance from their location form, having gone unbeaten successful their past 4 matches connected location ungraded and recorded 3 wins and 1 decision successful 4 league games astatine Chobani Stadium this season.

Their attacking output has been peculiarly impressive, with Fenerbahce scoring 23 goals successful 9 league matches, much than immoderate different team, portion their 16 goals astatine location are besides the highest tally successful the division.

The hosts person remained unbeaten successful their past six meetings with Saturday's visitors, though 4 of those encounters ended successful draws, portion they person won 2 and drawn 1 of their past 3 location games against Goz Goz.

Goztepe volition anticipation to instrumentality thing from this contest, conscionable arsenic they did connected their erstwhile sojourn to this ground, erstwhile they near with a 1-1 draw.

The visitors besides person crushed for optimism aft showing greater consistency successful caller weeks, collecting points successful each of their past 5 league matches, drafting 2 earlier winning their past 3 successful succession.

Goz Goz began this tally with consecutive 2-2 draws against Alanyaspor and Caykur Rizespor earlier signaling a 4-0 triumph implicit Eyupspor, a 2-1 triumph distant to Kocaelispor and, astir recently, a 2-0 occurrence against Corum, with Alexis Antunes opening the scoring successful the 3rd infinitesimal earlier Juan added a 2nd earlier fractional time.

That series should springiness the visitors assurance up of a hard distant assignment, peculiarly arsenic 3 of those 5 matches came connected the road, producing 1 gully and 2 consecutive victories.

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Team News

Fenerbahce volition beryllium without Archie Brown done suspension, portion Nathan Ake, Marco Asensio and Jayden Oosterwolde are among those unavailable done injury, and Amara Diouf is besides unavailable for selection.

Kuyt volition person a determination to marque successful onslaught betwixt Romelu Lukaku and Vedat Muriqi, portion Mason Greenwood could diagnostic successful the attacking enactment and N'Golo Kante is expected to play successful midfield.

Goztepe person concerns implicit Rhaldney, who was forced disconnected successful the archetypal fractional against Corum, portion Allan Godoi, Furkan Bayir, Ogun Bayrak and Ibrahim Sabra are besides doubtful.

Juan has scored six times for the visitors this play and is expected to pb the onslaught alongside Andre Henrique, with Antunes operating down the brace successful a 3-4-1-2 formation.

Fenerbahce imaginable starting lineup:

Ederson; Semedo, Skriniar, Peprah, Mercan; Kante, Guendouzi; Aydin, Kahveci, Greenwood; Lukaku

Goztepe SK imaginable starting lineup:

Ozcimen; Bokele, Sundberg, Altikardes; Kurtulan, Anjorin, Miroshi, Akonnor; Antunes; Henrique, Juan

We say: Fenerbahce 2-1 Goztepe SK

Fenerbahce's managerial alteration and wounded concerns adhd uncertainty to this contest, but their attacking spot and beardown head-to-head grounds springiness them the borderline astatine home, adjacent against a Goztepe broadside arriving connected the backmost of 5 consecutive league matches without defeat.

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