Goztepe SK vs Gaziantep - prediction, team news, lineups

Goztepe volition invited Gaziantep to the Gursel Aksel Stadium connected Saturday evening, with the hosts inactive pushing to unafraid a top-five decorativeness successful the Turkish Super Lig contempt seeing their hopes of a top-four spot slice distant successful caller weeks.

Fifth spot could yet beryllium capable for European qualification depending connected the result of the Turkish Cup, portion the visitors get with small near to play for aft drifting into mid-table information pursuing a disappointing tally of form.

Match preview

Goztepe whitethorn person efficaciously fallen retired of the contention for an automatic European place, but Stanimir Stoilov’s broadside are inactive determined to decorativeness the run powerfully aft different encouraging show past weekend.

The Izmir outfit stretched their unbeaten league tally to 4 matches with a hard-fought 1-1 gully distant astatine third-placed Trabzonspor, continuing a resilient series that has seen them suffer lone doubly successful their past 9 Super Lig outings.

That caller tally has included victories implicit Genclerbirligi and Antalyaspor, portion 5 draws during the aforesaid play person besides underlined the competitory borderline Goztepe person developed during the closing weeks of the campaign.

However, with Besiktas sitting 7 points wide successful 4th spot and lone 2 matches remaining, Stoilov’s men tin present realistically lone people 5th position, which could inactive go a European berth should Trabzonspor triumph the Turkish Cup and decorativeness successful the apical three.

The hosts volition besides gully assurance from their beardown caller grounds against Gaziantep, having won 2 of the past 3 meetings betwixt the sides, including a constrictive 1-0 triumph successful the reverse fixture earlier this season.

While Goztepe stay hard to beat, 1 contented that has affected them each play has been a deficiency of cutting borderline successful attack, with the Yellow-Reds scoring conscionable 40 league goals, the fewest among teams successful the apical nine.

Gaziantep, meanwhile, caput into this brushwood successful mediocre signifier and with mounting concerns implicit their absorption since Mirel Radoi’s appointment.

The visitors are presently 11th successful the array and mathematically harmless from relegation, but they person small momentum down them aft winning conscionable 1 of their past six league fixtures.

That solitary agleam infinitesimal came successful an emphatic 3-0 triumph implicit Kayserispor, though Gaziantep person different suffered defeats to Fenerbahce, Caykur Rizespor, Eyupspor and Besiktas during the aforesaid stretch.

More concerningly, Radoi has overseen defeats successful some of his matches since taking charge, losing 3-0 against Eyupspor earlier falling 2-0 to Besiktas, with his broadside yet to people a azygous extremity nether his management.

Gaziantep’s struggles connected the roadworthy person besides continued to haunt them passim the campaign, with antiaircraft vulnerabilities and a deficiency of attacking fluency regularly exposed distant from home, leaving the visitors with conscionable 4 distant wins each season.

Goztepe SK Turkish Super Lig form:

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Team News

Goztepe stay without Turkish duo Izzet Malak and Erkam Komur, some of whom proceed to service suspensions imposed by the Turkish Football Federation pursuing the ongoing betting ungraded investigation.

Furkan Bayir has been sidelined since precocious March, portion Janderson misses retired done suspension aft accumulating yellowish cards.

Efkan Bekiroglu remains a uncertainty aft missing the past 2 matches, and Anthony Dennis could besides beryllium this crippled retired aft picking up an wounded during the gully with Trabzonspor.

Gaziantep are inactive without Ali Mevran Ablak and Salem M'Bakata, some of whom proceed their recoveries from semipermanent genu injuries.

Badou Ndiaye is nearing afloat fittingness but whitethorn not yet beryllium acceptable to start, portion Yusuf Kabadayi and Nihad Mujakic are some doubtful aft missing caller matches done wounded concerns.

Goztepe SK imaginable starting lineup:

Lis; Godoi, Heliton, Bokele; Kurtulan, Miroshi, Mohammed, Cherni; Antunes; Jeh, Juan

Gaziantep imaginable starting lineup:

Gorgen; Sorescu, Sangare, Abena, Kizildag, Rodrigues; Maxim, Gidado, Camara; Kozlowski, Bayo

We say: Goztepe SK 2-0 Gaziantep

Goztepe person shown acold greater consistency successful caller weeks and inactive person meaningful information arsenic they pursuit a perchance important fifth-place finish.

Gaziantep, meanwhile, look to beryllium limping towards the extremity of the season, and with Radoi yet to oversee a extremity since taking charge, it is hard to backmost the visitors against a disciplined and organised location side.

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