Kocaelispor vs Caykur Rizespor - prediction, team news, lineups

Kocaelispor volition look to fortify their presumption successful the apical fractional of the Turkish Super Lig erstwhile they invited Caykur Rizespor to Yildiz Entegre Kocaeli Stadyumu connected Saturday.

The hosts beryllium seventh with 15 points from 9 matches, portion the visitors are 13th with 10 points and get successful a hard spell aft suffering 3 consecutive league defeats, conceding 9 goals crossed those games.

Match preview

Kocaelispor's 2-1 triumph distant to Alanyaspor offered a timely effect aft consecutive league defeats against Besiktas and Goztepe, and they person present collected 5 wins from 9 matches, though they person besides mislaid 4 times and are yet to grounds a draw.

The Gulf followed that league triumph with a 3-0 triumph implicit lower-division broadside Mazidagi successful the Turkish Cup connected Tuesday, with Metehan Altunbas scoring doubly and Dan Agyei besides uncovering the nett successful a convincing performance.

Returning to league enactment astatine home, Kocaelispor volition beryllium keen to respond to their 2-1 decision to Goztepe successful their past lucifer astatine the Kocaeli Stadyumu, which ended their unbeaten location commencement aft they had won their opening 3 games connected their ain crushed without conceding.

The hosts person a respectable location grounds against Saturday's visitors successful the Super Lig, having mislaid conscionable 1 of their 7 erstwhile location top-flight meetings with Rizespor, signaling 3 wins and 3 draws, including a 1-1 stalemate past season.

However, Kocaelispor failed to triumph either of their meetings with Rizespor past season, losing distant and drafting astatine home, portion they person besides gone six consecutive competitory encounters without a triumph against the visitors, losing 4 of those matches.

Rizespor volition anticipation to widen that run, but they get needing a important antiaircraft betterment to extremity their caller struggles.

They suffered a 3-0 decision to Fenerbahce and a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to Corum earlier going down 4-3 astatine location to Trabzonspor, portion lone Eyupspor, with 17 goals conceded, and Samsunspor, with 15, person shipped much than Rizespor's 11 crossed the past 5 league matches.

Another interest for the visitors is their caller distant form, having gone without a triumph successful their past 2 league matches connected the roadworthy (D1, L1) aft winning their opening 3 distant games.

Despite that downturn, Rizespor stay among the league's strongest distant sides, level with Kasimpasa connected 10 points successful the distant standings, and they volition present purpose to assertion their archetypal triumph astatine this crushed since 2010, erstwhile they won determination successful the 2nd division.

Kocaelispor Turkish Super Lig form:

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Team News

Kocaelispor are expected to beryllium without Bruno Petkovic, who is dealing with a hamstring injury, portion Aleksandar Jovanovic returned from the wounded database to diagnostic against Mazidagi.

Tanguy Zoukrou and Massadio Haidara person besides been reported arsenic wounded absentees, leaving the hosts with antiaircraft enactment decisions to marque up of Saturday's encounter.

Selcuk Inan could callback Altunbas aft his awesome show successful the cup, portion Muharrem Cinan is different enactment astatine left-back.

Rizespor volition beryllium without Khusniddin Alikulov, who is sidelined with a cruciate ligament injury, portion Ahmed Kutucu is yet to afloat retrieve from a thigh occupation and Can Bozdogan is reportedly carrying an injury.

Coach Recep Ucar was sent disconnected precocious successful the decision to Trabzonspor, but is expected to instrumentality to the touchline for this fixture.

Gennaro Borrelli impressed against Trabzonspor with a brace and could clasp his spot successful onslaught up of Ali Sowe.

Kocaelispor imaginable starting lineup:

Oztasdelen; Rivas, Ortakaya, Dijksteel, Cinan; Susoho, Show, Kutlu; Sousa, Aye, Altunbas

Caykur Rizespor imaginable starting lineup:

Fofana; Pala, Bakayoko, Sagnan, Ariss; Antalyali; Mebude, Olawoyin, Laci, Mihaila; Borrelli

We say: Kocaelispor 2-1 Caykur Rizespor

Kocaelispor's location vantage gives them a credible level to assertion each 3 points, peculiarly against a broadside that has conceded 9 goals successful its past 3 league matches, and the hosts should make capable opportunities to borderline a competitory contest.

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