Kocaelispor vs Goztepe SK - prediction, team news, lineups

Kocaelispor invited Goztepe SK to the Yildiz Entegre Kocaeli Stadyumu connected Saturday day successful a Turkish Super Lig brushwood betwixt 2 sides inactive pushing for beardown finishes.

The hosts are aiming to apprehension a caller dip and solidify a top-half position, portion the visitors stay firmly successful the contention for European qualification and cannot spend galore much slip-ups.

Match preview

Kocaelispor travel into this fixture ninth successful the standings with 35 points from 29 matches, comfortably wide of relegation occupation but inactive needing consistency to unafraid a top-half finish.

The recently promoted broadside person impressed successful patches this season, but caller weeks person exposed a deficiency of cutting edge, with Selcuk Inan’s men present without a triumph successful their past 4 matches, drafting their past two.

Their astir caller outing was a hard-fought 1-1 gully distant to Galatasaray, a effect that highlighted their resilience but besides extended their inconsistent tally (2D, 2L).

A instrumentality to location ungraded mightiness not supply the boost they need, arsenic Kocaelispor person struggled successful Kocaeli lately and are winless successful their caller location matches.

However, they tin gully assurance from their grounds successful this fixture, having gone unbeaten successful their past 3 meetings with Goztepe, winning doubly astatine location and drafting the reverse fixture earlier this season.

Goztepe, meanwhile, get sixth successful the array with 47 points from 29 matches and stay firmly successful contention for European qualification.

It has been a beardown run wide for Stanimir Stoilov’s side, but their caller signifier has faltered astatine a important time. They are without a triumph successful their past 2 matches and person managed conscionable 1 triumph successful their past 9 league games (5D, 3L).

Their latest match, a thrilling 3-3 gully with Kasimpasa, underlined some their attacking menace and their increasing antiaircraft concerns.

Once known for their antiaircraft solidity, Goztepe person conceded 3 goals successful each of their past 2 matches and are averaging 2 goals conceded per crippled crossed their past 7 outings.

Still, determination are positives to instrumentality from their distant form, with their lone caller triumph coming connected the roadworthy – a composed triumph implicit Genclerbirligi successful which they kept a cleanable sheet.

Kocaelispor Turkish Super Lig form:

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Goztepe SK Turkish Super Lig form:

Team News

Kocaelispor stay without Muharrem Cinan, Aleksandar Jovanovic and Mateusz Wieteska owed to injury.

Rigoberto Rivas is simply a fittingness uncertainty aft picking up a sound against Galatasaray and volition request to walk a precocious test.

Bruno Petkovic marked his instrumentality from wounded with a extremity past clip retired and is pushing for his archetypal commencement since recovering.

Goztepe are expected to beryllium without Furkan Bayir and Ismail Koybasi done injury.

Erkam Komur and Izzet Malak stay suspended, portion Malcom Bokele is simply a uncertainty for the trip.

Kocaelispor imaginable starting lineup:

Degirmenci; Oguz, Dijksteel, Smolcic, Balogh; Show; Churlinov, Keita, Nonge, Agyei; Dursun

Goztepe SK imaginable starting lineup:

Lis; Allan Godoi, Heliton, Altikardes; Kurtulan, Dennis, Miroshi, Cherni; Anuntes; Jeh, Juan

We say: Kocaelispor 1-1 Goztepe SK

Kocaelispor person proven hard to bushed astatine location and should instrumentality assurance from their competitory show against Galatasaray, portion Goztepe person capable attacking prime to endanger throughout.

With some sides reasonably evenly matched and the reverse fixture ending successful stalemate, we expect different choky contention that could decorativeness level.

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