Konyaspor vs Fenerbahce - prediction, team news, lineups

Konyaspor volition invited Fenerbahce to the Medas Konya Buyuksehir Stadium connected Saturday evening, with the visitors hopeless to support their fading Turkish Super Lig rubric hopes live heading into the last time of the season.

The Yellow Canaries beryllium 4 points down leaders Galatasaray with lone 2 matches remaining, portion the hosts are aiming to headdress an awesome late-season resurgence with a top-half decorativeness and a Turkish Cup last inactive to come.

Match preview

Konyaspor person transformed their play since the instrumentality of Ilhan Palut to the dugout, with the Anatolian Eagle climbing distant from information and re-establishing themselves arsenic 1 of the signifier teams successful the division.

The hosts travel into this brushwood having mislaid conscionable 1 of their past 11 matches successful each competitions, signaling 8 victories and 2 draws during that run, though that sole decision arrived successful their latest league outing — a narrow 3-2 distant astatine Caykur Rizespor in their past league game..

However, Konyaspor responded successful melodramatic manner successful midweek, edging Besiktas 1-0 successful the Turkish Cup semi-finals acknowledgment to Enis Bardhi’s stoppage-time punishment to unafraid their archetypal quality successful the last since lifting the trophy successful 2016-17.

That effect further highlighted the resilience Palut has restored to the side, particularly considering Konyaspor had besides eliminated Fenerbahce from the aforesaid contention successful likewise melodramatic manner successful the erstwhile round.

With endurance already secured and European qualification done the league nary longer realistic, the hosts tin play with state here, though finishing successful the apical fractional remains a realistic target.

Fenerbahce, meanwhile, stay mathematically live successful the rubric race, but their hopes are hanging by a thread aft a turbulent fewer weeks.

A crushing 3-0 decision to Galatasaray connected matchday 31 proved to beryllium the last straw for Domenico Tedesco, who was dismissed soon afterwards, leaving adjunct Zeki Murat Gole successful impermanent complaint for the remainder of the campaign.

The Yellow Canaries did respond positively nether their interim brag past clip out, beating Istanbul Basaksehir 3-1 courtesy of a chapeau instrumentality from Anderson Talisca, but they inactive necessitate Galatasaray to gaffe up if they are to transportation the rubric contention into the last weekend.

Their caller grounds against Konyaspor besides offers encouragement, with the Istanbul giants winning 5 of the past six league meetings betwixt the sides, including a ascendant 4-0 occurrence earlier this season.

Still, Konyaspor’s resurgence nether Palut — combined with the affectional boost from their cupful heroics — means this could beryllium acold trickier than the array suggests.

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Team News

Konyaspor volition beryllium without Josip Calusic, Guilherme Sitya and Alassane Ndao, each of whom stay suspended for disciplinary reasons distant from on-field matters.

Ufuk Akyol and Blaz Kramer are sidelined with genu injuries, portion Tunahan Tasci besides remains unavailable.

Enis Bardhi is expected to proceed successful an precocious midfield relation aft scoring the decisive punishment against Besiktas, portion Marko Jevtovic and Melih Ibrahimoglu should anchor the midfield erstwhile again.

Fenerbahce person lone 1 large fittingness concern, with Dorgeles Nene racing against clip to retrieve from a groin occupation aft missing the triumph implicit Istanbul Basaksehir.

Edson Alvarez returned from wounded and made a substitute quality past clip out, portion interim manager Gole indispensable determine whether to reconstruct Ederson successful extremity pursuing his suspension oregon clasp Mert Gunok aft the experienced stopper started past weekend.

Talisca is definite to support his spot aft his caller chapeau trick, portion Fred and N'Golo Kante are expected to proceed unneurotic successful midfield pursuing the Frenchman’s accomplishment earlier this year.

Konyaspor imaginable starting lineup:

Ertas; Yazgili, Nagalo, Demirbag, Kutlu; Ibrahimoglu, Jevtovic; Turuc, Bardhi, Olaigbe; Muleka

Fenerbahce imaginable starting lineup:

Gunok; Semedo, Skriniar, Oosterwolde, Brown; Kante, Fred; Musaba, Talisca, Akturkoglu; Cherif

We say: Konyaspor 1-2 Fenerbahce

Konyaspor’s assurance and momentum marque them unsafe opponents, particularly aft their affectional Turkish Cup triumph, but Fenerbahce inactive person everything to play for and person greater idiosyncratic prime successful the last third.

The hosts should marque beingness hard for the visitors, though the urgency surrounding Fenerbahce’s rubric pursuit could yet beryllium decisive successful what promises to beryllium a fiercely contested encounter.

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