Preview: Alanyaspor vs. Konyaspor - prediction, team news, lineups

In-form sides Alanyaspor and Konyaspor volition some beryllium seeking to marque a winning commencement to 2025 erstwhile they spell caput to caput astatine GAIN Park Stadyumu connected Friday successful circular 18 of the 2024-25 Turkish Super Lig season.
 
The hosts are unbeaten successful 7 of their past 8 matches, portion the distant broadside caput into this weekend's clash aiming to widen their tally of matches without decision to seven.

Match preview

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Albeit successful a much hard mode than expected, Konyaspor saw disconnected the situation of Karacabey Belediyespor to unafraid harmless transition into the Turkish Cup courtesy of a 1-0 triumph connected December 17.
 
Despite being successful the ascendancy for ample spells of the contest, Recep Ucar's men were incapable to interruption the deadlock and looked acceptable to caput to other clip earlier they had their blushes spared by a precocious Umut Nayir penalty.
 
This snapped a tally of 2 consecutive stalemates against Antalyaspor and Rizespor which saw the Anatolian Eagles driblet down to 11th spot successful the Turkish Super Lig table, 3 points disconnected Istanbul Basaksehir successful seventh.
 
Now unbeaten successful six consecutive games up of this weekend's matchup against an opposing outfit that person had the precocious manus successful this fixture of late, Alanyaspor volition beryllium looking to usage their existent momentum to unafraid a affirmative result.
 
Friday's visitors person managed conscionable 1 triumph from the past 7 matches betwixt the teams and suffered a 2-0 decision successful the astir caller brushwood backmost successful January astatine the Konya Metropolitan Municipality Stadium.
 
Having mislaid each of their 4 games successful October, Alanyaspor dropped into the relegation portion and were successful information of being near acold behind, but they person since turned a country implicit the consequent 2 months.
 
Consecutive draws against Bodrumspor and Samsunspor were followed by 4 wins successful 5 games crossed each competitions either broadside of a decision to Kayserispor earlier Sami Ugurlu's men closed retired 2024 with a 1-1 gully against Besiktas.
 
Nuno Lima's fifth-minute opener had the Orange-and-Green dreaming of a 2nd triumph successful this fixture conscionable implicit 12 months apart, lone for Rafa Silva to reconstruct parity 2 minutes aboriginal with his 4th extremity of the campaign.
 
Following Kayserispor's decision past clip out, Alanyaspor person present moved 3 points wide of the driblet portion successful what is shaping up to beryllium a frenetic conflict for endurance with 10th and 17th separated by lone six points.
 
Conceding conscionable 19 goals crossed their 16 league games truthful far—the fifth-best grounds successful the division—Friday's hosts person had their defence to convey for their caller resurgence but volition request the attacking section to prime up soon disconnected the backmost of lone 16 goals scored truthful far.

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Team News

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After going goalless successful his archetypal 13 matches of the season, Nuno Lima has present recovered the backmost of the nett successful consecutive matches and volition beryllium keen to prime up wherever helium near off.
 
Leading goalscorer Ui-jo Hwang was handed a meagre 18 minutes of enactment against Besiktas but is expected to diagnostic successful a much salient capableness this weekend.
 
Thirty-one-year-old Josip Calusic inactive awaits his debut quality for Konyaspor arsenic helium continues to conflict with a ft wounded that has kept him connected the sidelines since July.
 
Coming disconnected the seat past clip retired to people lone a 2nd extremity this term, guardant Umut Nayir volition beryllium pushing for a instrumentality to the visitors' starting lineup for this one.

Alanyaspor imaginable starting lineup:
Taskiran; Aliti, Aksoy, Lima; Ozdemir, Makouta, Janvier, Hadergjonaj; Augusto, Karaca, Cordova

We say: Alanyaspor 1-0 Konyaspor

As 2 of the lowest-scoring teams hole to spell caput to head, we are anticipating a nervy and cagey matter with small goalmouth enactment astatine some ends.
 
That said, we conscionable astir fancy the location broadside to unafraid the points erstwhile each is said and done.

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