Preview: Caykur Rizespor vs. Besiktas - prediction, team news, lineups

Besiktas quadrate disconnected against Caykur Rizespor connected Friday evening looking for the triumph that would determination the nine into 4th spot successful the Super Lig table.

Meanwhile, Rizespor tin determination to wrong 3 points of their sixth-placed opponents if they tin prevail astatine the Rize City Stadium.

Match preview

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With Serdar Topraktepe remaining arsenic the interim caput coach, Besiktas are going done somewhat of an uncertain play arsenic they bid to stay successful contention for a top-three spot.

There are presently 4 points separating them to third-placed Samsunspor, not helped by conscionable 1 triumph being recorded successful 8 league matches.

Since that astonishment 1-0 triumph implicit Fenerbahce, Besiktas person gone down 2-1 to bottommost broadside Adana Demirspor and posted a 1-1 gully with Alanyaspor.

Rafa Silva recovered the equaliser successful that contention for his 4th extremity of the campaign, but Besiktas stay with conscionable 25 goals from their 16 top-flight fixtures.

Furthermore, lone 2 victories person been posted successful their 8 distant encounters during 2024-25, betterment needed if they are to execute their targets for the remainder of the season.

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Meanwhile, Rizespor person precocious dropped retired of the apical fractional of the standings connected the backmost of failing to prevail successful immoderate of their 3 astir caller fixtures.

Away defeats versus Gaziantep FK and Goztepe were recorded either broadside of a 1-1 gully astatine location to 10th-placed Konyaspor.

Prior to that, however, Ilhan Palut had overseen a terrific tally of 5 victories from six matches, and the extremity effect is sitting 5 points supra the relegation zone.

Rizespor are besides connected a four-match unbeaten tally astatine their location ground, the item being a 3-1 occurrence implicit Trabzonspor.

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Team News

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Palut volition inevitably marque a fig of changes to his Rizespor XI connected the backmost of the 3-0 decision astatine Rizespor.

Dal Varesanovic is apt to beryllium recalled successful a originative midfielder role, portion Benhur Keser could beryllium handed his archetypal league commencement of the campaign.

Having suffered a caput wounded during the closing stages of the erstwhile fixture, goalkeeper Ivo Grbic volition beryllium replaced by Tarik Cetin.

Meanwhile, Cher Ndour is pushing for an accidental successful the Besiktas midfield aft being introduced arsenic a half-time substitute versus Alanyaspor.

Arthur Masuaku whitethorn perchance beryllium recalled astatine left-back, but Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain should stay among the replacements.

Caykur Rizespor imaginable starting lineup:
Cetin; Sahin, Mocsi, Aliqulov, Pala; Papanikolaou, Olawoyin; Keser, Varesanovic, Akintola; Sowe

We say: Caykur Rizespor 1-3 Besiktas

With some teams successful indifferent signifier heading into this fixture, determination is simply a vulnerability surrounding each. However, we are going to backmost the superior prime of the visitors to travel done for what would beryllium an important triumph successful the contention for the European spots.

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