Preview: Gaziantep vs. Adana Demirspor - prediction, team news, lineups

Gaziantep volition look to support their formidable location signifier arsenic they big struggling Adana Demirspor astatine Gaziantep Stadium connected Sunday successful the Turkish Super Lig.

The hosts person steadily climbed the league standings and present find themselves acold removed from relegation worries, portion the visitors proceed to languish astatine the bottommost of the table.

Match preview

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Gaziantep person carried their beardown signifier into the caller year, gathering connected consecutive victories successful their last 2 matches of 2024 against Antalyaspor successful the Super Lig and Orduspor successful the Turkish Cup.

Selcuk Inan's broadside opened 2025 with a 2-2 league gully against Kasimpasa earlier securing a ascendant 4-0 triumph implicit Istanbulspor successful a cupful clash, with their performances leaving them eighth successful the standings with 22 points from 17 matches.

The hosts person been particularly awesome astatine Gaziantep Stadium, wherever they stay unbeaten crossed each competitions since their archetypal league crippled of the play – Inan's men person won their past 8 location matches, including 5 successful the league, making the Gaziantep Stadium a fortress.

Historically, matches betwixt these 2 sides person been evenly contested – portion Adana Demirspor edged retired 12 wins compared to Gaziantep's 10 successful 30 meetings, the hosts volition instrumentality assurance from their emphatic 6-1 triumph successful their past encounter.

Another triumph connected Sunday would people the archetypal clip Gaziantep person beaten Adana successful back-to-back matches since the 2004-05 play erstwhile they met successful the 3rd division.

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Adana Demirspor, meanwhile, suffered a constrictive 1-0 decision to Istanbul Basaksehir successful their archetypal league crippled of the year, stalling the momentum they had built nether Mustafa Dalci.

Since his assignment successful precocious November, the Blue Lightnings person secured 3 wins, much than their play tally crossed each competitions earlier his arrival.

This volition permission immoderate country for optimism for the Adana, who are stuck to the bottommost of the Super Lig array and are already 14 points adrift of information astatine this signifier of the campaign.

However, the visitors person a glimmer of anticipation heading into Sunday's clash, arsenic they person been much productive connected the roadworthy this season, astir precocious picking up a 2-1 triumph implicit Hatayspor successful their past distant game.

The Blue Lightnings are besides undefeated successful their past 5 distant matches against Gaziantep crossed each competitions, leaving country for much optimism.

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Team News

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Gaziantep volition beryllium without Sokratis Dioudis (thigh), Godfrey Bitok (leg), Enric Saborit (ankle) and Emre Tasdemir (muscle).

The hosts volition besides beryllium without Bruno Viana and Christopher Lungoyi, who are suspended owed to accumulated yellowish cards, though Deian Sorescu is acceptable to instrumentality aft serving his suspension.

For Adana Demirspor, Andrew Gravillon is retired for the play with a cruciate ligament injury, portion Breyton Fougeu is besides sidelined.

Yusuf Barasi, the visitors' apical scorer with 5 league goals, volition beryllium important to their chances of causing an upset.

Gaziantep imaginable starting lineup:
Buzan; M'bakata, Ersoy, Kizildag, Eskihallac; Lungoyi, Daubin, Kozlowski, Okereke; Maxim; Dervisoglu

We say: Gaziantep 2-0 Adana Demirspor

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