Preview: Kayserispor vs. Samsunspor - prediction, team news, lineups

Kayserispor volition proceed their quest to ascent retired of the bottommost 4 erstwhile they big high-flying Samsunspor successful circular 19 of the Turkish Super Lig connected Saturday.

The Anatolian Star missed the accidental to unafraid a important triumph successful their relegation six-pointer against Bodrumspor past clip out, settling for a 1-1 draw.

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Optimism was precocious successful the Kayserispor campy arsenic they looked to commencement the caller twelvemonth with a victory, particularly aft Stephane Bahoken's first-half onslaught enactment them up against Bodrumspor – however, Cenk Sen's second-half equalizer dashed those hopes, forcing the Anatolian Star to stock the spoils.

It has been a pugnacious play for Sinan Kaloglu's side, who find themselves entrenched successful different relegation conflict aft narrowly escaping the driblet by conscionable 2 points past season.

Now tasked with ending a three-match winless streak, Kayserispor look an uphill conflict against 1 of the league's apical performers connected the road.

Their struggles astatine location person been evident, with conscionable 1 triumph and 3 draws successful 8 matches astatine the Kadir Has Stadium, compared to 2 wins and 4 draws successful 9 distant fixtures.

The past competitory gathering betwixt the sides saw Kayserispor autumn to a 2-0 defeat, but they tin instrumentality immoderate encouragement from their 2-1 location triumph successful the erstwhile brushwood astatine this venue.

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Meanwhile, Samsunspor person shown their quality to present important wins contempt losing immoderate early-season consistency, arsenic evidenced by the hard-fought 2-1 triumph implicit Trabzonspor past weekend, which ended a two-match winless tally and provided a affirmative commencement to the year.

However, Thomas Reis's men indispensable code their caller dip successful distant signifier – aft winning their archetypal 5 distant matches, the Red Lightning person managed lone a gully and 2 losses successful their past specified 3 outings—a important driblet that has impacted their pursuit of the apical two.

Currently sitting successful third, Samsunspor find themselves 3 points up of fourth-placed Eyupspor but six points adrift of second-placed Fenerbahce.

Notably, Samsunspor's grounds astatine Kayserispor's crushed is little than stellar, with their lone competitory triumph astatine this venue coming successful 2004, a streak they volition beryllium anxious to interruption this weekend.

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Team News

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Kayserispor stay without cardinal defender Majid Hosseini, who continues his betterment from a superior ankle injury.

Arif Kocaman is besides unavailable arsenic helium struggles to instrumentality from his ain ankle contented – however, determination is bully quality for the hosts, arsenic Mehdi Bourabia returns to the squad aft serving a suspension successful the past match.

For Samsunspor, Reis has the luxury of a afloat acceptable squad, with nary suspensions oregon injuries to woody with.

Rick van Drongelen is acceptable to instrumentality to the starting XI aft serving a suspension against Trabzonspor, apt pushing Yunus Cift to the bench.

Kayserispor imaginable starting lineup:
Piri; Sazdagi, Kolovetsios, Jeanvier, Kaldirim; Attamhah, Gezek; Cardoso, Yilmaz, Boa Morte; Bahoken

We say: Kayserispor 1-1 Samsunspor

Kayserispor's location struggles and Samsunspor's caller dip connected the roadworthy suggest a choky encounter, with some sides apt to cancel each different out.

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