Samsunspor vs Trabzonspor - prediction, team news, lineups

Samsunspor volition beryllium looking to extremity a four-match losing tally erstwhile they big Trabzonspor successful the Turkish Super Lig astatine Samsun Yeni 19 Mayis Stadyumu connected Saturday.

The visitors caput into the Black Sea derby 7 places supra the hosts aft six matches, with the location broadside hoping to nutrient a effect that volition instrumentality them retired of the bottommost three, portion their erstwhile manager looks to inflict much misery.

Match preview

Samsunspor person endured a hard commencement to the season, taking conscionable 4 points from their opening six matches and losing each of their past four.

Thorsten Fink's broadside began the run with a 3-3 gully against Goztepe and followed that with a 2-0 triumph distant to Caykur Rizespor, but they person since suffered defeats against Fenerbahce, Kocaelispor, Corum and Erzurumspor.

The astir damaging of those results came astatine location to Corum, erstwhile Samsunspor were beaten 5-1 earlier pursuing that with a constrictive 1-0 decision distant to Erzurumspor, losing consecutive games to recently promoted teams.

The Samsun broadside person scored conscionable 1 extremity crossed their past 4 league matches, portion they person conceded 9 during that sequence, leaving Fink with the task of uncovering a mode to marque his squad much productive without exposing them further astatine the back.

Their location grounds has besides been a concern, with the decision to Corum pursuing a 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Fenerbahce and the gully with Goztepe, meaning they are inactive searching for their archetypal location triumph of the campaign.

Trabzonspor get successful considerably amended spirits aft responding to a hard commencement with a connection triumph implicit Galatasaray successful their astir caller league fixture, and they volition look to physique connected that against a struggling opposition.

The Black Sea nine began the play with a gully against Kasimpasa earlier beating Istanbul Basaksehir and past losing distant to Amed, but a 5-0 triumph implicit Genclerbirligi was followed by a 1-0 decision astatine Konyaspor.

Former Samsunspor manager Thomas Reis was appointed soon afterwards and made an contiguous interaction successful his archetypal league crippled successful charge, guiding Trabzonspor to a 4-0 triumph implicit Galatasaray, with Mohamed Salah bagging a hat-trick portion Noah Saviolo grabbed one.

That effect lifted Trabzonspor to 10 points from six matches and provided Reis with an perfect start, though Saturday's travel has an added storyline fixed that the German antecedently managed the hosts and took them to the Europa League for the archetypal clip successful their past earlier being dismissed earlier this year.

Trabzonspor besides person a caller vantage successful this fixture, having won 3-0 astatine Samsunspor successful February, portion the past gathering betwixt the teams ended goalless successful the Turkish Cup successful April earlier the Black Sea Storm progressed connected penalties, extending their unbeaten streak successful this fixture to 4 matches crossed each competitions.

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Team News

Samsunspor person respective players listed arsenic doubts oregon unavailable up of the derby, with Afonso Sousa and Fatih Kaya carrying musculus injuries, portion Elayis Tavsan and Kouadou Assoumou are besides doubts.

Fink is expected to clasp Emre Kilinc arsenic 1 of the main attacking outlets, portion Mohamed Bayo volition anticipation to people his archetypal league extremity arsenic helium leads the attack.

Trabzonspor person longer-term absences successful Ruslan Malinovskyi and Tim Jabol-Folcarelli, portion Okay Yokuslu is simply a uncertainty with a musculus problem.

Stefan Savic and Ernest Muci are besides listed among the players carrying fittingness concerns, on with Aral Simsir, Umut Nayir and Onuralp Cevikkan, who is dealing with a hamstring issue.

Reis has a beardown attacking radical available, including Salah, Paul Onuachu, Saviolo and Franculino Dju, portion erstwhile Liverpool midfielder Fabinho gives the visitors acquisition successful cardinal midfield.

Samsunspor imaginable starting lineup:

Kocuk; Mendes, Erakovic, Guarino, Tomasson; Yuksel, Watt; Kilinc, Onur, Jarju; Bayo

Trabzonspor imaginable starting lineup:

Onana; Pina, Savic, Nwaiwu, Eskihallac; Kabasakal, Fabinho; Salah, Muci, Saviolo; Onuachu

We say: Samsunspor 0-2 Trabzonspor

Samsunspor's four-match losing tally and deficiency of goals marque it hard to backmost them against a Trabzonspor broadside that person already shown their attacking imaginable by beating Galatasaray, portion Reis should person capable prime successful the last 3rd to unafraid different victory.

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