Trabzonspor vs Genclerbirligi - prediction, team news, lineups

Trabzonspor play big to Genclerbirligi connected Sunday having already secured 3rd spot successful the Super Lig table.

However, the visitors marque the travel to the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium needing a triumph to warrant that they stay successful Turkey's apical flight.

Match preview

For the 2nd clip successful 4 days, Trabzonspor and Genclerbirligi spell caput to head, with a Turkish Cup semi-final necktie having taken spot earlier successful the week.

On that occasion, Trabzonspor prevailed by a 2-1 scoreline to acceptable up a last against Konyaspor.

As good arsenic having reached the showpiece for the 3rd successive season, Trabzonspor person improved connected their seventh spot from 2024-25 to warrant a instrumentality to the Europa League qualifying rounds astatine the precise least.

That is contempt conscionable 2 wins coming from their past six games, albeit a four-match streak without occurrence having been ended by a 2-1 triumph astatine Besiktas past weekend.

Fatih Tekke volition beryllium delighted with however his squad person performed this campaign, peculiarly astatine Papara Park wherever they person collected 33 points from 16 specified fixtures.

Meanwhile, Genclerbirligi person lone accumulated six points from 16 distant fixtures this season, the worst instrumentality successful the division.

Five defeats successful six specified fixtures person near Metin Diyadin's broadside requiring maximum points to guarantee that they debar a instrumentality to the 2nd tier.

If Antalyaspor bushed Kocaelispor, Genclerbirligi would request to bushed Trabzonspor courtesy of having suffered 2 defeats to Antalyaspor earlier successful the season.

Nevertheless, contempt the disappointment of midweek, the Wind of Ankara person recorded 3 wins from their past 4 outings successful each competitions, a tally which includes a cupful triumph astatine Galatasaray.

Trabzonspor Turkish Super Lig form:

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Trabzonspor signifier (all competitions):

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Genclerbirligi Turkish Super Lig form:

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Genclerbirligi signifier (all competitions):

L W W L W L

Team News

Ernest Muci volition beryllium absent from the Trabzonspor XI arsenic helium serves a one-match prohibition for collecting his 4th yellowish card.

Boran Baskan whitethorn beryllium recalled successful cardinal midfield, but determination are a fig of alternatives erstwhile Tekke whitethorn remainder players for the cupful final.

A determination indispensable besides beryllium made implicit whether Paul Onuachu - the division's apical goalscorer - is brought backmost into the attack.

Having made wide changes for the cupful semi-final, Diyadin is expected to revert backmost to the aforesaid - oregon precise akin - broadside to the 1 that started the 3-2 triumph implicit Kasimpasa.

Erk Aslan would person been successful contention for a commencement connected the near flank aft a extremity successful midweek, but the winger came disconnected injured successful the 2nd half.

Sixteen-year-old Ayaz Ozcan was handed a commencement down the mediate of the onslaught successful the cupful semi-final, and the teen volition travel nether information for an accidental if Sekou Koita misses retired done injury.

Trabzonspor imaginable starting lineup:

Onana; Tufan, Malkocoglu, Nwaiwu, Lovik; Oulai, Bouchouari; Zubkov, Baskan Nwakaeme; Nayir

Genclerbirligi imaginable starting lineup:

Velho; Pereira, Goutas, Zuzek, Dursun; Dele-Bashiru; Traore, Ulgun, Tongya, Mimaroglu; Ozcan

We say: Trabzonspor 2-1 Genclerbirligi

Despite winning 2 of their past 3 games, Genclerbirligi are up against it to flooded opponents that person mislaid conscionable 4 times successful 33 matches. Therefore, Trabzonspor get the motion with america for this contention arsenic they look to decorativeness an improved run connected a precocious note.

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