Çaykur Rizespor vs Göztepe Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

📏 Form Guide

Çaykur Rizespor

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Çaykur Rizespor will be wanting a better result here after a 2-1 Super Lig losing effort in their last game against Konyaspor.

In that match, Çaykur Rizespor had 60% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Çaykur Rizespor was Dal Varešanović (71'). Konyaspor got 18 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Umut Nayir (47', 77') was the scorer for Konyaspor.

Fewer than three goals per game were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Çaykur Rizespor have been participants. In terms of the goal attribution from this period, opposition teams scored a total of 6 while Çaykur Rizespor managed a tally of 5.

Their prior results show that Çaykur Rizespor:

• have not registered a win against Göztepe in their last 3 matches in the league.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.

Göztepe

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In their previous game, Göztepe drew 1-1 in the Super Lig tie with Hatayspor.

In that game, Göztepe managed 63% possession and 22 shots on goal with 8 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Göztepe was Kubilay Kanatsızkuş (19'). On the other side, Hatayspor had 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Bilal Boutobba (27') was the scorer for Hatayspor.

Looking at their form, and Göztepe have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, conceding 6 goals in all. Defensively, Göztepe could really do with shoring things up. We shall soon find out if that trend can be continued on in this game.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 06/04/2021 shows that Çaykur Rizespor have won 2 of these games & Göztepe 3, with the tally of draws being 1.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 25 in all at an average of 4.17 goals per meeting.

The last league match between these sides was Super Lig match day 17 on 22/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Göztepe 3-0 Çaykur Rizespor.

On that day, Göztepe managed 38% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Goals were scored by Novatus Miroshi (25', 78') and David Tijanič (71').

For their opponents, Çaykur Rizespor got 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Zorbay Küçük.

📋 Team News: Çaykur Rizespor

It seems likely that Atmacalar will probably use a 4-2-3-1 system, beginning the first half with Ivo Grbic, Muhammet Taha Şahin, Samet Akaydin, Khusniddin Alikulov, C. Højer Nielsen, Dal Varesanovic, Berkay Özcan, Mithat Pala, Ibrahim Olawoyin, Altin Zeqiri and Ali Sowe.

ℹ️ Team News: Göztepe

Göztepe boss Stanimir Stoilov has to contend with a number of unavailable players. İsmail Köybaşı (Rib fracture), Doğan Erdoğan (Torn thigh muscle), Kuryu Matsuki (Muscle tear), Isaac Solet (Cruciate ligament tear) and Djalma Silva (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be playing here.

There’s a good chance that Göz Göz could decide to make use of a 3-4-1-2 lineup, starting the game with Arda Özçimen, Malcom Bokele Mputu, Furkan Bayir, Héliton, Lasse Nielsen, Ahmed Ildiz, Anthony Dennis, Ogün Bayrak, David Tijanic, Kubilay Kanatsizkus and Rômulo Cardoso.

⚡ Prediction

Here is a game where Göztepe could find themselves struggling to breach the defence of this Çaykur Rizespor outfit who should win and very possibly keep a clean sheet.

We’re going for a hard-fought 1-0 winning margin for Çaykur Rizespor after 90 minutes.

We’re expecting it to be that close.

Andre Moura, 07:04 14/05/2025