📊 Form Guide

Istanbulspor

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Istanbulspor will be looking for an improved result here following the 1-0 Super Lig defeat last time out to Pendikspor.

In that game, Istanbulspor had 36% possession and 3 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. For their opponents, Pendikspor got 20 shots at goal with 4 on target. Halil Akbunar (97') was the scorer for Pendikspor.

It has been seldom in recent games that Istanbulspor haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Istanbulspor have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 11 goals during that time. That sort of pattern might not be continued into this game, however.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Istanbulspor:

• are winless against Çaykur Rizespor in their previous 6 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 8 matches in the league. Something needs to change.

Çaykur Rizespor

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Çaykur Rizespor will go into this game after a 3-1 Super Lig win over Gaziantep in their last fixture.

In that game, Çaykur Rizespor managed 50% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Çaykur Rizespor, the goals were scored by Ibrahim Olawoyin (85') and Altin Zeqiri (96'). On the other side, Gaziantep got 19 shots at goal with 8 on target. Deian Sorescu (55') and Salem M'Bakata (65' Own goal) scored for Gaziantep.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games featuring Çaykur Rizespor, three or more goals have been hit. The overall average number of goals per match within that time is 3.83, with the average number of goals for Çaykur Rizespor equalling 1.5.

Analysis of their past results shows that Çaykur Rizespor:

• are undefeated by Istanbulspor when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
• are without an away win for the past 11 league matches. Their travelling support will be needed here, for sure.

↔️ Head to head

Delving into their past head to head results going back to 15/02/2004 reveals that these fixtures have been pretty painful for Istanbulspor. They have not been able to register any wins whatsoever whereas Çaykur Rizespor have just been stronger than them, getting wins in 83% of those ties.

A sum of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 3 for Boğalar and 12 being from Atmacalar. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was Super Lig match day 12 on 12/11/2023 and the score finished Çaykur Rizespor 1-0 Istanbulspor.

On that day, Çaykur Rizespor managed 41% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Jonjo Shelvey (5').

Istanbulspor got 9 shots at goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Sarper Barış Saka.

📰 Team News: Istanbulspor

Emrehan Gedikli (unknown injury), Enver Sarıalioğlu (Cruciate ligament tear) and Ali Yaşar (Appendectomy) won’t be able to feature for Istanbulspor boss Osman Korkmaz. Modestas Vorobjovas will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

📰 Team News: Çaykur Rizespor

Thanks to a fully healthy squad available for selection, the Çaykur Rizespor boss İlhan Palut has no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this clash.

💭 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Istanbulspor should have enough to find the net against this Çaykur Rizespor lineup, although just one goal probably shouldn’t be as many as they’ll concede.

We’re therefore tipping a 1-2 winning margin for Çaykur Rizespor at the end of this one. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 13:09 02/04/2024