The Super Lig meeting at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu on Sunday sees home team Kasimpasa go into battle with Antalyaspor.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Kasimpasa v Antalyaspor can be found here (including the best match odds).
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Form Guide
Kasimpasa
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Kasimpasa won’t want a repeat of their last result here after the 4-1 Super Lig defeat last time out to İstanbul Başakşehir.
In that game, Kasimpasa managed 52% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 1 on target. The scorer for Kasimpasa was Mortadha Ben Ouanes (47'). Istanbul Basaksehir got 16 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Dimitris Pelkas (15'), Davidson (24', 69') and Olivier Kemen (86') scored for İstanbul Başakşehir.
Sami Uğurlu's Kasimpasa have found the net a sum total of 7 times over their prior 6 outings. The number of goals that they have conceded in those same games is 12.
Going into this contest, Kasimpasa haven't lost in the league to Antalyaspor in their last 3 games.
Antalyaspor
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Since tasting defeat last time out to Pendikspor in Super Lig action, Antalyaspor will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, Antalyaspor had 59% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Antalyaspor was Adam Buksa (13'). For their opponents, Pendikspor got 23 attempts at goal with 10 on target. Mame Thiam (15') and Halil Akbunar (45') scored for Pendikspor.
Antalyaspor have had no problems opening up opposition defences in the lead-up to this encounter, having scored 7 goals in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Antalyaspor have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same outings.
Heading into this fixture, Antalyaspor are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.
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Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings going back to 08/03/2021 shows that Kasimpasa have won 2 of these games & Antalyaspor 1, with the tally of drawn games being 3.
A combined total of 16 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 9 of them from Apaçiler and 7 created by Akrepler. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.
The previous league game featuring these clubs was Super Lig match day 17 on 20/12/2023 when the final score was Antalyaspor 0-0 Kasimpasa.
On that day, Antalyaspor managed 51% possession and 9 shots on goal with 1 of them on target.
Kasimpasa got 7 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.
The match was refereed by Kadir Sağlam.
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Team News: Kasimpasa
Rochinha (unknown injury), Driess Saddiki (unknown injury), Emre Gedik (unknown injury), Samuel Bastien (unknown injury) and Erdem Çetinkaya (Cruciate ligament surgery) will be missing for Kasimpasa manager Sami Uğurlu.
It looks as if Apaçiler will probably go for a 4-1-4-1 formation, beginning the first half with Andreas Gianniotis, Jackson Porozo, Claudio Winck, Yasin Özcan, Julien Ngoy, Gökhan Gül, Ogulcan Caglayan, Haris Hajradinovic, Aytac Kara, Mortadha Ben Ouanes and Nuno da Costa.
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Team News: Antalyaspor
There’s a good chance that Akrepler will likely begin the game with a 4-1-4-1 system, starting Helton Leite, Güray Vural, Veysel Sari, Omer Toprak, Erdogan Yesilyurt, Jakub Kaluzinski, Britt Assombalonga, Ufuk Akyol, Emre Uzun, Sam Larsson and Adam Buksa.
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Prediction
In this match, Antalyaspor will likely create enough chances to find the back of the net against this Kasimpasa outfit, although it possibly won’t be enough to avoid a loss.
We’re predicting both teams to score in a 2-1 advantage for Kasimpasa by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s see what eventuates.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins,
03:09 11/05/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Kasimpasa
Formed: 1921
Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu (14,234)
Captain: Kenneth Omeruo
Chairman: Mehmet Fatih Saraç
Manager: Sami Uğurlu
Competitions: Super Lig position 7
🔑 Star Man: Aytaç Kara
Mostly taking to the field in the Centre Midfield position, Aytaç Kara was born in İzmir, Turkey. Having made his senior debut playing for Eskişehirspor in the 2012 - 2013 season, the talented Midfielder has scored 14 league goals in the Süper Lig 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in 34 appearances.