📏 Form Guide

Kayserispor

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Kayserispor will be hoping to bounce back here after a 1-0 Super Lig losing effort in their last game against Alanyaspor.

In that game, Kayserispor managed 50% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Alanyaspor got 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. Oğuz Aydın (103') was the scorer for Alanyaspor.

It has been all too rare in recent times that Kayserispor have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Kayserispor have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 9 goals on the way.

A look at their previous results shows us that Kayserispor:

• have not lost a league tie with Kasimpasa in their previous 3 matches.
• are undefeated in their previous 4 league matches at home.

Kasimpasa

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Following on from tasting defeat last time out to Galatasaray in Super Lig action, Kasimpasa will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Kasimpasa had 40% possession and 20 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Kasimpasa, the goalscorers were Aytaç Kara (57') and Nuno Joia Da Costa (77'). At the other end, Galatasaray got 17 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Dries Mertens (27'), Mauro Icardi (34' Own goal, 48', 83') and Carlos Vinícius (90') scored for Galatasaray.

Kasimpasa have regularly broken through opposing defences in their most recent fixtures, scoring 10 goals in their last 6 matches. This doesn’t mask the fact that Kasimpasa have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same clashes. We will have to find out if that trend can be continued on here.

Heading into this fixture, Kasimpasa have not registered a win against Kayserispor in away games against them for the last 10 league games. Not an away record to be proud of.

↔️ Head to head

A glance at their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 30/01/2021 shows us that Kayserispor have won 4 of them & Kasimpasa 1, with the tally of drawn matches being 1.

A total of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 9 of them from Anadolu Yıldızı and 6 netted by Apaçiler. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The previous league clash between these clubs was Super Lig match day 12 on 11/11/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Kasimpasa 3-4 Kayserispor.

On that occasion, Kasimpasa managed 54% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. The goalscorers were Sadık Çiftpınar (27' Own goal), Mamadou Fall (36'), Nuno Joia Da Costa (50') and Aytaç Kara (74').

Kayserispor had 9 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Ali Karimi (12'), Aylton Boa Morte (45') and Mame Thiam (47') scored.

The referee was Çağdaş Altay.

📋 Team News: Kayserispor

Majid Hosseini (Ankle injury) and Anthony Uzodimma (Cartilage damage) aren’t available for Kayserispor boss Burak Yılmaz. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Arif Kocaman and Bilal Bayazıt.

We are thinking that Anadolu Yıldızı will possibly go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game and select Onurcan Piri, Aylton Boa Morte, Joseph Attamah, Dimitris Kolovetsios, Lionel Carole, Kartal Yilmaz, Mehdi Bourabia, Ramazan Civelek, Ali Karimi, Miguel Cardoso and Duckens Nazon.

🗞️ Team News: Kasimpasa

Kasimpasa boss Sami Uğurlu has to choose a team with limited availability. Driess Saddiki (unknown injury) and Erdem Çetinkaya (Cruciate ligament surgery) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Cláudio Winck, Kenneth Omeruo and Aytaç Kara.

We believe Apaçiler will likely utilise a 4-1-4-1 system by sending out Andreas Gianniotis, Rochinha, Sadik Ciftpinar, Jackson Porozo, Yasin Özcan, Gökhan Gül, Mamadou Fall, Haris Hajradinovic, Selim Dilli, Mortadha Ben Ouanes and Nuno da Costa.

🧠 Prediction

Our feeling is that Kasimpasa have it within them to breach the defence of this Kayserispor side, however it might not be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We’re expecting both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Kayserispor when the full-time whistle blows. We’ll have to see what happens.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 17:11 03/04/2024