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Trabzonspor

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Trabzonspor will play in this game following a 1-1 Super Lig stalemate versus Bodrumspor.

Fewer than three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the past 6 fixtures where Trabzonspor have been participants. In terms of the goal split from this period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 7 while Trabzonspor managed the sum of 9.

Heading into this fixture, Trabzonspor have not won against Samsunspor in their previous 2 league games.

Samsunspor

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Samsunspor come into this clash following a 1-0 Super Lig win to beat Sivasspor in their last match.

In that match, Samsunspor had 50% possession and 4 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Samsunspor was Landry Dimata (9'). Sivasspor had 0 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

In the course of their six latest matches, Thomas Reis's Samsunspor have fired home a total of 7 times therefore yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.17.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head to head clashes dating back to 19/03/2006 shows us that Trabzonspor have won 3 of them & Samsunspor 2, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A combined total of 19 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 11 of them from Karadeniz Fırtınası and 8 coming from Kırmızı Şimşekler. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The last league match featuring the two was Super Lig match day 18 on 04/01/2025 which ended up with the score at Samsunspor 2-1 Trabzonspor.

In that match, Samsunspor had 36% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Carlo Holse (30', 75').

Trabzonspor got 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Simon Banza (49') was the scorer.

The match was refereed by Mehmet Türkmen.

📰 Team News: Trabzonspor

Mustafa Eskihellaç (unknown injury), Uğurcan Çakır (Muscle injury), Cihan Çanak (Muscle injury), Ahmet Yıldırım (unknown injury), Enis Destan (Inner ligament injury), Stefan Savic (Muscle injury), Hüseyin Türkmen (Torn thigh muscle), Arseniy Batagov (Partial muscle tear) and Onuralp Çevikkan (Meniscus tear) will not be taking part for Trabzonspor manager Fatih Tekke.

In all likelihood, Karadeniz Fırtınası look set to use a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, handing starts to Muhammet Taha Tepe, Pedro Malheiro, Okay Yokuslu, John Lundstram, Arif Bosluk, Salih Malkocoglu, Ozan Tufan, Oleksandr Zubkov, Muhammed Cham, Denis Drăguş and Anthony Nwakaeme.

📰 Team News: Samsunspor

It’s our belief that Kırmızı Şimşekler appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, starting Okan Kocuk, Zeki Yavru, Lubomir Satka, Rick Van Drongelen, Marc Bola, Y. Aït Bennasser, Olivier Ntcham, Kingsley Schindler, Carlo Holse, Emre Kilinc and Landry Dimata.

🧠 Prediction

We believe that Samsunspor are dangerous enough to break down this Trabzonspor side, but it might not quite be enough to avoid defeat.

We are anticipating a narrow 2-1 advantage for Trabzonspor at the end of the 90 minutes. It’s a very tough call.

Renata Leite, 15:02 25/05/2025