Sports Mole previews Sunday’s Turkish Super Lig clash between Pendikspor and Caykur Rizespor, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Fresh off the end of a four-game winless streak, Pendikspor Welcome Caykur Rizespor on Sunday in the 36th round of the 2023-24 Turkish Süper Lig at Pendik Stadyumu.
This weekend’s hosts will be looking to take revenge on their visitors after suffering a 5-1 defeat in the second leg of this season in December.
Game preview
Pendikspor showed great determination to secure a 2-1 victory over Antalyaspor when the two teams faced off at Corendon Airlines Park on Monday.
Ibrahim UzulmezThe men followed him Adam Pants‘s penalty in the 13th minute in front of goals Mame Thiam And Halil Akbunar turned the game on its head.
This means the Pendik-based team remains in 19th place in the Turkish Süper Lig table and is now four points behind the safe team ahead of the weekend.
Next up is the challenge of an opposing team that has had little choice in the last three duels, which saw one win and one draw each.
After picking up their second-fewest points on home soil this season on Sunday, the hosts will have to go in search of a much-needed victory in front of their fans.
Caykur Rizespor came away empty-handed in a five-goal thriller against Besiktas that ended 3-2 at the Tupras Stadium on Friday evening.
Ilhan PalutThe men from ‘s opened the scoring Ibrahim Olawoyin but they soon fell behind when they had to strike Omar Colley And Milot Rashica Before Emir Han Topcu leveled matters, only for Joe Worrall to score a winning goal in stoppage time.
With 49 points from 35 games so far, the Black Sea Sparrowhawks are in eighth place in the standings, six points shy of a place in the top four.
Having lost all but one of their last nine away games on Sunday, the visitors could really do with a positive result here to give their traveling fans reason to celebrate this time.
Pendikspor Turkish Super Lig Form:
Caykur Rizespor Turkish Super League form:
Team news
Turkish duo Efe Tecimer And Mithat Pala Rizespor is out due to knee and foot injuries Benhur Keser continues to nurse a muscle problem.
Ibrahim Olawoyin has found the net in five of his last seven appearances for the visitors, making him a player to watch here.
exporter Winston He returned to action in the last game against Antalyaspor and is expected to start again here.
Mame Thiam’s goal in the above game was his 16th of the league season, keeping him fourth in the goalscoring list.
Possible Pendikspor starting lineup:
Canpolat; Tasdemir, Welinton, Ozturk, Ozgenc; Thiam, Kaya, Ndiaye; Diaby, Yardimci, Akbunar
Caykur Rizespor possible starting lineup:
cetine; Pehlivan, Topcu, Alikulov, Sahin; Olawoyin, Shelvey; Akintola, Varesanovic, Sauer; Gaich
We say: Pendikspor 1-1 Caykur Rizespor
Pendikspor’s defensive weaknesses have been a major concern all season and Rizespor will look to capitalize on them this weekend. We can imagine that the teams were well coordinated over the 90 minutes and settled for one point each in the end.
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