In this week 17 match on Dec 18th, Kasımpaşa will play host to Sivasspor in a Super Lig match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Kasımpaşa sits at 20th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against İstanbul Başakşehir. Edin Višća scored the first goal for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 53rd minute, but Haris Hajradinović got the equalizer for Kasımpaşa in the 78th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, Sivasspor recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Galatasaray. Fayçal Fajr scored the first goal for Sivasspor in the 80th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Galatasaray was frustrated by Sivasspor’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Sivasspor ended the match with the shutout victory. Sivasspor is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Sivasspor’s most prolific scorer has been Mustapha Yatabare. The Malian attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches. Yusuf Erdoğan and Umut Bozok are the top scorers for Kasımpaşa in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Hakan Kutlu’s Kasımpaşa squad will be without Ertuğrul Taşkıran, while Rıza Çalımbay’s Sivasspor squad will be without Sefa Yılmaz, Aaron Appindangoyé and Koray Altınay.