On Tue Dec 21st, Antalyaspor will play host to Kasımpaşa in a meeting of these two mismatched Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Antalyaspor is fresh off their 2-1 win against Trabzonspor. Andreas Cornelius struck first for Trabzonspor in the 24th minute, then Fredy tied it up for Antalyaspor in the 34th minute But luckily in the 73rd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Dorukhan Toköz. Antalyaspor is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 20th placed Kasımpaşa, recorded a 1-2 loss against İstanbul Başakşehir. Edin Višća scored the first goal for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 53rd minute, then Haris Hajradinović got the equalizer for Kasımpaşa in the 78th minute on a feed from Florent Hadergjonaj. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws apiece.
Kasımpaşa is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Yusuf Erdoğan and Umut Bozok each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Antalyaspor’s most prolific scorer has been Paul Omo Mukairu. The Nigerian attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches
Haji Wright, Ufuk Akyol and Dogukan Nelik are unavailable to play for Antalyaspor, while Ertuğrul Taşkıran is unavailable to play for Hakan Kutlu’s team.