On Saturday Jan 8th, in week 20, Hatayspor and Kasımpaşa will play a match in İstanbul in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 18th placed Kasımpaşa, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Altay. Ryan Donk scored the first goal for Kasımpaşa in the 34th minute, then Umut Bozok added another in the 88th minute on a feed from Haris Hajradinović At the end of 90 a dissapointed Altay couldn’t manage to score, and Kasımpaşa took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while in their last match, Hatayspor recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Giresunspor. Ayoub El Kaabi scored the first goal for Hatayspor in the 81st minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Giresunspor couldn’t manage to score, and Hatayspor took the shutout win. Hatayspor is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
Hatayspor and Kasımpaşa last played eachother at the Antakya Atatürk Stadı on Saturday Aug 14th. Hatayspor and Kasımpaşa battled to a 1-1 draw. Valentin Eysseric scored the first goal for Kasımpaşa in the 18th minute, then Saba Lobjanidze tied it up for Hatayspor in the 72nd minute earning Hatayspor a comeback draw.
Hatayspor’s top weapon lately has been Ayoub El Kaabi, who has two goals in the last five matches. Umut Bozok has been the most prolific scorer on Kasımpaşa in the last 5 matches with three goals
Loret Sadiku and Jeffrey Bruma are unavailable to play for Kasımpaşa, while Hatayspor will be without Noss Traoré, Burak Camoglu and Mehdi Boudjemaa.