In a weekend match on Sunday Jan 9th, in week 20, Rizespor plays host to Beşiktaş in a Super Lig match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Rizespor is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Gazişehir Gaziantep. Alexandru Maxim struck first for Gazişehir Gaziantep in the 44th minute on a penalty shot, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Rizespor was frustrated by Gazişehir Gaziantep’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Gazişehir Gaziantep ended the match with the shutout victory. Rizespor is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 7th placed Beşiktaş is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Konyaspor. Koka struck first for Konyaspor in the 90th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Beşiktaş was frustrated by Konyaspor’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Konyaspor ended the match with the shutout victory. Beşiktaş is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
Rizespor and Beşiktaş last played eachother at the Vodafone Park (i̇stanbul) on Friday Aug 13th. Beşiktaş won by a score of 3 to 0. Georges-Kévin N’Koudou scored the first goal for Beşiktaş in the 9th minute, then Atiba Hutchinson added another in the 52nd minute In the end, Rizespor couldn’t muster any offence and Beşiktaş ran away with the shutout win.
Beşiktaş is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Michy Batshuayi and de Souza Dias each having 2 goals in their last 5. Joel Pohjanpalo has been the most prolific scorer on Rizespor in the last 5 matches with three goals
Hamza Hamzaoğlu’s Rizespor squad will be without Yannick Bolasie, Bryan Dabo, Lebogang Phiri and Ronaldo Mendes, while Georges-Kévin N’Koudou, Gökhan Töre, Güven Yalçın, Necip Uysal, Salih Uçan, Oğuzhan Özyakup, Mehmet Topal and Alex Teixeira are unavailable to play for Beşiktaş.