In this 29th week match, on Sat Mar 12th, Kasımpaşa and Rizespor will play a match in İstanbul in a clash of the Super Lig. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Kasımpaşa is fresh off their 3-2 win against Göztepe. Jackson Muleka struck first for Kasımpaşa in the 5th minute, then Franco di Santo tied it up for Göztepe in the 7th minute , but luckily for Kasımpaşa it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn themselves the victory. Kasımpaşa should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 19th placed Rizespor, recorded a 1-2 loss against Giresunspor. Joel Pohjanpalo struck first for Rizespor in the 14th minute, then Chiquinho tied it up for Giresunspor in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 48th minute on a goal by Hamidou Traoré. Rizespor looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
On Saturday Oct 23rd, Rizespor hosted Kasımpaşa at the Çaykur Didi Stadyumu in their last match together. Rizespor was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Cemali Sertel struck first for Rizespor in the 11th minute, then Umut Bozok tied it up for Kasımpaşa in the 62nd minute.
Rizespor hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Yusuf Sarı and Tyler Boyd, and they each have 1 goal. Jackson Muleka has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 4 goals for Kasımpaşa.