On the 18th of March, in this week 30 match, Rizespor will play host to Trabzonspor in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams. 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. Rizespor sits at 19th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Kasımpaşa. Awer Mabil scored the first goal for Kasımpaşa in the 27th minute, then Selim Ay tied it up for Rizespor in the 66th minute on a feed from Papiss Demba Cissé. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 1st placed Trabzonspor is fresh off their 4-2 win against Göztepe. Halil Akbunar scored the first goal for Göztepe in the 31st minute, then Anthony Nwakaeme tied it up for Trabzonspor in the 34th minute on a feed from Andreas Cornelius But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 49th minute on a goal by Djaniny Tavares. Trabzonspor is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
On Fri Oct 29th, Trabzonspor hosted Rizespor at the Stade Pierre Duboeuf in their last match together. Trabzonspor won by a score of 2 to 1. Damjan Đoković struck first for Rizespor in the 22nd minute on a penalty kick, then Djaniny Tavares tied it up for Trabzonspor in the 43rd minute on a penalty kick But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 73rd minute on a goal by Anthony Nwakaeme.
Trabzonspor is fortunate enough to have Anthony Nwakaeme in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored five goals. Rizespor hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Tyler Boyd and Gedson Fernandes, and they each have 1 goal.