In this 31st week match, on Sunday Apr 3rd, Alanyaspor will host Rizespor at Bahçeşehir Okulları Arena in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Alanyaspor recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Göztepe. Famara Diédhiou struck first for Alanyaspor in the 71st minute, then Tayfur Bingöl added another in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Göztepe couldn’t muster any offence and Alanyaspor ran away with the shutout win. Alanyaspor should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while 19th placed Rizespor is fresh off their 3-2 win against Trabzonspor. Abdülkadir Ömür scored the first goal for Trabzonspor in the 48th minute, then Joel Pohjanpalo tied it up for Rizespor in the 59th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 95th minute on a penalty goal by Joel Pohjanpalo to cap off a wild match. Rizespor looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
Alanyaspor and Rizespor last played eachother at the Çaykur Didi Stadyumu on the 5th of November. Rizespor was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Selim Ay scored the first goal for Rizespor in the 11th minute, then Damjan Đoković added another in the 70th minute on a penalty kick At the end of 90 a dissapointed Alanyaspor couldn’t manage to score, and Rizespor took the shutout win.
Joel Pohjanpalo has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Rizespor. Tayfur Bingöl has been the most prolific scorer on Alanyaspor in the last 5 matches with 3 goals.