On Friday Apr 8th, Gazişehir Gaziantep will host Trabzonspor at Gaziantep Stadyumu 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 11 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Gazişehir Gaziantep recorded a 1-2 loss against Kasımpaşa. Papy Djilobodji struck first for Gazişehir Gaziantep in the 35th minute, but Jackson Muleka got the equalizer for Kasımpaşa in the 41st minute Finally they completed the comback in the 97th minute on a penalty goal by Florent Hadergjonaj to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while trabzonspor is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Beşiktaş. Andreas Cornelius struck first for Trabzonspor in the 56th minute on a feed from Hüseyin Türkmen, then Valentin Rosier tied it up for Beşiktaş in the 71st minute on a feed from Rachid Ghezzal earning Beşiktaş at least a draw. Trabzonspor should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 21 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Nov 22nd, Trabzonspor was victorious by a score of 3 to 0. Abdülkadir Ömür struck first for Trabzonspor in the 19th minute, then Djaniny Tavares added another in the 42nd minute on a feed from Anthony Nwakaeme At the end of 90 a dissapointed Gazişehir Gaziantep couldn’t manage to score, and Trabzonspor took the shutout win.
Both Anthony Nwakaeme and Djaniny Tavares have been the hottest scorers for Trabzonspor in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each. Gazişehir Gaziantep is fortunate enough to have Alexandru Maxim in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 6 goals
Gazişehir Gaziantep will be without Alexander Merkel, while Trabzonspor will be without Anders Trondsen, Vitor Hugo and Kaplan.