May 8th features a match where Yeni Malatyaspor hosts Rizespor 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 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 20th placed Yeni Malatyaspor is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Alanyaspor. Nouha Dicko scored the first goal for Yeni Malatyaspor in the 31st minute, then in the 65th minute, Tayfur Bingöl sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Daniel Candeias But luckily in the 66th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Oğuz Aydın. Yeni Malatyaspor looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches, while rizespor is fresh off their 7-1 blowout win against Göztepe. Makana Baku scored the first goal for Göztepe in the 7th minute, but Kahraman Demirtaş got the equalizer for Rizespor on an own goal in the 16th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 19th minute on a goal by Papiss Demba Cissé to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Dec 19th, Rizespor won by a score of 1 to 0. Deniz Hümmet struck first for Rizespor in the 80th minute on a feed from Cemali Sertel, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Yeni Malatyaspor couldn’t muster any offence and Rizespor ran away with the shutout win.
Joel Pohjanpalo has been the most prolific scorer on Rizespor in his last 5 matches with 3 goals. Yeni Malatyaspor’s most prolific scorer has been Nouha Dicko. The Malian attacker has netted two goals over the last five matches.