On Friday May 20th, Rizespor will travel to Gaziantep to battle Gazişehir Gaziantep in a meeting of these two evenly matched Super Lig teams. 16th placed Gazişehir Gaziantep is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Alanyaspor. Famara Diédhiou scored the first goal for Alanyaspor in the 59th minute, then Wilson Eduardo added another in the 89th minute on a feed from Efecan Karaca In the end, Gazişehir Gaziantep was frustrated by Alanyaspor’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Alanyaspor ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 17th placed Rizespor, recorded a 1-2 loss against Sivasspor. Tyler Boyd struck first for Rizespor in the 22nd minute, but Erdoğan Yeşilyurt got the equalizer for Sivasspor in the 31st minute Finally they completed the comback in the 75th minute on a goal by Fredrik Ulvestad to cap off a wild match. Rizespor is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Sunday Dec 26th, Rizespor hosted Gazişehir Gaziantep at the Çaykur Didi Stadyumu in their last match together. Gazişehir Gaziantep was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Alexandru Maxim scored the first goal for Gazişehir Gaziantep in the 44th minute on a penalty kick, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Rizespor couldn’t muster any offence and Gazişehir Gaziantep ran away with the shutout win.
Rizespor’s top weapon lately has been Joel Pohjanpalo, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Alexandru Maxim has been the most effective weapon for Gazişehir Gaziantep lately. The Romanian midfielder has netted two goals in his last 5 matches.