In this week 18 match on the 9th of January, Alanyaspor hosts Trabzonspor at Bahçeşehir Okulları Arena in a Super Lig match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Alanyaspor is fresh off their 1-4 loss against Kasımpaşa. Mortadha Ben Ouannes struck first for Kasımpaşa in the 11th minute on a feed from Ahmet Engin, then Mamadou Fall added another in the 32nd minute. Alanyaspor is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while trabzonspor sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Giresunspor. Riad Bajić scored the first goal for Trabzonspor on an own goal in the 30th minute, then Maximiliano Gómez added another in the 69th minute on a feed from Trezeguet At the end of 90 a dissapointed Giresunspor couldn’t manage to score, and Trabzonspor took the shutout win. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Trabzonspor should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Trabzonspor won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Both Trezeguet and Maximiliano Gómez have been the hottest scorers for Trabzonspor in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Koka has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Alanyaspor
Francesco Farioli’s squad will be without Famara Diédhiou and Joher Khadim Rassoul, while Abdullah Mucip Avcı’s Trabzonspor squad will be without Dorukhan Toköz, Bruno Peres and Serkan Asan.