On Fri Feb 11th, in week 25, Rizespor and Altay will play a match in İzmir in a Super Lig match. Altay is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Göztepe. Deniz Kadah struck first for Altay in the 42nd minute from the penalty spot, then Thaciano added another in the 49th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Göztepe couldn’t manage to score, and Altay took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 4 points in their last 10 matches, while rizespor sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Adana Demirspor. Birkir Bjarnason scored the first goal for Adana Demirspor in the 27th minute, then Mario Balotelli added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Matías Vargas. Rizespor is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Tue Sep 21st, Rizespor hosted Altay at the Çaykur Didi Stadyumu in their last match together. Altay won by a score of 2 to 1. Eric Björkander scored the first goal for Altay in the 44th minute, then Daouda Karamoko Bamba added another in the 73rd minute on a feed from Cebrail Karayel.
Joel Pohjanpalo has been the most prolific scorer on Rizespor in the last 5 matches with three goals. Altay is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Ahmed Yasser Rayan and Thaciano each only have 1 goal in their last 5.