On Sun Feb 13th, Kasımpaşa hosts Alanyaspor 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 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Kasımpaşa sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Trabzonspor. Edin Višća struck first for Trabzonspor in the 6th minute on a feed from Dorukhan Toköz, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kasımpaşa couldn’t manage to score, and Trabzonspor took the shutout win. Kasımpaşa should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Alanyaspor, recorded a 1-1 draw against Galatasaray. Wilson Eduardo scored the first goal for Alanyaspor in the 39th minute, but Muhammed Aktürkoğlu got the equalizer for Galatasaray in the 41st minute earning them at least the one point. Alanyaspor is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Thursday Sep 23rd, Alanyaspor hosted Kasımpaşa at the Bahçeşehir Okulları Arena in their last match together. Alanyaspor was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Efecan Karaca struck first for Alanyaspor in the 54th minute on a feed from Davidson, then Davidson added another in the 83rd minute In the end, Kasımpaşa couldn’t muster any offence and Alanyaspor ran away with the shutout win.
Emre Akbaba has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored 6 goals for Alanyaspor. Kasımpaşa’s most prolific scorer has been Umut Bozok. The Turkish attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.