On the 19th of January, Rizespor will host Antalyaspor in a Super Lig match. The game day is forecasted to be a snowy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. 19th placed Rizespor is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Fatih Karagümrük. Aleksandar Pešić scored the first goal for Fatih Karagümrük in the 31st minute, then Salih Dursun added another in the 75th minute In the end, Rizespor was frustrated by Fatih Karagümrük’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Fatih Karagümrük ended the match with the shutout victory. Rizespor is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while 15th placed Antalyaspor is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Fenerbahçe. José Sosa scored the first goal for Fenerbahçe in the 72nd minute, but Doğukan Sinik got the equalizer for Antalyaspor in the 81st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Antalyaspor. Antalyaspor is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Friday Aug 27th, Antalyaspor hosted Rizespor in their last match together. Antalyaspor won by a score of 3 to 2. Haji Wright struck first for Antalyaspor in the 18th minute, then Haji Wright added another in the 54th minute on a penalty kick.
Naldo and Doğukan Sinik are the top scorers for Antalyaspor in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Joel Pohjanpalo has been the most prolific scorer on Rizespor in his last 5 matches with 3 goals
Yannick Bolasie, Bryan Dabo and Lebogang Phiri are unavailable to play for Hamza Hamzaoğlu’s team, while Alfons Groenendijk’s Antalyaspor squad will be without Admir Mehmedi, Ufuk Akyol, Harun Alpsoy and Dogukan Nelik.