Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Rizespor 2nd with 68 points, Denizlispor 18th with 23, 45 apart. Denizlispor's recent output outran their position: 11th on form over five rounds, 18th in the table. Per game in the league, Rizespor were scoring 1.78 and conceding 0.97, Denizlispor 0.97 and 1.86, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive defeats weighed on Denizlispor.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 2 wins for Rizespor, 2 draws and 1 for Denizlispor, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 20% of those meetings.
The match was played at Çaykur Didi Stadyumu in Rize (capacity 15,332). On the scoreboard, Rizespor led 2-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 3-1.