Match Report
33 points separated the sides: Fenerbahçe 2nd on 74, Rizespor 8th on 41. On recent form Fenerbahçe sat only 7th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. Per game in the league, Fenerbahçe were scoring 2.26 and conceding 1.09, Rizespor 1.35 and 1.53, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
Fenerbahçe entered with three wins in a row.
GioScore's database holds 23 meetings between the two: 20 for Fenerbahçe, 1 for Rizespor and 2 drawn, at 3.87 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 87% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 70%. 5.2 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 3.87.
Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, capacity 50,530, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 2-2.
Goal scorers
Fenerbahçe: Talisca (80'), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (86') · Rizespor: Ali Sowe (47'), Modibo Sagnan (90')
Key stats
Possession: Fenerbahçe 60% · Rizespor 40% · Total shots: 15-6 · On target: 5-3 · Corners: 7-3