About Match
4 points and 9 places separate them: Galatasaray 2nd with 10, Rizespor 11th with 6. In league terms the two rates read 3/1.5 for Galatasaray and 0.75/1 for Rizespor (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.46. A win here leaves Galatasaray on 13 points and up to 1st, other results permitting.
27 meetings are on record — 16 won by Galatasaray, 3 by Rizespor, 8 drawn, at 3.41 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 37% of the meetings went to the host. Recent editions have opened up: 4.6 goals per game across the last five meetings against 3.41 historically.
The venue is Rams Park in İstanbul, with room for 53,978 spectators.