Match Report
The table gap was wide: 28 points between Trabzonspor (3rd, 69 pts) and Rizespor (8th, 41 pts). Trabzonspor ranked just 12th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position.
21 meetings are on record — 5 won by Rizespor, 13 by Trabzonspor, 3 drawn, at 3.52 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 62% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 71% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 62%.
Goal scorers
Rizespor: Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (27') · Trabzonspor: Felipe Augusto (2'), Paul Onuachu (19')
Key stats
Possession: Rizespor 55% · Trabzonspor 45% · Total shots: 22-8 · On target: 3-5 · Corners: 7-0