Rizespor
Samsunspor
Apr 9 18:00
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Çaykur Rizespor welcome Samsunspor to the Çaykur Didi Stadyumu in Rize for a Black Sea derby with real stakes. Two clubs from Turkey's northern coastline face off in a Süper Lig fixture that carries survival implications for Rizespor, while Samsunspor themselves cannot afford complacency in the lower half of the table.
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Form Guide
Rizespor
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Rizespor sit 12th in the Süper Lig with 30 points from 27 games this campaign. A tally spread out across seven wins, nine draws and eleven defeats. A somewhat fair return that has kept them comfortably clear of the relegation zone but in the anonymity of mid-table. Their most recent outing was a 2-1 defeat on the road against Fatih Karagümrük, making it successive defeats for the side. However, prior to that they had strung together three consecutive wins that had lifted the mood at the Didi Stadyumu. Their head-to-head record against Samsunspor is perfectly level; five wins apiece and five draws from 15 meetings, making this a genuinely unpredictable fixture.
Samsunspor
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Samsunspor sit seventh in the table on 36 points after 27 rounds of fixtures, occupying a decent position but in need of recovery after a difficult patch. Their most recent Süper Lig outing ended in a 2-2 draw with Konyaspor, effectively making it the fourth league game without a victory at full-time in the past five. Samsunspor will be hoping to revive their domestic campaign after Spanish side Rayo Vallecano sent them packing in the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Prediction
Their H2H record and both sides' attacking ambitions makes for a game with over 1.5 goals as a well-grounded expectation.
What are the best odds for the game?
Rizespor are favoured to win at home at 2.32 odds, while Samsunspor are pegged at 2.92 for the away victory. A draw is factored at 3.46 odds.
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