Still yet to pick up a victory this term, Caykur Rizespor welcome Kasimpasa to the Estadio Caykur Didi in matchday 10 of the Turkish Super Lig on Saturday.
The visitors have also endured a poor start to the new campaign and head into this weekend's game looking to end a streak of seven games since their only victory so far.
Match preview
Rizespor were beaten for the seventh game running following a 2-0 defeat versus Girerunspor at the Cotanak Stadyumu on Saturday.
Selim Ay inadvertently put the ball past his own goalkeeper just after the hour mark to put Hamza Hamzaoglu's men behind, before Joseph Champness sealed the deal in added time.
The Black Sea Sparrowhawk remain rooted to the bottom of the standings, seven points adrift of safety already with the season still in its first quarter.
Lying in store next for them is a clash versus an opposing side who have won three of the last four meetings, conceding just one goal in that time.
Saturday's hosts follow up this weekend's match with a clash versus current leaders Trabzonspor and will need to be on song ahead of what is arguably their toughest task so far.
Kasimpasa fell to a second consecutive 2-1 loss on Sunday when they faced off against Goztepe at the Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium.
Yusuf Erdogan opened the scoring for Fuat Capa's men six minutes into the second half before goals from Adis Jahovic and David Tijanic turned the game on its head.
The Apaches are bottom but one at the moment, five points clear of this weekend's opponents but three adrift of safety.
One of five teams yet to record an away triumph this term, Saturday's visitors now set out to kickstart their season on the road in order to stay afloat of danger.
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Team News
Rizespor's Tyler Boyd was given his marching orders last time out, and the American is not eligible to participate this weekend.
In Boyd's absence, Baiano Fabricio is expected to fill in at right back for his sixth starting appearance of the campaign.
Ronaldo Mendes continues to nurse a muscle injury, while veteran defender Gokhan Gonul is down with a hamstring problem.
Twenty-five-year-old forward Kevin Varga is Kasimpasa's only absentee for the game owing to a knee injury which he picked up while on international duty with Hungary.
Caykur Rizespor possible starting lineup:
Akkan; Sertel, Holmen, Ay, Fabricio; Djokovic, Dabo, Sabo; Bolasie, Umar, Boldrin
Kasimpasa possible starting lineup:
Tekin; Hadergjonaj, Donk, Brecka, Elmali; Dirar, Eysseric, Travnik, Erdogan, Serbest; Jorgensen
We say: Caykur Rizespor 1-1 Kasimpasa
With the teams struggling for form coming into the game, we anticipate a cautious approach from both sides and a share of the spoils at the sound of the final whistle.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Caykur Rizespor win with a probability of 38.69%. A win for Kasimpasa had a probability of 34.77% and a draw had a probability of 26.5%.
The most likely scoreline for a Caykur Rizespor win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.15%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.38%) and 2-0 (6.73%). The likeliest Kasimpasa win was 0-1 (9.51%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.62%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Caykur Rizespor would win this match.
