Fenerbahçe – Çaykur Rizespor Prediction and Statistics

Fenerbahçe, who defeated Göztepe, one of the in-form teams of the league, in Kadıköy last weekend, visited Denmark away in the UEFA Europa League during the week and managed to get what they wanted from Midtjylland and advance to the next round. Jose Mourinho’s students, who are currently continuing their path both in the Super League and in Europe, will host Çaykur Rizespor at home on Sunday evening. Çaykur Rizespor, on the other hand, is showing a successful form chart at home but has difficulty showing the same performance away.

Fenerbahçe boosts morale

Fenerbahçe, who has made a strong start with the victories they have achieved in recent weeks, draws attention with their goal-scoring identity and productive football. The yellow-navy team, who took to the field with a different tactic and a 3-center tandem implemented by Jose Mourinho, was able to switch from a 3-5-2 system to a 4-2-3-1 system during the game in order to increase the pressure with each passing minute, and Fenerbahçe managed to implement this flawlessly last week. Fenerbahçe, who fell behind 1-0 against Göztepe, scored 3 goals in 9 minutes with the start whistle of the 2nd half, and gained tremendous momentum with the 2 goals scored by Youssef En-Nesyri. Jose Mourinho's students, who knew how to win the match 3-2, won their 4th consecutive victory in the Super League and continued to follow the leader Galatasaray by producing 5 wins and 1 draw in the last 6 weeks. The yellow-navy team, who won 8 of the 9 matches they played at home and scored 22 goals in the opponent's net, competes with an average of 2.44 goals per match at home. Fenerbahçe, who took to the field with two forwards in the last 2 weeks, relies the most on Youssef En-Nesyri (17 goals) and Edin Dzeko (16 goals).

Çaykur Rizespor is struggling away

Çaykur Rizespor, who decided to continue the 2024-25 season with Technical Director İlhan Palut, had a nightmare start to the season. The Black Sea representative, who achieved good squad stability last season, lost one of their most important stoppers, Emirhan Topçu, to Beşiktaş, one of their best midfielders, Jonjo Shelvey, to Eyüpspor and finally, their goal-scoring forward player Adolfo Gaich to Antalyaspor. Çaykur Rizespor, who lost serious blood over time, could not get back on their feet after these losses. In the last 7 weeks, the students of İlhan Palut, who visited Gaziantep FK, Göztepe, Başakşehir and Hatayspor, lost 1-0 to Gaziantep, 3-0 to Göztepe and 2-0 to Başakşehir, and could not score against these teams. The Black Sea team, which managed to defeat only Hatayspor during this period, barely defeated its weak opponent in the relegation zone of the league with a 2-1 advantage. Lastly, Çaykur Rizespor, who defeated Adana Demirspor, who are anchored at the bottom of the league, 3-2 last week, has such a bad team defense that they conceded 2 goals from players trained from the youth team. Taha and Alikulov, two indispensable names in the defense, will not be able to play against Fenerbahçe this week due to their suspensions.

Fenerbahçe - Çaykur Rizespor probable lineups

• Fenerbahçe: İrfan Can; Djiku, Skriniar, Diego Carlos; Osayi-Samuel, Amrabat, Fred, Tadic, Szymanski; Dzeko, En-Nesyri
• Çaykur Rizespor: Tarık; Varesanovic, Mocsi, Samet, Hojer; Hadziahmetovic, Papanikolaou, Olawoyin; Ghezzal, Akintola, Sowe

Prediction: Fenerbahçe win

It is obvious that Fenerbahçe has increased in finishing in recent weeks. It is possible to say that En-Nesyri and Dzeko are in form. Çaykur Rizespor, on the other hand, has a bad form away from home and can easily lose the game from the moment they see a goal in their goal. As the Superbihis team, our expectation from this match is that Fenerbahçe wins.