ANTALYA. Antalyaspor and Rizespor didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..

The match was played at the Antalya Stadyumu stadium in Antalya on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Turgut Doman assisted by Samet Çiçek and Murat Temel. The 4th official was Fatih Tokail. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 21.04 degrees Celsius or 69.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Antalyaspor was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Rizespor that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Rizespor was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Rizespor to win the encounter​.

Antalyaspor shot 18 times, 10 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Rizespor shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Antalyaspor received 1 yellow card (Jakub Kaluzinski ). Talking about the opposition, Rizespor received 5 yellow cards (Emirhan Topçu, Mithat Pala, Ibrahim Olawoyin, Jonjo Shelvey and Attila Mocsi).

Standings

After this match, Antalyaspor will have 19 points to hold in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Rizespor will have 18 points like Kasımpaşa to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Antalyaspor will play away with Beşiktaş on the 17th of March with a 21-4 head to head in favor of Beşiktaş (7 draws).

Rizespor will play away agasint Beşiktaş on the 28th of April with a 14-2 head to head in favor of Beşiktaş (6 draws).

Antalyaspor – Formation

Antalyaspor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Nuri Şahin decided to play with the following team: Helton Leite (7.5), Bünyamin Balci (7.5), Veysel Sari (7.3), Ömer Toprak (7.9), Güray Vural (6.4), Erdal Rakip (7.0), Dario Saric (7.3), Sagiv Jehezkel (6.7), Ramzi Safuri (6.8), Sam Larsson (7.3) and Adam Buksa (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Erdogan Yesilyurt (7.0), Jakub Kaluzinski  (7.7), Ufuk Akyol , Sander van de Streek (6.4), Ataberk Dadakdeniz, Mert Yilmaz, Gerrit Holtmann, Naldo (6.8), Ege Bilsel and Britt Assombalonga (7.1).

Antalyaspor could not rely on the presence of Jakub Kaluzinski  (injured) and Erdogan Yesilyurt (injured).

Substitutions

Antalyaspor made 5 changes: Erdal Rakip for Naldo (74′), Ömer Toprak for Jakub Kaluzinski  (74′), Güray Vural for Erdogan Yesilyurt (45′), Sam Larsson for Britt Assombalonga (73′) and Ramzi Safuri for Sander van de Streek (61′).

Player of the match: Ömer Toprak​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Antalyaspor was Ömer Toprak.

His rating is (7.9) with 48 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 3.

Rizespor – Formation

Also Rizespor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

İlhan Palut played with: Gökhan Akkan (9.9), Eray Korkmaz (7.1), Attila Mocsi (7.1), Emirhan Topçu (8.4), Halil Ibrahim Pehlivan (7.5), Jonjo Shelvey (7.5), Mithat Pala (7.7), Benhur Keser (7.1), Ibrahim Olawoyin (7.0), Altin Zeqiri (6.3) and Martin Minchev (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Khusniddin Alikulov (6.7), Dal Varesanovic, Adolfo Gaich, Gustavo Sauer (6.7), Seyfettin Anil Yasar (6.8), Janne-Pekka Laine, Mame Mor Faye (6.8), Óscar Pinchi, Zafer Görgen and Muhammet Taha Şahin.

Rizespor could not rely on the presence of Mame Mor Faye (injured) and Seyfettin Anil Yasar (injured).

Substitutions

Rizespor made 4 changes: Benhur Keser for Gustavo Sauer (70′), Altin Zeqiri for Mame Mor Faye (81′), Emirhan Topçu for Seyfettin Anil Yasar (87′) and Ibrahim Olawoyin for Khusniddin Alikulov (87′).

Player of the match: Gökhan Akkan​

The player that probably impressed the most for Rizespor was the goalkeeper: Gökhan Akkan. His rating is 9.89. He performed 10 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.​

• Fenerbahçe – Fatih Karagümrük – 2-1
• Samsunspor – Beşiktaş – 1-2
• Antalyaspor – Rizespor – 0-0
• Kayserispor – Adana Demirspor – 1-1