Goztepe vs Trabzonspor Match Preview

Goztepe is ranked at 10th place with 47 points and comes after two wins two draws and a loss over the last five matches. With five games left to play, they have a ten-point distance from the relegation zone so there is no real pressure over them considering that some teams even have only four games left.

They have scored 51 goals so far which makes them one of the best offensive sides in the league, but they also conceded 48 goals which is the worst defensive performance from the top half teams. This resulted in having just a +3 goal difference. At home, they won 8 matches while losing 5 out of 17 in total.

A big blow will be the absence of two key defenders as both Mihojevic and Nukan are injured. Also midfielders Burekovic and Ozturk will miss this game, the first one because of an injury and the latter because of Covid-19.

Trabzonspor, on the other hand, is ranked at 4th place with 63 points and comes after a single win and four draws over the last five matches. They are close to secure a spot in next season's Europa League, as they sit six points above Hatayspor with four games left to play.

They have the best defensive side in the league with only 33 goals conceded so far and an important part has been their goalkeeper Cakir who has been very solid. In the last five games they kept a clean sheet twice and in the other three conceded just a goal per game. In fact, only once in the last ten games they conceded more than a goal and that was also the only loss they suffered.

Bakasetas is expected to play from the start after serving his suspension in the last game and that will be of big help in attack as he is their best scorer with 13 goals and 2 assists so far.

In conclusion, I think Trabzonspor can win this match or get at least a draw. They are a better team than their rivals and still need to secure their spot in Europa League which would mean a lot for them, considering how things went last season. Not only they are hard to break in defense but with Bakasetas coming back I expect to see a stronger and more motivated side. Goztepe has no goals left for the remaining games, so even though they play at home I do not see them winning. Trabzonspor has won three of the last five h2h matches between these two sides.