Eyüpspor vs Goztepe Prediction & Betting Tips

Form: two sides short on confidence

Eyüpspor's last three league games have been grim: an 8-0 hammering away at Fenerbahçe, a 0-2 home defeat to Rizespor, and a 3-0 loss at Çorum FK. Their wider record over the last 20 matches, which takes in some cup and friendly fixtures too, shows six wins against eleven losses, so this really is a side struggling for rhythm.

Eyüpspor: 20 completed matches; Goztepe: 20 completed matches.

Eyüpspor

20 matches

Win

30% 6 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

19

Conceded

30

Difference

-11

Goztepe

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

34

Conceded

32

Difference

+2

Göztepe haven't been winning either, but they've stayed more competitive. Their last three outings were a 2-2 draw at home to Rizespor, a 2-2 draw away at Alanyaspor, and a 2-4 home defeat to Gaziantep FK. They're shipping goals, but they keep scoring too.

Eyüpspor's recent defeats have been far heavier than anything Göztepe have suffered.

Comparative Team Statistics: Eyüpspor vs Goztepe

Head-to-head: recent meetings have been stalemates

The last two league meetings between these two finished 0-0, and the one before that was 1-1. Goals have clearly been hard to come by in this fixture lately.

Go back a bit further, into their second-tier days, and it's a different story: Göztepe won 5-1 and 0-3, while Eyüpspor also took a home win. Those results feel a long way removed from the cagey draws of the last three meetings, so it's worth weighing the recent pattern more heavily.

Three of the last four meetings have finished level.

Standings: rock bottom company

Eyüpspor sit 18th and Göztepe 17th, both on just three points from six games this season. It's Göztepe's goal difference, minus four compared to Eyüpspor's minus fourteen, that separates them in the table despite the identical points total.

Team news: Juan leading the way, one fitness doubt

Göztepe's Juan has scored four goals in six matches, making him comfortably their most productive attacker this season. Eyüpspor have a fitness question over Abdullahi, who's listed as questionable with an injury, though that on its own doesn't confirm he'll be missing come matchday.

Eyüpspor:

Penalty cards:

David Costa x 1 x 2

C. Raux Yao x 2

Injury list:

A. Abdullahi

Goztepe:

Best scorers:

Juan - 4

Best assist providers:

Janderson - 2

Penalty cards:

O. Bayrak x 1

A. Kurtulan x 3

Alex Matos x 3

How it could play out

With both teams struggling for points and their last three head-to-head meetings all low-scoring, this doesn't look like a fixture built for goals. Eyüpspor's brutal recent losses suggest they could be there for the taking, but Göztepe's own leaky defence means nothing is guaranteed either way.