Rizespor vs Fenerbahce Prediction & Betting Tips

Fenerbahçe scoring freely, Rizespor up and down

Fenerbahçe's longer run shows twelve wins from twenty games with forty-five goals scored, including an 8-0 thrashing of Eyüpspor. There have been wobbles too, a 0-2 loss away at Samsunspor and a 1-2 defeat at home to Beşiktaş among them, so it's not all one-way traffic.

Rizespor: 20 completed matches; Fenerbahce: 20 completed matches.

Rizespor

20 matches

Win

45% 9 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

28

Conceded

26

Difference

+2

Fenerbahce

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

45

Conceded

18

Difference

+27

Rizespor's form is patchier still. Nine wins and six losses from twenty outings, with goals shared fairly evenly between for and against. They've had some tidy away wins, like at Gaziantep and Konyaspor, but home form has included defeats to Alanyaspor and Samsunspor.

Fenerbahçe's attack looks the more reliable weapon of the two.

Comparative Team Statistics: Rizespor vs Fenerbahce

History leans heavily one way

Looking back over recent meetings, Fenerbahçe have generally had the upper hand, with wins like 5-0, 6-0 and 5-1 dotted through the fixture list. That's a long pattern of dominance in this particular matchup.

But the last two meetings tell a slightly different tale. Rizespor won 5-2 at home last November, and the two sides drew 2-2 back in April. So while the broader history favours Fenerbahçe, the most recent games have been closer than the overall record suggests.

Recent meetings have been tighter than the long-term head-to-head implies.

Level on points, different story

Fenerbahçe and Rizespor are both on ten points after six league games, but the numbers behind that tell different stories. Fenerbahçe have scored sixteen and conceded six, while Rizespor have scored just seven against the same six conceded.

That gap in goals for suggests Fenerbahçe have been the more clinical side even though the results have levelled out in the table.

Same points, but Fenerbahçe look sharper going forward.

Muriqi and Greenwood carrying the goal threat

Fenerbahçe's attack has been built around Vedat Muriqi, who's scored six in his last six matches, with Mason Greenwood adding four more in the same span. İrfan Kahveci has been busy creating chances too, with three assists.

Rizespor:

Best scorers:

E. Bulut - 2

Penalty cards:

V. Mihăilă x 1

A. Mocsi x 3

Fenerbahce:

Best scorers:

V. Muriqi - 6

M. Greenwood - 4

Best assist providers:

İ. Kahveci - 3

M. Greenwood - 2

O. Aydın - 2

Rizespor's main scoring threat has been E. Bulut with two goals in six games, a much quieter return by comparison. There's also a disciplinary note worth flagging, with Rizespor's Mihăilă picking up a red card in just three appearances.

Fenerbahçe's attacking options look considerably more productive right now.