Hatayspor will be bidding to return to the winning ways in the Turkish Super Lig when they welcome the table leaders Trabzonspor to Yeni Hatay Stadyumu in the 36th game week of the competition. Match day schedules for 6th May 2022 at 20:00 EAT.
Hatayspor have been particularly struggling with the lack of attacking creativity in the last several outings. They thus scored only two goals in the previous five Super Lig affairs, failing to find the back of the net in the previous two defeats to Istanbul Basaksehir and Altay. After experiencing a poor run of form, Hatayspor’s European push has tailed off, and as a result, they enter Friday’s contest in 10th position.
Ömer Erdoğan side will be hoping for some positive results following 0-1 Super Lig defeat in their last game at the hands of Altay. In that game, Hatayspor managed 68% possession and 10 shots with only one of them on target. Altay got seven shots with three of them on target and a goal by Leandro Kappel (10′).
On the other hand, Trabzonspor secured their inaugural Super Lig title since the 1983/84 campaign as a single point from the home clash against Antalyaspor was enough to grant them the nine-point lead over second-placed Fenerbahce with three matches left to spare. With top spot secured, Trabzonspor will enter the final three fixtures in a celebratory mood, although Avci will be challenging his side to extend their unbeaten run to seven matches in all competitions.
Trabzonspor drew held each other to 2-2 draw in the Super Lig match with Antalyaspor last weekend. In that game, Trabzonspor had 40% possession, nine shots with five of them on target and goals scored by Andreas Cornelius (3′) and Dorukhan Toköz (62′). Antalyaspor got 12 shots with seven of them on target and goals by Alassane Ndao (51′) and Haji Wright (80′).
Hatayspor vs Trabzonspor head to head
Friday’s fixture will be the fourth head to head clash between these two teams since 2020. Trabzonspor claims two wins while the other one match ended in a stalemate.
- Trabzonspor 2-0 Hatayspor 18/12/21
- Trabzonspor 1-1 Hatayspor 17/04/21
- Hatayspor 0-1 Trabzonspor 22/12/20
Home
- Hatayspor 0-1 Altay
- Basaksehir 3-0 Hatayspor
- Hatayspor 1-1 Sivasspor
- Antalyaspor 4-1 Hatayspor
- Hatayspor 0-0 Adana
Away
- Trabzonspor 2-2 Antalyaspor
- Adana 1-3 Trabzonspor
- Trabzonspor 1-0 Kayserispor
- Trabzonspor 1-1 Fatih Karagumruk
- Gaziantep 0-0 Trabzonspor
Hatayspor team news
Kamil Corekci and Adama Traore are both expected to miss out on Friday, with injury issues set to keep them sidelined while Mehdi Boudjemaa is a doubt for the contest.
Trabzonspor team news
Boss Avci will be without the services of Bruno Peres, Huseyin Turkmen and Anders Trondsen due to injury problems.
Prediction and odds
Trabzonspor has picked up just one victory in the last five matches however we think that they posses much quality on Friday for a Hatayspor side that is are winless in their last six games.
- Trabzonspor Win
- Goals under 2.5
- Both teams to score (No)
