Sivasspor vs Trabzonspor Match Analysis & Prediction
11/08/2024 7:15 pm
Two of last season’s high-performing side Sivasspor and Trabzonspor meet in gameweek one of the 2024-25 Turkish Super Lig season at BG Group 4 Eylul Stadyumu on Sunday.
All things considered, the preceding season’s seventh-placed finish was promising for Sivasspor following the club’s 10th and 14th final standings in the last years under Riza Calimbay.
The manager, who guided Sivasspor to fourth in 2019-20 and fifth the year later, departed after a 2022-23 campaign that saw the club end a point above relegated Giresunspor.
There was more managerial uncertainty last season as Servet Cetin departed on the eve of 2024, but the club seem to have found their way again under Bulent Uygun, underscoring by the club’s highest finish in three seasons.
They now hope to build on the encouraging seventh last season, aiming to push for a continental spot at the end of the campaign and Sivasspor’s promising pre-season, in which they avoided defeat in three games and adds to the optimism ahead of the 2024-25 term.
Visiting Sivas are last season’s fourth-placed club Trabzonspor, who were the best of the rest outside an outstanding top two that finished 32 points clear of Abdullah Avci’s side.
The returning Avci ended the club’s 38-year wait for a championship in the 2021-22 campaign and returned to the top three under their title winning manager after Nenad Bjelica could only guide them to sixth in 2022-23.
Having never finished lower than fourth under Avci, Trabzonspor will hope that pattern continues under the 61-year-old this season as they aim to compete for the league’s top honours again.
A commendable pre-season and progress in their Europa League second qualifying round tie bade well only for Avci’s side to fall in the first leg of their third qualifying round match against Rapid Vienna on Thursday, and it remains to be seen if the Black Sea Storm have next week’s reverse fixture on their minds when they approach this weekend’s visit to Sivas.
Sivasspor vs. Trabzonspor Head to head
In the previous 43 meetings between these two teams, Sivasspor have claimed 13 victories while Trabzonspor have won 20, and they have drawn in 10. Trabzonspor have scored 72 goals and conceded 52 in the process.
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30/07/2022Trabzonspor4Sivasspor0Super Cup
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22/10/2022Trabzonspor1Sivasspor0Super Lig
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20/04/2023Sivasspor4Trabzonspor1Super Lig
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27/11/2023Sivasspor3Trabzonspor3Super Lig
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12/04/2024Trabzonspor0Sivasspor1Super Lig
Sivasspor Team News
Mehmet Albayrak is a long-term absentee for Sivasspor after sustaining a serious knee injury that potentially rules him out until 2025.
The pair of Uros Radakovic and Alex Pritchard could make their league debuts for the hosts, keen to impress the home fans.
Sivasspor's Last 5 Matches
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05/05/2024Galatasaray6Sivasspor1Super Lig
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12/05/2024Sivasspor0Istanbul Basaksehir1Super Lig
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17/05/2024Istanbulspor1Sivasspor3Super Lig
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25/05/2024Sivasspor2Kayserispor1Super Lig
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25/07/2024Antalyaspor0Sivasspor1Club Friendlies
Trabzonspor Team News
Trabzonspor came through their competitive matches unscathed, and the visitors have no reported absentees ahead of Sunday’s league opener.
With Paul Onuachu back at parent club Southampton, the Black Sea Storm must find new match-winners to replace the Nigerian’s 14 league goals.
Trabzonspor's Last 5 Matches
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23/05/2024Besiktas3Trabzonspor2CUP
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26/05/2024Trabzonspor4Ankaragucu2Super Lig
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25/07/2024Ruzomberok0Trabzonspor2Europa League
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01/08/2024Trabzonspor1Ruzomberok0Europa League
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08/08/2024Trabzonspor0Rapid Vienna1Europa League
Sivasspor vs. Trabzonspor: Odds and Predictions
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