Week 16 brings us a match on Dec 27th, where Fenerbahçe and Hatayspor will play a match in İstanbul in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Fenerbahçe is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Giresunspor. Enner Valencia scored the first goal for Fenerbahçe in the 19th minute from the penalty spot, then Borja Sainz tied it up for Giresunspor in the 71st minute from the penalty spot Finally they completed the comback in the 83rd minute on a goal by Borja Sainz to cap off a wild match. Fenerbahçe looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while hatayspor is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against İstanbulspor. Ayoub El Kaabi struck first for Hatayspor in the 24th minute from the penalty spot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, İstanbulspor couldn’t muster any offence and Hatayspor ran away with the shutout win. Hatayspor should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Fenerbahçe won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Hatayspor’s most prolific scorer has been Ayoub El Kaabi. He has netted two goals over the last five matches. Fenerbahçe is fortunate enough to have Enner Valencia in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals
Nazım Sangare and João Pedro are unavailable to play for Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus’s team, while Hatayspor will be without Kévin Soni.