In this week 17 match, on Tuesday Jan 3rd, Antalyaspor hosts Fenerbahçe at Antalya Stadyumu in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Antalyaspor is fresh off their 0-2 loss against İstanbul Başakşehir. Deniz Türüç struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 57th minute on a feed from Mounir Chouiar, then Danijel Aleksić added another in the 66th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Antalyaspor couldn’t manage to score, and İstanbul Başakşehir took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, Fenerbahçe recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Hatayspor. Joshua King struck first for Fenerbahçe in the 20th minute, then Michy Batshuayi added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Diego Rossi In the end, Hatayspor was frustrated by Fenerbahçe’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Fenerbahçe ended the match with the shutout victory. Fenerbahçe is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins 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 1 win.
Enner Valencia has been the most prolific scorer on Fenerbahçe in his last five matches with 2 goals. Antalyaspor’s top weapon lately has been Admir Mehmedi, who has two goals in the last 5 matches
Antalyaspor will be without Fredy, Sinan Gümüş and A. Ndao, while Nazım Sangare and João Pedro are unavailable to play for Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus’s team.