Week 9 brings us a match on Oct 10th, where Trabzonspor will host Kasımpaşa at Medical Park Stadyumu in a meeting of these two closely matched Super Lig teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. 5th placed Trabzonspor is fresh off their 1-3 loss against Monaco. Wissam Ben Yedder scored the first goal for Monaco in the 14th minute, then Wissam Ben Yedder added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot. Trabzonspor is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while kasımpaşa is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against Gazişehir Gaziantep. Bersant Celina scored the first goal for Kasımpaşa in the 57th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Gazişehir Gaziantep couldn’t manage to score, and Kasımpaşa took the shutout win. Kasımpaşa is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season Trabzonspor won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Kasımpaşa is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Stéphane Bahoken and Florent Hadergjonaj each having 2 goals in their last five. Anastasios Bakasetas has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Trabzonspor
Abdullah Mucip Avcı’s squad will be without Dorukhan Toköz, Bruno Peres, Serkan Asan and Hüseyin Türkmen, while Tarkan Serbest and Raoul Petretta are unavailable to play for Şenol Can’s team.