Samsunspor

vs

Trabzonspor

Preview

Samsunspor

• Samsunspor have won three, drawn five and lost two of their ten Super Lig home games (0.90 goals for & 0.90 against).
• The hosts play a very different way with Thomas Reis favouring a high-intensity pressing game, fast vertical transitions and pushing their defensive line up to try and win the ball back quickly.
• Samsunspor are unbeaten in their last two home games against Trabzonspor.

Trabzonspor

• Trabzonspor sit third in the Super Lig on 42 points after 20 games with Samsunspor seventh on 30 points after the same number of matches.
• Trabzonspor will be slight favourites because of their position in the league, their away record and the odds quoted for Saturday’s match, but it could be a very tight contest at Samsunspor.
• Fatih Tekke’s side will certainly try to control the game with some patient build-up play that gets the ball wide and into the feet of Paul Onuachu - on fire for 13 goals in 17 Super Lig appearances.

Head-to-Head

• Samsunspor have won two of the last five meetings between the clubs in all competitions (Trabzonspor 1, Drawn 2).
• Samsunspor are unbeaten in their last two home games against Trabzonspor.

Key Players

• Paul Onuachu - on fire for 13 goals in 17 Super Lig appearances.
• Carlo Holse leads the attack for the home side with five goals in 18 Super Lig matches.

Betting Insights

• The odds for an away win for the 3rd-placed team are very tempting at 2.66 with Samsunspor a very solid 2.56 and the draw 3.3.
• Our preference would be to take the visitors, but the home record of Samsunspor and the fact that they have failed to win in their last two trips to Samsunspor make us take a chance on the Under at 1.83.

Prediction

• We can't really split the teams in terms of the result as much as we can say that this game will be tight and tactical with control of the transitions likely to decide the outcome.
• We wouldn't be surprised to see a draw that would mean neither side lose points.