Preview: Goztepe SK vs. Adana Demirspor - prediction, team news, lineups

Aiming to avoid a fourth consecutive defeat, Goztepe SK welcome Adana Demirspor to the Gursel Aksel Stadyumu on Sunday.

On the other hand, the away side make the journey this weekend looking to pick up a fourth victory on the bounce.

Match preview

Goztepe fell to a narrow 2-1 loss versus Besiktas when the teams faced off at the Vodafone Park on Wednesday.

Nestor El Maestro's men took the lead early on through Cherif Ndiaye before goals from Cyle Larin and Rachid Ghezzal turned the game on its head.

Consequently, The Goz Goz have slipped down to 19th place in the Super Lig table and are in need of a pick-me-up as the season approaches its midway point.

Their next task comes against an opposing outfit who they have beaten just once in the last eight meetings between the teams, losing each of the remaining seven.

However, that solitary win came in the most recent encounter back in 2017 when Sunday's hosts narrowly came out on top 3-2.

Adana Demirspor continued their recent resurgence with an impressive 2-0 victory over Galatasaray on Tuesday.

Following a relatively uneventful opening first half, Yunus Akgun netted twice in the space of five second-half minutes to hand Vincenzo Montella's men all three points.

This has seen them move up to fifth place in the standings, level on points with Fenerbahce in the race for the last European spot.

Sunday's visitors round off the year with a Turkish Cup clash versus Ankaraspor three days later, while their hosts lock horns with Samsunspor.

Team News

Marko Mihojevic is unavailable for Goztepe having missed all of his side's league games so far with an ankle problem.

Adis Jahovic has scored three times in his last three home appearances and is one to look out for this weekend.

Following his last brace last time out, Yunus Akgun is now up to five league goals for the season, with four of them coming in his last seven outings.

Once again, Montella is expected to name an unchanged XI, which is no surprise given the recent run of results.

Goztepe SK possible starting lineup:
Egribayat; Cankaya, Nukan, Arslangic; Emir, Aydogdu, Nwobodo, Alici; Tijanic, Akbunar, Ndiaye

Adana Demirspor possible starting lineup:
Muric; Svensson, Akaydin, Deli, Kanak; Inler, Stambouli, Bjarnason; Akgun, Vargas, Balotelli

We say: Goztepe SK 1-2 Adana Demirspor

Adana head into the clash with the wind in their sails and will be confident of getting past an out-of-form Goztepe side. We fancy them to get the job done and secure all three points at the end of the 90 minutes.

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