Round seven of the 2023 Turkish Super Lig season sees Adana Demirspor entertain the challenge of Alanyaspor at Yeni Adana Stadyumu on Sunday evening.
The home side head into this one looking to pick up consecutive victories having returned to winning ways last time out, while the visitors will be aiming to end a five-game winless streak.
Match preview
Adana Demirspor put on a show as they saw off the threat of Besiktas thanks to a thrilling 4-2 victory when the sides went head-to-head on Friday.
Goals from Younes Belhanda, M'Baye Niang, Emre Akbaba and Yusuf Erdogan put Patrick Kluivert's men well in cruise control before Vincent Aboubakar and Milot Rashica grabbed late consolation strikes.
As a result, the Blue Lightnings have moved up to third in the Turkish Super Lig table, five points behind Galatasaray in second and a further two points adrift of leaders Fenerbahce.
Coming up next is the task of facing off against an opposing outfit who are without a win in the most recent four league meetings between the teams.
Currently on a run of six consecutive home wins across all competitions, Sunday's hosts are flying in front of their fans and will be confident of coming out on top here.
Alanyaspor saw their run of four games without a defeat come to an end against Fenerbahce in a 1-0 defeat at the Kirbiyik Holding Stadyumu on Sunday.
Omer Erdogan's men conceded a late first half strike from Irfan Can Kahveci and that proved to be the all-important moment in a tight affair.
With seven points amassed from their six league matches so far, Alanyaspor sit 11th in the standings, two points off a place in the top half.
Winless in seven straight away involvements leading up to Sunday's clash, the away side have it all to do as they look to end their barren run on the road.
Team News
Babajide Akintola has missed Adana Demirspor's last three league matches, and the Nigerian will not feature in this weekend's game as well.
The home side will also be without the services of Badou Ndiaye who is, however, closing in on a return to first-team action from a muscle problem.
With Mahmut Taskiran out of action, Yusuf Karagoz was handed a rare start between the sticks last time out and the goalkeeper is expected to retain his place in the lineup.
Efecan Karaca will be aiming to deliver the goods in this one after putting on a man-of-the-match display for the away side in the last meeting between Sunday's opponents.
Adana Demirspor possible starting lineup:
Karakus; Svensson, Guler, Gravillon, Dursun; Tokoz, Belhanda, Akbaba; Nani, Niang, Sari
Alanyaspor possible starting lineup:
Karagoz; Augusto, Bayir, Aliti, Ozdemir; Karaca, Richard, Janvier, Eduardo; Novais, Cordova
We say: Adana Demirspor 3-1 Alanyaspor
Adana Demirspor have scored the most goals in the top flight of Turkish football this term, and we can see them enjoying another field day in attack here en route to a relatively comfortable victory come the end of the 90 minutes.
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