Kayserispor will look to extend their unbeaten run to four games in all competitions when they play host to Giresunspor on Saturday.
After failing to win any of their previous five fixtures, Giresunpor occupy a position in the Super Lig relegation zone with a point separating them from safety.
Match preview
Although Kayserispor sit in 10th place, due to the tightly congested nature of the league table, they find themselves just five points adrift of the top four.
Saturday's hosts have lost just once in their previous nine league games, and they are unbeaten in their last three matches in all competitions after drawing 1-1 away to Galatasaray last time out.
Kayserispor took the lead in the 69th minute through Miguel Cardoso, but Mostafa Mohamed's equaliser five minutes from time ensured that the spoils were shared.
Although they were unable to hold onto the three points in that contest, five consecutive home victories in all competitions suggest that Kayserispor could prevail on Saturday.
In their last five competitive home matches, Kayserispor have scored 13 goals, all while keeping four clean sheets in that period.
Meanwhile, Giresunspor are enduring a poor fun of form after losing four of their last five matches, leaving them in the relegation zone.
The visitors head to the Kadir Has Stadium off the back of three consecutive defeats, with the latest of those coming at home against Fenerbahce.
Chiquinho gave Giresunspor the lead in that contest, but goals from Enner Valencia and Dimitris Pelkas turned the game on its head to give Fenerbahce all three points.
Although they have the third-best defensive away record in Super Lig, Giresunspor have struggled in front of goal on their travels after scoring more than one goal in just one of their 12 away league games this season.
Despite their defence being solid, Giresunspor have tended to concede late goals away from home, with eight of their 12 away goals conceded coming in the final half-hour of games.
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Team News
Kayserispor will be without Ugur Demirok, who will miss the game through suspension, while Dimitrios Kolovetsios and Bernard Mensah are injury absentees.
Silviu Lung Jr has missed the last two matches through injury, with Bilal Bayazit expected to retain his place in goal.
After featuring in the second half against Galatasaray, Mario Gavranovic and Mame Thiam could come into the starting lineup for Saturday's contest.
As for the visitors, Alexis Perez is suspended for the visitors after receiving a red card against Fenerbahce.
With Perez absent, Sergen Picinciol is set to come into the backline to partner Mamadou Diarra in the centre of defence.
Meanwhile, the responsibility of leading the Giresunspor forward line will fall to Magomed-Shapi Suleymanov.
Kayserispor possible starting lineup:
Bayazit; Bulut, Hosseini, Cetin, Carole; Attamah, Akdag, Bertolacci; Cardoso, Thiam, Gavranovic
Giresunspor possible starting lineup:
Kocuk; Yavru, Diarra, Picinciol, Behich; Traore, Flavio, Chiquinho; Serginho, Diabate, Suleymanov
We say: Kayserispor 3-1 Giresunspor
Having swept past all challengers in their last five home games, we think that the hosts will make light work of a Giresunspor side who have lost six of their last eight league games.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Kayserispor win with a probability of 56.13%. A draw had a probability of 24.6% and a win for Giresunspor had a probability of 19.25%.
The most likely scoreline for a Kayserispor win was 1-0 with a probability of 13.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.22%) and 2-1 (9.45%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.56%), while for a Giresunspor win it was 0-1 (7.08%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Kayserispor would win this match.
