Round 11 of the 2023-24 Turkish Super Lig season sees Sivasspor play host to Adana Demirspor at the Yeni 4 Eylul Stadyumu on Sunday morning.
The teams were both victorious in their last outings and will be full of confidence heading into this weekend's encounter which promises to be a keenly-contested affair.
Match preview
Sivasspor secured safe passage into the next round of the Turkiye Kupasi thanks to a 4-0 win over Hopaspor in Thursday's meeting between the sides.
Servet Cetin's men went into the interval with a commanding lead thanks to Rey Manaj's hat-trick after which Muhammed Kaya put the final nail in the coffin three minutes from time.
Prior to that, the Braves claimed a narrow 2-1 win over Alanyaspor and have consequently moved up to 10th place in the Turkish Super Lig table.
Coming up next is the challenge of an opposing outfit with little separating the teams over the last five meetings, which have yielded two wins apiece and a draw.
Off the back of a first home win in four matches last time out, Sunday's hosts now go in search of consecutive wins in front of their fans for the first time since July.
Adana Demirspor ran out comprehensive 3-0 winners against Konyaspor when the teams locked horns at the Yeni Adana Stadyumu on Saturday evening.
Patrick Kluivert's men broke the deadlock in the early exchanges of the second half through M'Baye Niang after which goals from Mario Balotelli and the aforementioned Niang sealed the deal.
With 20 points picked up from 10 matches this term, the Blue Lightnings sit third in the standings, albeit a whopping 10 points behind Fenerbahce.
Winless in seven consecutive matches on the road leading up to this weekend's contest, the visitors will need to turn their away fortunes around if they are to maintain their fine start to the campaign.
Team News
Sivasspor's Samba Camara is unavailable for this weekend due to a long-term ankle injury which has seen him fail to feature since August.
Following his three-goal haul last time out, forward Rey Manaj will be on a high heading into Sunday's game, making him one to look out for.
Twenty-seven-year-old Babajide David Akintola is a guaranteed absentee for Adana Demirspor here as he continues to battle with a thigh problem.
Italian Mario Balotelli could be set for a return to the starting XI having netted three times in his last three matches for the away side.
Sivasspor possible starting lineup:
Vural; Ciftci, Osmanpasa, Appindangoye, Kapacak; Konak, Saiz, Charisis; Rodrigues, N'Jie, Koita
Adana Demirspor possible starting lineup:
Ozbir; Svensson, Guler, Gravillon, Rodrigues; Ndiaye, Akbaba; Erdogan, Belhanda, Zeneli; Niang
We say: Sivasspor 1-2 Adana Demirspor
Adana Demirspor currently boast the second-best attacking record in the division and will be confident of coming out on top in this one. While we expect Sivasspor to put up a good fight, we are tipping the visitors to just about emerge triumphant.
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