Although the scoreline stayed level for a while in Kayseri, it was Çaykur Rizespor who seized control by the end of the night. The visitors left with five goals, while Kayserispor’s two were not enough to change the outcome; pace, creativity and finishing quality carried the away side through.
For Kayserispor, Tommy Kittelsen and Alboran Yelmen were the men on target, while Alican Özdemir and Görkem Göksu Gündüz stood out in the build-up to the goals. But the home side could not match that in defence, and as the match wore on they ceded control to their opponents.
On the Çaykur Rizespor side, Onur Akbaş’s 8.5 rating caught the eye, but the team’s success came from a collective display. The visitors held on to their place near the top and maintained fourth spot. Kayserispor, meanwhile, once again showed the strain of a difficult run of form in recent weeks.
The story of the match was shaped by Kayseri’s promising moments being overshadowed by Çaykur Rizespor’s sharper attacking moves. The visitors made the game theirs with fewer mistakes and greater efficiency.
Kayserispor lineup: Tommy Kittelsen, Mustafa Kutay Yıldırım, Emre Eymur, Metin Çelik, Alican Özdemir, Alboran Yelmen, Volkan Kaya, Hasan Darilmaz, Mehmet Erülken, İsmail Gökberk Gülpınar, Görkem Göksu Gündüz
Çaykur Rizespor lineup: Burak Kaya, Doğukan Kemük, Yekta Furkan Gürsoy, Atahan Dönmez, Erkan Yerlikaya, Ömer Berker Civan, Eren Kütük, Onur Akbaş, Ege Yıldız, Saner İlkbahar, Mehmet Efe Kan
Goals
- Kayserispor: Tommy Kittelsen, Alboran Yelmen
Assists
- Kayserispor: Alican Özdemir, Görkem Göksu Gündüz
You can view the statistics from the Kayserispor - Çaykur Rizespor match here.
