Preview
Yoda Mc Yoda FaceThe force is strong with Çorum FK at home, and it has been for a long while. Thirteen wins in twenty home games, two draws, five losses — that is a record that speaks of a team comfortable under its own roof. Two points and five hundred per game, nearly two goals scored and under one conceded. The numbers do not lie, and they do not whisper. They shout.
And shout they have recently. Five days before this fixture, Çorum FK travelled to Gaziantep FK's ground and returned with a 3–0 victory. Before that, a 5–1 demolition of Samsunspor on the road, and a 3–0 home win over Eyüpspor. Three wins in five matches, 2.8 goals per game, and not a single match in which they failed to score. The current run is a win, and the momentum is there. You see it, you feel it. It is real.
Rizespor, meanwhile, arrive with a different story. Their last five matches tell of two wins, one draw, two losses. Six days ago, they fell 0–3 at home to Fenerbahçe, and the current run is that loss. Their away record over twenty games is five wins, seven draws, eight losses — one point and one tenth per game, 1.25 goals scored, 1.6 conceded. The road is a difficult place for them to find points, and the recent home defeat has not helped the confidence.
Yet I must be wise and not dismiss the visitor entirely. Rizespor have won two of their last three away games — 2–0 at Eyüpspor and 2–1 at Gaziantep FK — and drawn at Göztepe. There is a thread of resilience in those results. And the head-to-head? There is no record of these two meeting before. No history to lean on, no pattern to read. We must look only at what is here, now. The past is gone, you see. Only the present matters.
The counter-argument, then, is this: Rizespor are not without away form, and Çorum FK did lose 1–2 at home to Alanyaspor three weeks ago. The 6–2 defeat to Beşiktaş six weeks ago is a reminder that this team can be stretched. But the weight of the evidence — the home record, the recent scoring output, the away fragility of the visitors — tilts the balance firmly toward the hosts. The home ground is where Çorum FK find their rhythm, and Rizespor have not found theirs on the road.
Key Points:
- Çorum FK have won 13 of their last 20 home games, averaging 2.05 points per game and 1.75 goals scored
- Rizespor's away record over 20 games is 5W 7D 8L, with 1.1 points per game
- Çorum FK have won 3 of their last 5 matches, scoring 2.8 goals per game
- Rizespor lost 0–3 at home to Fenerbahçe six days before kickoff
- No head-to-head meetings on record between these two sides
The wise choice, I tell you, is to trust the home ground. Çorum FK win.