Çaykur Rizespor Secure First Home Win of the Season

Çaykur Rizespor celebrated 3 points in front of their fans for the first time this season with their victory over Erzurumspor FK. The team also ended its 5-match winless run with this result.

The Black Sea club completed their first three home matches of the season with defeats: 2-0 to Samsunspor, 1-0 to Corendon Alanyaspor and 3-0 to Fenerbahçe. They failed to score in these matches and conceded 6 goals at home. Against Trabzonspor, they scored their first home goals, but the match ended in a 4-3 defeat.

Under head coach Recep Uçar, the team scored 3 goals in their first four home matches while conceding 10. Ending their losing run in their fifth match, Çaykur Rizespor also put an end to their poor home form with their first win in front of their fans.

The green-and-blues had won their first three league matches away from home, at TÜMOSAN Konyaspor, Gaziantep FK and Eyüpspor. In the five matches that followed, they failed to win. They drew 2-2 with Göztepe, lost 3-0 to Fenerbahçe, 2-1 to Arca Çorum FK and 4-3 to Trabzonspor, and left Kocaelispor with a goalless draw. They managed only 2 points from these five matches.

This season, Çaykur Rizespor have collected 11 points from 6 away matches, with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In the portion of the league played so far, they have averaged 1.27 points per match.