Trabzonspor host Gaziantep FK: Aiming for a winning streak

Trabzonspor will host Gaziantep FK at Papara Park in this week's Süper Lig fixture. The match, which kicks off at 16:00, will be refereed by Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy. Under Thomas Reis, the maroon-blues have won four league matches and want to beat Gaziantep to extend their winning streak to five.

Injuries remain a problem for Trabzonspor. Franculino Dju, Aral Şimşir, Okay Yokuşlu, Arseniy Batagov, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Cihan Çanak and young goalkeeper Onuralp Çevikkan are among the players still sidelined through injury. The coaching staff will prepare for the match with the players who are available.

Gaziantep FK have won two, drawn two and lost five of their nine league matches. The team, which sits 15th with eight points, last won away at Göztepe in the fourth week of the league. In that match the red-blacks scored four goals and conceded two. They then failed to win in the next five matches. Gaziantep have not taken a point in their last four league games, conceding ten goals during this period.

Myenty Abena is suspended after receiving a yellow card in the Erzurumspor match and will not be able to play against Trabzonspor. Fuat Bavuk, Nazım Sangare, Ulrich Meleke, Sontje Hansen, Kacper Tobiasz and Ogün Özçiçek will not be in the squad due to injuries.

Trabzonspor have the upper hand in their past meetings. Gaziantep have not won any of their 14 league matches against Trabzonspor. The maroon-blues have won nine of these matches, while five ended in draws. Gaziantep have lost six of their seven league matches away against Trabzonspor and drew the other one.