Still in search of their first win of the 2024-25 Turkish Super Lig season, Adana Demirspor host Konyaspor at the New Adana Stadium on Saturday.
The hosts have played 12 matches in the current campaign, and have lost 10 times and drawn twice, which has left them 10 points adrift of safety.
Match preview
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Adana Demirspor received their biggest thrashing of the season yet, losing 5-0 to Trabzonspor at Papara Park last Monday, despite only conceding one goal at half-time.
The last time that the Blue Lightnings won a football match was against Istanbulspor back in May, and they have since played 16 matches without recording a victory, including a 2-2 draw with Azerbaijan side Sumgayit in a summer friendly game.
Serkan Damla, who was appointed as caretaker manager following the sacking of Michael Valkanis on September 23, is yet to record a win after six matches in charge, losing five times and picking up one draw.
Next in line for Adana is a home clash with Konyaspor, a side that they have not lost to in their last four encounters, picking up two wins and two draws.
However, the hosts have lost all six home matches so far, with the two points they have coming on the road, while they have also lost their last nine home matches dating back to the previous campaign.
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Meanwhile, since picking up a 3-2 win over İstanbul Basaksehir in his first game in charge, Recep Ucar is yet to record another victory as Konyaspor manager, losing 2-0 against Goztepe before a 1-1 draw with relegation-threatened Hatayspor last time out.
The draw came in a cruel manner for the Anatolian Eagle who thought that Marko Jevtovic's 17th-minute opener would be enough until Vincent Aboubakar equalised for Hatayspor in the 90th minute.
The result left Konyaspor in 13th place with 15 points after playing 13 matches, but they are only four points above Alanyaspor who are the first team in the relegation zone and have played one fewer game.
The visitors narrowly escaped relegation from the top flight last season, surviving by just one point, and given the dire form of their hosts, they will see this as a great opportunity to steer further away from the possibility of being in that situation once again.
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Adana Demirspor have no suspended players, nor do they have any injured players, which leaves coach Damla with a wealth of options.
The hosts have failed to score in their last three matches, and all eyes will be on Yusuf Barasi, who has four league goals to his name this season, to bail them out.
Konyaspor will head into this clash without 28-year-old midfielder Riechedly Bazoer, who is suspended due to an accumulation of yellow cards.
The visitors will also remain without veteran centre-back Josip Calusic, who is out until December with a ligament injury.
Adana Demirspor possible starting lineup:
Karakus; Kurtulan, Guler, Kalender, Manev; Maestro, Aydogan; Kol, Alioui, Sari; Barasi
Konyaspor possible starting lineup:
Slowik; Boranijasevic, Yazgili, Demirbag, Guilherme; Jevtovic; Ndao, Aleksic,Pedrinho, Erdogan, Ndao; Nayir
We say: Adana Demirspor 0-2 Konyaspor
Both sides are in difficult moments right now, but 16 games without a win for the hosts suggests that they are in a deeper rut, and we expect that trend to continue this weekend in a relatively comfortable win for the visitors.
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