Aiming to avoid a fourth defeat on the bounce, Antalyaspor welcome Adana Demirspor to the Antalya Stadium on Saturday in round seven of the 2022-23 Turkish Super Lig season.
On the other hand, the away side make the trip looking to record consecutive victories having returned to winning ways in their most recent involvement.
Match preview
Antalyaspor came away empty-handed from Sunday's clash against Kayserispor at the Kadir Has Stadium, which ended in a narrow 1-0 defeat.
Nuri Sahin's men found themselves behind to Mame Thiam's opener 10 minutes into the second period and that proved to be the all-important moment.
With six points picked up from as many games so far, The Scorpions are currently 12th in the league table, just two points clear of the drop zone.
Next up is the challenge of an opposing outfit who have only lost one of the previous 11 meetings between the teams across all competitions since 2002.
Off the back of a decent end to last season, Saturday's hosts have kicked off the current campaign on the back foot and will need to get their act together sooner rather than later.
Adana Demirspor maintained their perfect home record so far thanks to a thrilling 3-2 triumph over Trabzonspor at the Yeni Adana Stadyumu on Monday.
Vincenzo Montella's men took 1-0 and 2-1 leads through Kevin Rodrigues and Badou Ndiaye but they were pegged back on both occasions by Anastasios Bakasetas and Umut Bozok before Samet Akaydin grabbed a late winner.
The Blue Lightnings have moved up to fourth place in the Turkish Super Lig standings and remain just a point shy of Konyaspor at the top of the pile.
However, Saturday's visitors have only come out on top in one of their last eight competitive outings on the road and now set out to improve their fortunes away from home.
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Team News
Yaroslav Rakitsky made his return from suspension against Trabzonspor and the Adana Demirspor man is expected to retain his place in the starting lineup for this one.
Kevin Rodrigues was forced off with a first-half injury in the aforementioned game, making the Portuguese a doubt for Saturday's contest.
Thirty-three-year-old Omer Toprak remains sidelined with a muscle injury which has seen him miss each of Antalyaspor's last four outings.
Midfielder Alassane Ndao has recovered from a groin problem as he returned to the fray in the home side's defeat to Kayserispor last time out.
Antalyaspor possible starting lineup:
Boffin; Vural, Kudryashov, Sari, Floranus; Ozmert, Fernando, Aydogdu; Ghacha, Ndao, Wright
Adana Demirspor possible starting lineup:
Ozbir; Svensson, Akaydin, Rakitsky, Dursun; Ndiaye, Stambouli, Akbaba; Sari, Onyekuru, Belhanda
We say: Antalyaspor 1-1 Adana Demirspor
The teams have been defensively suspect so far and we anticipate goals at both ends here. We are also tipping a share of the spoils with the sides settling for a point apiece in the end.
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