Caykur Rizespor vs Trabzonspor
Our model puts a Trabzonspor win at 48.8% in this Süper Lig fixture — a moderate lean. Expected goals run 1.13 to 1.63.
What this probability has been worth
A number is worth what it has been worth. Across 2,054 predictions published before kick-off and scored against the result afterwards, the calls we priced between 45% and 55% came in 47.5% of the time — 623 fixtures in that band. The model claimed 49.5%, so the two are within 2 points of each other. In this range the stated probability has meant roughly what it says.
The ratings gap
Trabzonspor carry a rating of 1614 against 1515 for Caykur Rizespor, a gap of 99 points. On our scale that is the difference between a side that controls most of its fixtures and one that has to earn each of them. It is also the single largest input into the probabilities above.
Attack against defence
The single rating hides where the mismatch actually sits. Splitting it, Trabzonspor's attack should find room against Caykur Rizespor's defence, by 149 points. That is the mechanism behind the expected-goals line rather than a separate opinion about it.
Trabzonspor are on a run
Trabzonspor arrive on 3 straight wins, part of 3 matches unbeaten. Form of that length moves our rating on its own, so it is already reflected in the numbers above rather than being an argument on top of them.
Behind the defence
78.3% of the shots on target Trabzonspor face do not end up in the net, against 67.4% for the sides we measure. That is a keeper and a defence having a good run of it — and a figure that tends to drift back toward the middle, which is worth remembering before reading too much into it.