Trabzonspor’s quest for the Super Lig title has been slowed down a bit in the recent matches, but they will be favorites to bag three points when they host Yeni Malatyaspor in the 20th round of matches. Going into this game, the two sides are on opposite ends in the standings; Trabzonspor top with 46 points and Yeni Malatyaspor bottom on 15 points. Trabzonspor are unbeaten in their last four matches and go to this game straight from a 1-0 win over Boluspor in the Turkish Cup. That win marked their third clean sheet in the last four matches, and they’ve failed to score in just one of the last five games. At home, they are unbeaten in the last 10 matches, and have seven wins in the process. They’ve kept five straight clean sheets at home ahead of this game.
Yeni Malatyaspor are rightly bottom of the standings; they have been poor all season and even ahead of this game, they suffered a 3-2 loss to lower league side Bandirmaspor in the Turkish Cup. In the league, Yeni Malatyaspor have managed just four wins in their 19 matches this season and they have no goal in the last five away league matches. The visitors have only bagged a point in their last five away league matches. Four times in the last five games, Yeni Malatyaspor have conceded two or more goals and they’ve failed to score in two of the last five. Going to this game, they are winless in the last nine league matches, six of them losses and they’ve failed to score in six.
Yeni Malatyaspor have a poor run and their loss to Bandirmaspor highlighted just how bad they are. In 19 league matches, they’ve managed just four wins and here they face the best team in the league at the moment. While Yeni Malatyaspor have struggled in defence, Trabzonspor are doing well both in attack and defence and we will back the hosts to win with a clean sheet.