Kocaelispor vs Göztepe prediction

Kocaelispor have won five, drawn one and lost four of their ten Super Lig games so far, scoring 11 and letting in 9. That has them 8th on 16 points.

Their last six in all competitions read four wins, no draws and two defeats, at 1.3 goals scored and 0.7 conceded per game. Last time out they lost 2-1 to Besiktas away; before that came a 2-0 win at home to Gaziantep and a 1-0 defeat away at Galatasaray.

Three clean sheets in that spell. At home they've won three of three recently (5 scored, 0 conceded). A. Dijksteel (muscle injury), A. Jovanovic (knee injury) and B. Petkovic (hamstring injury), plus three others, are all unavailable.

So far in the Super Lig, Göztepe have won four, drawn three and lost three of ten, with 21 goals scored and 17 conceded, good for 9th place and 15 points.

Over the last six matches it has been one win, two draws and three defeats, averaging 2.0 goals for and 2.0 against. Last time out they beat Eyupspor 4-0 away; before that came a 2-2 draw at home to Rizespor and a 2-2 draw away at Alanyaspor.

Göztepe are unbeaten in three. They have scored in each of their last five. On the road they've won one of three recently (8 scored, 5 conceded). F. Bayir (inactive), I. Sabra (ankle injury) and L. Gugeshashvili (inactive) are all unavailable.

Home and away form points to Kocaelispor: Kocaelispor have won three of their last three at home, Göztepe one of their last three on the road. One point separates the two sides in the table. Kocaelispor also have the better goal difference over recent weeks.

We make Göztepe favourites at 37%, with Kocaelispor on 35% and the draw at 28%. In truth there's very little in it.

On goals, it expects around 2.8 in the game: 1.3 for Kocaelispor and 1.5 for Göztepe. Over 2.5 goals is 52% and both teams scoring 54%. Their last meeting, on 18 Apr 2026, finished 1-1.