Samsunspor will be looking for another win after the 1-3 Super Lig success against Konyaspor.
In that game, Samsunspor managed 40% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. For Samsunspor, goals were scored by Anthony Musaba (5') and Cherif Ndiaye (13'). On the other side, Konyaspor got 23 shots at goal with 7 on target. Riechedly Bazoer (55' Own goal) and Umut Nayir (60') scored for Konyaspor.
Their latest results reveal that quality has been evident in the Samsunspor defence. Samsunspor have been mean at the back, seeing the tally of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their past six outings standing at 2.
Following on from a loss in their previous game against FC Lausanne-Sport in Conference League competition, Ħamrun Spartans will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, Ħamrun Spartans managed 52% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Lausanne-Sport had 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Gaoussou Diakité (38') was the scorer for FC Lausanne-Sport.
The numbers tell their own story, and Ħamrun Spartans have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in total. At the back, Ħamrun Spartans have some weaknesses to address. While that may be of interest, we must now wait to see if that trend will be replicated in this next game.
The Samsunspor manager Thomas Reis will be thankful to have no fitness worries whatsoever coming into this clash with a completely healthy group to choose from.
With a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Ħamrun Spartans manager Giacomo Modica has zero fitness worries to speak of ahead of this match.
It looks to us that Samsunspor are likely to have the majority of the possession and should be able to turn a few of their chances into goals.
In contrast, Ħamrun Spartans may well find it hard to make a breakthrough although we do think it’s probable that they will be converting at least once.
We’re therefore anticipating a comfortable 3-1 win for Samsunspor when all’s said and done.