Kocaelispor 0-0 Rizespor: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How the match unfolded

No goals at İsmetpaşa Stadyumu: Kocaelispor and Rizespor cancelled each other out over ninety minutes.

The referee, B. Kolak, showed 7 yellow cards: 4 to Kocaelispor and 3 to Rizespor.

Kocaelispor: S. İnan, 4-3-3 · Rizespor: R. Uçar, 4-1-4-1.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

This one went against the numbers. The estimate made a Kocaelispor win the likeliest outcome (45%), and a draw, at 27%, is what happened.

The goals dried up: the estimate expected about 2.6 and the match produced none.

Over 2.5 goals had been put at 48%; with 0 goals the under came in, as the estimate leaned.

Both teams to score was 53%; they did not both score, against the estimate.

Computed before kick-off from both sides' season goals and expected goals as of 2026-10-31, through a Dixon-Coles score model, and left as it was.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 2.17 for Kocaelispor and 0.72 for Rizespor.

Kocaelispor scored about 2.2 fewer than their chances were worth: poor finishing, or a goalkeeper at his best.

Kocaelispor created the better chances, 2.17 xG to 0.72, and still did not win. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.

Kocaelispor had 4 shots on target, Rizespor 4.

Rizespor had 51% of the ball.

Where the two sides stood before this match

Kocaelispor came into it with 11 Süper Lig matches played, scoring 1.2 and conceding 0.8 a match, with 1.17 expected goals for and 1.56 against, and had won 55% of their matches.

Rizespor came into it with 11 Süper Lig matches played, scoring 1.2 and conceding 1.4 a match, with 1.59 expected goals for and 1.30 against, and had won 36% of their matches.

Kocaelispor vs Rizespor: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Modibo Sagnan (Rizespor), rated 8.0 by Sportmonks.

Kocaelispor

• Serhat Öztaşdelen 7.6
• Anfernee Dijksteel 7.5
• Uğur Kaan Yıldız 7.5
• Mahamadou Susoho 7.1
• Emir Ortakaya 7.1

Rizespor

• Modibo Sagnan 8.0
• Zafer Görgen 7.7
• Qazim Laci 7.5
• Zakaria Ariss 7.4
• Siaka Bakayoko 7.2

The lowest-rated starter was Emrecan Bulut at 6.2. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• Kocaelispor: Kocaelispor vs Fenerbahçe Saturday 21 November 2026 · Süper Lig
• Rizespor: Amed SK vs Rizespor Saturday 21 November 2026 · Süper Lig

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about Kocaelispor vs Rizespor

What was the score in Kocaelispor vs Rizespor?

Kocaelispor 0-0 Rizespor (half-time 0-0), Süper Lig, Saturday 31 October 2026.

Who scored in Kocaelispor vs Rizespor?

Nobody: the match finished 0-0.

Did Moneyball predict Kocaelispor vs Rizespor correctly?

This one went against the numbers. The estimate made a Kocaelispor win the likeliest outcome (45%), and a draw, at 27%, is what happened.

Who was man of the match in Kocaelispor vs Rizespor?

Modibo Sagnan, rated 8.0 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed Kocaelispor vs Rizespor?

B. Kolak.