Fenerbahce Take on Rizespor Tonight

Fenerbahce will take on Rizespor tonight in the 26th round of the Turkish Super Lig...

The Yellow Canaries will be hoping to carry out there momentum from two weeks ago when they defeated arch-rivals Besiktas 1-0 before the international break started with Nigerian forward Emmanuel Emenike back in the team after taking a 3-day break and he seems ready to revive his old form.

But not all is good for Fenerbahce as coach Ismail Kartal was shocked with injury news of veteran defender Egemen Korkmaz and Brazilian playmaker Diego; who joined Raul Meireles and Dirk Kuyt in the injury list.

Fenerbahce need to win tonight in order to keep their title hopes alive as they are third in the league with 53 points, one point behind second-placed Besiktas and two points behind leaders Galatasaray.

Caykur Rizespor on the other could use some points too as relegation is still a possibility for them as they are only eight points above the drop zone. The last time the two team met, Fenerbahce defeated Rizespor 2-1 at home thanks to goals from Kadlec (who scored an own goal as well) and Pierre Webo.

Fenerbahce started 11 are:
Volkan, Gokhan, Bekir, Bruno Alves, Caner Erkin, Mehmet Topuz (Selcuk), Topal, Emre, Alper, Sow, Emenike.

The match will kickoff at 19:00 (Turkish timing) and will be officiated by Cuneyt Cakir.