Trabzonspor vs Fenerbahce Prediction: Tall Paul to rise to the occasion

Fenerbahce, who have begun February with back-to-back Turkish Super Lig victories to remain three points behind Galatasaray in the title race, head to Papara Park on Saturday (17:00 GMT) to take on a third-place Trabzonspor side just four points worse off.

Below are my Trabzonspor vs Fenerbahce predictions, supported by all the latest team news and match odds.

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Team News

Rayyan Baniya (shin), Edin Visca (foot), Stefan Savic (unspecified) and Oleksandr Zubkov (muscle) are set to sit this one out for Fatih Tekke's Trabzonspor.

Football Odds

As for Domenico Tedesco's Fenerbahce, Archie Brown (unspecified) and Levent Mercan (muscle) are out injured.

N'Golo Kante, who made his debut in Monday's 3-1 victory over Genclerbirligi, looks set to start in midfield again alongside Matteo Guendouzi.

Trabzonspor vs Fenerbahce Odds

Trabzonspor are 9/4, or a 30.8% chance, to claim all three points on Saturday, with Fenerbahce 21/20 favourites, implying a 48.8% probability of success, and the draw offered at 5/2.

Both Teams To Score and Total Goals Over/Under +3.5 - Yes & Over 3.5 @ 7/4

Fenerbahce won September's reverse fixture 1-0 in Istanbul, but Trabzonspor were reduced to 10 men in the 20th minute, which pretty much stopped them from making any attacking forays.

The previous five head-to-heads had seen over 3.5 goals, with both teams scoring in all five.

Today's Football Fixtures

Both Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor have seen both teams score in 62% of their league games this season, while Fenerbahce lead the way in the over 3.5 goals table (48%).

Trailing Tedesco's side by four points, Trabzonspor will be desperate to claim a victory on Saturday that would pull them to within a point of the second-place side, while Fenerbahce will be looking to land a win to put pressure on leaders Galatasaray, so both teams are likely to be gunning for goals here.

Anytime Goalscorer - Paul Onuachu (TRA) @ 13/8

Towering Trabzonspor striker Paul Onuachu is level at the top of the Super Lig scoring charts with Istanbul Basaksehir's Eldor Shomurodov, both having bagged 15 goals this season.

Onuachu, who has missed two games due to the Africa Cup of Nations, and one due to suspension, has scored in all four of his appearances for Trabzonspor this calendar year, notching four times across the Super Lig (three) and Turkish Cup (one).

Last Saturday, the Nigerian international scored his side's first two goals in a 3-0 win at Samsunspor, and he's good value to find the net in a fourth consecutive league game this weekend.