Rizespor 2-0 Kocaelispor: result and report
Super Lig · Friday 20 February 2026
Result
Rizespor 2-0 Kocaelispor
Super Lig · Friday 20 February 2026, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Rizespor 2-0 Kocaelispor: match report
Rizespor beat Kocaelispor 2-0 in the Super Lig on Friday 20 February 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Valentin Mihăilă opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Rizespor's goals came from Valentin Mihăilă (13') and Samet Akaydin (57'). Kocaelispor did not score.
Discipline: Rizespor received 1 yellow card; Kocaelispor received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Rizespor were 13th on 21 points from 22 and Kocaelispor 7th on 30 points from 22. Rizespor went on to finish that season 8th with 41 points, and Kocaelispor 11th with 37.
Rizespor lined up in a 4-3-3 and Kocaelispor in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Samet Akaydin of Rizespor (7.9), ahead of Modibo Sagnan (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Rizespor wins, 1 draw and 0 for Kocaelispor.
Going into the match Rizespor's last five read D-L-D-D-L and Kocaelispor's W-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Valentin Mihăilă
- 48'Yellow card · Massadio Haïdara
- 53'Yellow card · Botond Balogh
- 57'Goal · Samet Akaydin
- 62'Yellow card · Darko Churlinov
- 90+4'Yellow card · Loide Augusto
Head-to-head
Team news
Rizespor line-up (4-3-3)
Yahia Fofana, Mithat Pala, Samet Akaydin, Modibo Sagnan, Casper Højer, Ibrahim Olawoyin, Taylan Antalyalı, Qazim Laci, Adedire Mebude, Halil Dervişoğlu, Valentin Mihăilă
Kocaelispor line-up (4-2-3-1)
Gökhan Değirmenci, Ahmet Oğuz, Botond Balogh, Hrvoje Smolcic, Massadio Haïdara, Show, Karol Linetty, Rigoberto Rivas, Dan Agyei, Darko Churlinov, Bruno Petkovic