LIVE: Trabzonspor face Gençlerbirliği in Süper Lig fourth-round clash

Trabzonspor will host Gençlerbirliği at Papara Park in the fourth round of the Süper Lig, seeking to change the direction of a season that began with one win, one draw and one defeat. The match starts at 8 p.m. and Çağdaş Altay will referee.

The home side will play under interim coach Hüseyin Çimşir following its split with Fatih Tekke. Trabzonspor has four points from its first three league matches. Batagov, Okay Yokuşlu, Malinovskyi, Saviolo and Folcarelli are listed as injured.

Gençlerbirliği arrives in stronger form. The Ankara club opened the season with a 2-1 away win over Fenerbahçe, beat Göztepe 1-0 in the second week and drew 1-1 at home with Erzurumspor FK in its third match. Under coach Metin Diyadin, it has seven points and entered the fourth round in second place.

The teams are meeting for the 75th time in the league. Trabzonspor leads their previous 74 encounters with 41 wins to Gençlerbirliği’s 14, while 19 matches ended in draws. Trabzonspor has scored 140 goals and conceded 74.

At home, Trabzonspor has won 25 of 37 league meetings, drawing seven and losing five. It lost both matches against Gençlerbirliği last season, falling 4-3 in Ankara and 3-0 in Trabzon. The largest wins in the fixture have belonged to Trabzonspor, including home victories of 6-0 in 1993-94 and 6-1 in 1989-90, as well as 4-0 away wins in 1989-90 and 2012-13.