Çorum FK come from behind to beat Rizespor 2-1 in Turkish league

Çorum FK secured an exciting 2-1 victory over their visitors Rizespor, in the match that brought the two sides together in the eighth round of the Turkish Süper Lig for the 2026/27 season, played at 20:00 Damascus time.

Qazim Laçi opened the scoring for Rizespor in the 32nd minute, before Cengiz Ünder equalised for Çorum FK in the 38th minute, then the winning goal came through Youssoufa Moukoko in the 80th minute to give the home side the full three points.

The match did not witness any red cards, with referee Devot Dakul Çelik handing out just one yellow card to Çorum FK and two yellow cards to Rizespor.

In terms of statistics, Çorum FK dominated possession with 53 against 47 percent in favour of Rizespor, while the two sides were level in the number of shots at 10 shots each, including 4 shots on target for each team. Rizespor earned 6 corner kicks compared to just two for Çorum FK.

Cengiz Ünder was named man of the match after scoring a goal and receiving a rating of 8.3, following his participation for 78 minutes.

With this result, Çorum FK raised their tally to 10 points to sit in eighth place after playing 7 matches, winning 3, drawing 1 and losing 3, separated by goal difference, while Rizespor's tally also stood at 10 points in tenth place with the same number of matches, wins, draws and losses.