Alanyaspor to host Kocaelispor in Matchday 9 of the Turkish Süper Lig

Alanyaspor will host Kocaelispor on 23 October 2026 at 20:00 Saudi Arabia and Damascus time, as part of Matchday 9 of the 2026/27 Süper Lig season, with the match broadcast on beIN Sports and TOD.

Alanyaspor go into the match on the back of mixed results, having lost 0-3 away to Fenerbahce and drawn goalless at home against Erzurumspor, while previously they had beaten Corum 2-1 and Rizespor 1-0, and drawn 2-2 with Goztepe.

Kocaelispor also arrive at this encounter following a string of varied results, having lost 1-2 at home to Goztepe, and before that lost 1-2 away to Besiktas, while they had also secured wins over Gaziantep 2-0 and Samsunspor 1-0, and lost 0-1 to Galatasaray.

In previous meetings between the two sides, Alanyaspor beat Kocaelispor 5-0 on 18 March 2026, while Kocaelispor beat Alanyaspor 2-0 on 25 October 2025, and Alanyaspor also won 1-0 in an earlier meeting on 5 December 2023.

Alanyaspor will be without Paulo Fernandes due to injury, while Kocaelispor are missing the services of four players: Musaab Haidara, B. Petrovic, Tanguy Xavier Banhi Zoukrou, through injury, as well as A. Jovanovic for another reason.

In the standings, Kocaelispor sit in eighth place with 12 points from 8 matches, having recorded 4 wins and 4 defeats, with a goal difference of 9 scored against 8 conceded, while Alanyaspor sit in ninth place with the same tally of 12 points from 8 matches, having recorded 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats, with a goal difference of 8 scored against 9 conceded.