Kayserispor host Konyaspor in the final Super Lig game of the season on Sunday, 17 May 2026, at Kadir Has Sehir Stadyumu, a match that arrives with Kayserispor already confirmed relegated after last weekend's 3-1 defeat to Alanyaspor; head coach Erling Moe's side sit rock bottom and are four points off safety.
The numbers underline why the fixture matters: Kayserispor have one win in their last five league games and have taken only five league victories all season, four of them at home. They have scored 25 league goals and conceded 61, including nine spot kicks conceded, and Laszlo Benes is their joint attacking focus with six league goals while German Onugha — who has eight league goals — is sidelined by injury. A Kayserispor win would lift them to 30 points.
Konyaspor arrive ninth in the table but the margin is slim: a loss could drop them to 10th, while at least a point could see them climb to eighth depending on other results. İlhan Palut's side come off a 3-0 defeat to Fenerbahçe at Medas Konya Buyuksehir Stadyumu, but they have three wins from their last five games in all competitions — including victories over Trabzonspor and Beşiktaş earlier in the run — and have scored 42 league goals. A Konyaspor win would take them to 43 points. OneFootball says the visitors are aiming to consolidate a top-half finish, and the timing matters with their Turkish Cup final against Trabzonspor still to come.
Team news is heavy on absences. Kayserispor will be without Majid Hosseini and Kayra Cihan through injury; Emre Çeltik is also sidelined and Ramazan Civelek is unavailable through suspension. Kayserispor are named in a 5-3-2 shape. Konyaspor travel without Guilherme, Blaz Kramer, Tunahan Taşçı, Josip Calusic and Ufuk Akyol through injury and will be missing suspended midfielder Marko Jevtovic; they are set up in a 4-2-3-1.
The history between the clubs adds a twist. The reverse fixture in December 2025 finished 1-1, and Kayserispor have been unbeaten in their last four Super Lig matches against Konyaspor, yet that record has not spared Moe's team from relegation. Conversely, Konyaspor have not beaten Kayseri in the league since December 2023, so a win here would be their first in that head-to-head since then.
That contrast is the story's tension: Kayserispor have taken four of their five victories at home but still sit 17th in the round 34 meeting described by OneFootball and face demotion; Konyaspor have shown they can beat top opponents but were beaten comprehensively by Fenerbahçe in their last outing. The match will also test Kayserispor's modest attacking return — seven headed goals and a crossing accuracy of 20.07 percent — against Konyaspor's reliable penalty record, perfect from five spot kicks this season.
What happens next is straightforward and decisive. A Kayserispor victory would only marginally improve their position to 30 points but would be a final-day reconciliation with a poor campaign; a Konyaspor victory would move them to 43 points and likely cement a top-half finish as they head into the cup final. For Erling Moe, Sunday is the last tangible measure of a season that ended in relegation; for İlhan Palut, it is a chance to sharpen his side before a cup final and to end the league campaign on a note that matches recent big-game wins.
