TRABZON. Trabzonspor crushes İstanbulspor 4-0 with goals of Yusuf Yazici (33′), Marc Bartra (49′), Anastasios Bakasetas (51′) and Mahmoud Trezeguet (64′). Trabzonspor was surely better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Medical Park Stadyumu stadium in Trabzon on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Arda Kardeşler with the collaboration of Hakan Yemişken and Mustafa Savranlar. The 4th official was Ayberk Demirbaş. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 42.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Trabzonspor had a superior ball possession 66% while İstanbulspor was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Trabzonspor was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Trabzonspor won the match​.

Trabzonspor shot 18 times, 11 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, İstanbulspor shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Trabzonspor received 1 yellow card (Yusuf Yazici). On the other side, İstanbulspor didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Trabzonspor will have 35 points like Beşiktaş to remain in the 5th place. On the opposite side, İstanbulspor will stay with 15 points to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Trabzonspor will play away against Hatayspor on the 28th of January with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Trabzonspor (2 draws).

İstanbulspor will host Kayserispor on the 29th of January with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Kayserispor (0 draws).

Trabzonspor – Formation

Trabzonspor adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Abdullah Mucip Avcı decided to play with the following team: Uğurcan Çakır (7.3), Bruno Peres (6.9), Marc Bartra (8.3), Stefano Denswil (7.4), Eren Elmalı (7.1), Manolis Siopis (6.8), Abdülkadir Ömür (7.7), Yusuf Yazıcı (7.1), Anastasios Bakasetas (7.6), Djaniny (6.8) and Maximiliano Gómez (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Enis Bardhi (6.6), Jens Stryger Larsen, Mahmoud Trezeguet (7.8), Marek Hamšík (6.8), Doğucan Haspolat (6.1), Hüseyin Türkmen, Naci Ünüvar, Muhammet Taha Tepe, Umut Bozok (6.6) and Vitor Hugo.

Substitutions

Trabzonspor made 5 changes: Anastasios Bakasetas for Mahmoud Trezeguet (60′), Yusuf Yazici for Marek Hamsik (61′), Maxi Gómez  for Umut Bozok (70′), Manolis Siopis for D. Haspolat (70′) and Abdülkadir Ömür for Enis Bardhi (75′).

Best player: Marc Bartra​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Trabzonspor was Marc Bartra.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 98 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 14.

İstanbulspor – Formation

Also İstanbulspor adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Fatih Tekke played with: David Jensen (6.4), Oğuzhan Berber (6.8), Okan Erdoğan (5.9), Mehmet Yeşil (6.1), Ali Yaşar (6.2), Mahamadou Ba (6.5), Jetmir Topalli (6.6), Muammer Sarıkaya (6.1), Eduart Rroca (6.3), Valon Ethemi (7.1) and Emeka Eze (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Emir Kaan Gültekin (6.8), Alp Arda, Vefa Temel, Aldin Cajic, Michael Ologo, Eslem Öztürk, Yusuf Ali Özer, Adi Mehremić, Jason Lokilo (6.6) and Sindrit Guri (6.7).

İstanbulspor could not rely on the presence of Emir Kaan Gültekin (injured).

Substitutions

İstanbulspor made 4 changes: Muammer Sarikaya for Emir Kaan Gültekin (56′), Jetmir Topalli for Jason Lokilo (56′), E. Eze for Sidrit Guri (72′) and Valon Ethemi for V. Temel (81′).

Best player: Valon Ethemi​

The player that probably impressed the most for İstanbulspor was Valon Ethemi.

His rating is (7.1) with 20 passes (55% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.​

• Gaziantep F.K. – Sivasspor – 1-2
• Kayserispor – Beşiktaş – 0-2
• Trabzonspor – İstanbulspor – 4-0
• Alanyaspor – Fatih Karagümrük – 2-2