İSTANBUL. Fenerbahçe crushes Hatayspor 4-0 with goals of Joshua King  (20′), Michy Batshuayi  (26′), Serdar Dursun  (86′) and Gustavo Henrique (90′). Fenerbahçe was much better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi stadium in İstanbul on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Sarper Barış Saka with the help of Volkan Ahmet Narinç and Erdem Bayık. The 4th official was Cihan Aydın. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.9 degrees Celsius or 53.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fenerbahçe had a strong ball possession 66% while Hatayspor was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fenerbahçe was more pushing with 87 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 14 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fenerbahçe won the match​.

Fenerbahçe shot 23 times, 14 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hatayspor shot 4 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Fenerbahçe received 2 yellow cards (Joshua King  and Mert Hakan Yandas ). On the opposite side, Hatayspor received 3 yellow cards (Sam Adekugbe, Bertug Yildirim and Onur Ergün).

Standings

After playing this match, Fenerbahçe will have 32 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Hatayspor will stay with 15 points like Kasımpaşa to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Fenerbahçe will play away with Antalyaspor on the 3rd of January with a 17-6 head to head stats in favor of Fenerbahçe (6 draws).

Hatayspor will play away agasint Ümraniyespor on the 3rd of January with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Ümraniyespor (2 draws).

Fenerbahçe – Formation

Fenerbahçe started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus decided to play with the following team: Altay Bayındır (6.6), Bright Osayi-Samuel (7.1), Gustavo Henrique (7.1), Attila Szalai (6.9), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (7.5), İrfan Can Kahveci (7.0), Miha Zajc (7.1), Willian Arão (8.0), Diego Rossi (7.6), Michy Batshuayi (7.1) and Joshua King (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Emre Mor (6.7), Osman Ertuğrul Çetin, Ezgjan Alioski, Mert Hakan Yandaş (7.0), Serdar Aziz, Arda Güler, Lincoln (7.2), İsmail Yüksek, İrfan Can Eğribayat and Serdar Dursun (7.6).

Substitutions

Fenerbahçe made 5 changes: Diego Rossi for Lincoln (61′), Irfan Can Kahveci for Mert Hakan Yandas  (61′), Joshua King  for Emre Mor (74′), Michy Batshuayi  for Serdar Dursun  (75′) and Miha Zajc for Ismail Yüksek (90′).

Best player: Willian Arão​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fenerbahçe was Willian Arão even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 61 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross. He hit the woodwork once times.

Hatayspor – Formation

Hatayspor started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Volkan Demirel played with: Erce Kardeşler (7.9), Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi (6.4), Ognjen Vranješ (7.3), Burak Öksüz (7.1), Sam Adekugbe (6.7), Onur Ergun (7.1), Rayane Aabid (5.6), Ayoub El Kaabi (5.2), Rúben Ribeiro (6.8), Saba Lobjanidze (5.8) and Zé Luís (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Musa Çağıran, Bertuğ Yıldırım (6.2), Kaan Kanak, Sadik Bas, Kévin Soni (6.9), Simon Falette (6.3), Muhammed Mert (6.6), Abdullah Yiğiter, Recep Burak Yılmaz and Engin Aksoy (6.3).

Substitutions

Hatayspor made 5 changes: Zé Luís for Engin Can Aksoy (46′), Rúben Ribeiro for Muhammed Mert (46′), Zé Luís for Bertug Yildirim (46′), Saba Lobjanidze for Kévin Soni  (64′) and Burak Öksüz for Simon Falette  (78′).

Best player: Erce Kardeşler​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hatayspor was the goalkeeper: Erce Kardeşler. His rating is 7.85. He performed 9 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Fenerbahçe – Hatayspor – 4-0
• İstanbul Başakşehir – Antalyaspor – 2-0
• Ankaragücü – Ümraniyespor – 1-2