İSTANBUL. Fatih Karagümrük had a narrow win over Sivasspor. The hero of the match was M. Diagne  who scored in the 45th, 53rd and 80th minute.

The match was played at the Vefa Stadı stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Ümit Öztürk assisted by Aleks Taşçıoğlu and Osman Gökhan Bilir. The 4th official was Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.7 degrees Celsius or 51.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Fatih Karagümrük was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Sivasspor that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sivasspor had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, Fatih Karagümrük was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Fatih Karagümrük shot 16 times, 9 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sivasspor shot 20 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Fatih Karagümrük received 3 yellow cards (Fabio Borini, Andrea Bertolacci and Matteo Ricci). Talking about the opposition, Sivasspor received 1 yellow card (Dimitrios Goutas).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Fatih Karagümrük will have 29 points to remain in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Sivasspor will stay with 24 points to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Fatih Karagümrük will host İstanbul Başakşehir on the 19th of March with a 4-2 head to head stats in favor of Fatih Karagümrük (1 draw).

Sivasspor will play away agasint İstanbulspor on the 13th of March with a 0-0 head to head record.

Fatih Karagümrük – Formation

Fatih Karagümrük adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Andrea Pirlo decided to play with the following team: Batuhan Ahmet Şen (7.1), Davide Biraschi (7.0), Rayyan Baniya (7.2), Ibrahim Drešević (6.8), Münir Levent Mercan (6.9), Andrea Bertolacci (7.0), Matteo Ricci (7.2), Magomed Ozdoev (7.6), Ebrima Colley (6.8), Mbaye Diagne (10.0) and Fabio Borini (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Saba Lobjanidze (6.2), Kerim Frei, Salih Dursun, Adem Ljajić (7.3), Emiliano Viviano, Bruno Rodrigues, Sofiane Feghouli (6.4), Adnan Ugur, Colin Kazim-Richards (6.4) and Otabek Shukurov (6.2).

Substitutions

Fatih Karagümrük made 5 changes: Ebrima Colley for Adem Ljajić (69′), Andrea Bertolacci for Otabek Shukurov (77′), Magomed Ozdoev for Sofiane Feghouli (77′), Mbaye Diagne  for Colin Kazim-Richards (85′) and Fabio Borini for Saba Lobjanidze (85′).

Best player: Magomed Ozdoev​

The most impressive player for Fatih Karagümrük was Magomed Ozdoev.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 29 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.

Sivasspor – Formation

Also Sivasspor adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Rıza Çalımbay played with: Ali Şaşal Vural (6.8), Erdoğan Yeşilyurt (6.4), Aaron Appindangoyé (6.3), Dimitris Goutas (6.6), Uğur Çiftçi (6.8), Hakan Arslan (6.5), Isaac Cofie (7.0), Charis Charisis (6.5), Samu Sáiz (7.4), Jordy Caicedo (5.9) and Max Gradel (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Muammer Yıldırım, Alaaddin Okumuş, Leke James, Emre Gökay, Clinton N’Jie (6.8), Mehmet Albayrak, Kader Keïta, Samba Camara, Ziya Erdal and Ahmed Musa.

Substitutions

Sivasspor made 5 changes: Isaac Cofie for Clinton N’Jie (66′), M. Gradel for Alaaddin Okumuş (82′), Samu Saiz for Leke James (82′), Aaron Appindangoyé  for Samba Camara (90′) and Jordy Caicedo for Ahmed Musa (90′).

Best player: Samu Sáiz​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sivasspor was Samu Sáiz.

His rating is (7.4) with 35 passes (97% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Kayserispor – Fenerbahçe – 1-2
• Fatih Karagümrük – Sivasspor – 4-3
• Trabzonspor – Ümraniyespor – 1-2