İSTANBUL. Tuzlaspor conquers Gençlerbirliği 1-0 after P. Awuku scored just 1 goal (77′). Tuzlaspor made the most of its superior ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Tuzla Belediyesi Stadı stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Ali Yılmaz who had the assistance of Mehmet Şahan Yılmaz and Mehmet Pekmezci. The 4th official was Yunus Dursun. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.7 degrees Celsius or 51.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 8 Total 5
- 5 On Target 2
- 0 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 97 Attack 107
- 42 Dangerous attack 67
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 9
Fouls
- 14 Total 18
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Tuzlaspor had a strong ball possession 60% while Gençlerbirliği was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Gençlerbirliği was putting more pressure with 67 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Tuzlaspor was able to find the solution to win this match.
Tuzlaspor shot 8 times, 5 on target, 0 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gençlerbirliği shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Tuzlaspor received 1 yellow card (K. N’Zuzi Mata). On the opposite side, Gençlerbirliği received 2 yellow cards (T. Fontaine and M. Rharsalla).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Tuzlaspor will have 25 points like Adanaspor to remain in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Gençlerbirliği will stay with 16 points like Denizlispor and Yeni Malatyaspor to sit in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 1. Lig, Tuzlaspor will play away with Keçiörengücü on the 2nd of April with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of Tuzlaspor (0 draws).
Gençlerbirliği will play away agasint Manisa BBSK on the 2nd of April with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Manisa BBSK (0 draws).
Tuzlaspor – Formation
Tuzlaspor started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Özcan Bizati decided to play with the following team: Kurtuluş Yurt, Muhammed Bayır, Gökhan Akkan, Ogün Bayrak, Philip Awuku Gameli, Gilbert Gianelli Imbula Wanga, Rajko Rotman, Mehmet Taş, Tidjani Amadou Moutari Kalala, Segun James Adeniyi and Mayingila Nzuzi Mata.
The home team had on the bench: Emircan Seçgin, Muhammed Demirci, Ozan Papaker, Erdinc Altinas, Ömürcan Artan, Erol Can Akdağ, Mehmet Coşkun, Mustafa Burak Bozan, Halef Keklik and Abdoulaye Yahaha.
Substitutions
Tuzlaspor made 4 changes: Amadou Moutari for A. Yahaha (58′), Giannelli Imbula for Erol Akdağ (81′), J. Adeniyi for Ömürcan Artan (90′) and K. N’Zuzi Mata for Ozan Papaker (90′).
Gençlerbirliği – Formation
Gençlerbirliği started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Mustafa Dalcı played with: Nurullah Aslan, Uğur Akdemir, Thomas Fontaine, Yasin Güreler, Alperen Babacan, Tiago Filipe Sousa Nóbrega Rodrigues, Mete Kaan Demir, Erkan Eyibil, Gabriel Andrei Torje, Jaime Javier Ayoví Corozo and Mohammed Rharsalla Khadfi.
These were the players on the bench: Abdullah Şahindere, Philipp Alexander Angeler, Souleymane Doukara, Muhammed Himmet Ertürk, Enes Keskin, Sekou Tidiany Bangoura, Sami Gökhan Altıparmak, Hayrullah Erkip, Eralp Aydın and Ivan Ikić.
Substitutions
Gençlerbirliği made 5 changes: Gabriel Torje for Ivan Ikić (46′), M. Demir for Souleymane Doukara (61′), E. Eyibil for Enes Keskin (61′), E. Eyibil for Sami Altıparmak (80′) and U. Akdemir for Muhammed Ertürk (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 1. Lig.
- Samsunspor – Rizespor – 2-0
- Tuzlaspor – Gençlerbirliği – 1-0
- Keçiörengücü – Bandırmaspor – 3-1