İSTANBUL. Fenerbahçe had a surprising win over Antalyaspor with a 2-0 win with a goal from E. Valencia (3′) and a goal from M. Zajc (90′). Fenerbahçe was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (62%) 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 Zorbay Küçük with the support of İbrahim Bozbey and Furkan Ürün. The 4th official was Mert Güzenge. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.6 degrees Celsius or 67.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fenerbahçe had a strong ball possession 62% while Antalyaspor was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fenerbahçe was more aggressive with 74 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fenerbahçe won the match​.

Fenerbahçe shot 15 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Antalyaspor shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Fenerbahçe received 1 yellow card (Irfan Can Kahveci ). On the opposite side, Antalyaspor received 3 yellow cards (Erdal Rakip, B. Balcı and Veysel Sari).

Standings

After playing this match, Fenerbahçe will have 77 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Antalyaspor will stay with 38 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Fenerbahçe will play away against Galatasaray on the 4th of June with a 17-8 head to head record in favor of Fenerbahçe (12 draws).

Fenerbahçe – Formation

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

The manager Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus decided to play with the following team: İrfan Can Eğribayat (7.0), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (7.0), Samet Akaydin (7.4), Attila Szalai (7.6), Luan Peres (6.9), Willian Arão (7.4), Arda Güler (8.8), Miha Zajc (6.8), İrfan Can Kahveci (7.3), Enner Valencia (7.3) and Michy Batshuayi (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Osman Ertuğrul Çetin, Miguel Crespo, Serdar Aziz, Joshua King (6.9), João Pedro (6.2), Emre Mor, Mert Hakan Yandaş, Diego Rossi, Jayden Oosterwolde and İsmail Yüksek.

Substitutions

Fenerbahçe made 5 changes: Enner Valencia for Joshua King (68′), Michy Batshuayi for João Pedro (68′), Arda Güler for Diego Rossi (86′), Irfan Can Kahveci  for Emre Mor (87′) and Willian Arão for İsmail Yüksek (90′).

Best player: Arda Güler​

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

His rating is (8.8) with 54 passes (87% accurate) and 7 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 8 crosses.

Antalyaspor – Formation

Antalyaspor started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Nuri Şahin played with: Helton Leite (7.8), Bünyamin Balcı (5.5), Veysel Sarı (7.0), Erdal Rakip (6.4), Emrecan Uzunhan (6.5), Güray Vural (6.3), Doğukan Sinik (6.2), Fernando (6.7), Fredy (6.9), Sam Larsson (6.6) and Haji Wright (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Bertuğ Yıldırım, Amar Gerxhaliu, Cemali Sertel, Shoya Nakajima (6.6), Alassane Ndao (6.5), Ufuk Akyol, Houssameddine Ghacha (6.7), Ataberk Dadakdeniz, Fedor Kudryashov and Sherel Floranus.

Substitutions

Antalyaspor made 4 changes: Dogukan Sinik for Houssam Ghacha (54′), Erdal Rakip for Shoya Nakajima (54′), S. Larsson for A. Ndao (66′) and Fredy for Bertuğ Yıldırım (84′).

Best player: Helton Leite​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Antalyaspor was the goalkeeper: Helton Leite. His rating is 7.84. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• İstanbul Başakşehir – Gaziantep F.K. –
• Fenerbahçe – Antalyaspor – 2-0
• Fatih Karagümrük – Kayserispor – 2-0
• Sivasspor – Konyaspor – 1-0
• Alanyaspor – Kasımpaşa – 1-3
• İstanbulspor – Adana Demirspor – 0-2
• Giresunspor – Trabzonspor – 2-4
• Ankaragücü – Galatasaray – 1-4
• Hatayspor – Ümraniyespor –