ADANA. Kocaelispor tops Adanaspor with a 2-0 win with a goal from Y. Cihat (11′) and a goal from B. Alıcı (90′).

The match was played at the 5 Ocak Fatih Terim Stadyumu stadium in Adana on Friday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Muhammet Ali Metoğlu assisted by Serdar Soydan and Emre Doğu. The 4th official was Furkan Aksuoğlu. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 34.44 degrees Celsius or 93.99 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Adanaspor was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Kocaelispor that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Kocaelispor was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Kocaelispor won the contest.​

Adanaspor shot 5 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Kocaelispor shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Adanaspor received 2 yellow cards (Özhan Pulat and Check Oumar Diakité). Regarding the opposition, Kocaelispor received 1 yellow card (Burak Öksüz).

Standings

After this match, Adanaspor will stay with 3 points like Giresunspor and Altay to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, Kocaelispor will have 6 points like Çorum Belediyespor to remain in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Adanaspor will host Manisa BBSK on the 27th of April with a 2-2 head to head.

Kocaelispor will play away agasint Çorum Belediyespor on the 6th of April with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Adanaspor – Formation

Adanaspor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Mustafa Kemal Kılıç decided to play with the following team: Arda Akbulut (6.8), Hüseyin Öztürk (7.0), Fatih Kurucuk (7.0), Evren Korkmaz (7.3), Ferhat Katipoglu (7.0), Harun Alpsoy (6.7), Eric Ayuk (6.6), Check Oumar Diakité (6.3), Abdoulaye Dabo (7.3), Metehan Altunbaş (6.4) and Joseph Champness (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Ahmet Said Kivanc, Batuhan Yilmaz, Kubilay Aktaş, Samuel Tetteh (6.4), Hakki Türker, Mehmet Feyzi Yıldırım, Mutlu Aksu Doğan (6.4), Samuel Yépié Yépié, Serhat Kot (6.4) and Cem Güzelbay.

Adanaspor could not rely on the presence of Batuhan Yilmaz (injured).

Substitutions

Adanaspor made 4 changes: Eric Ayuk for Mutlu Aksu Doğan (79′), Harun Alpsoy for Samuel Tetteh (60′), Joseph Champness for Batuhan Yilmaz (89′) and Metehan Altunbaş for Serhat Kot (60′).

Best player: Evren Korkmaz​

The most impressive player for Adanaspor was Evren Korkmaz.

His rating is (7.3) with 54 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Kocaelispor – Formation

Also Kocaelispor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ertuğrul Sağlam played with: Harun Tekin (7.0), Burak Öksüz (7.3), Onur Atasayar (7.1), Yusuf Abdioğlu (7.3), Oğuz Ceylan (8.1), Yusuf Cihat Çelik (7.3), Daniel Candeias (7.0), Mesut Can Tunalı (7.0), João Amaral (6.7), Cem Ekinci (7.0) and Douglas Tanque (6.1).

They had on the bench: Alihan Kubalas, Emir Ortakaya , Atabey Çiçek, Bedirhan Yıldız, Serhat Tasdemir (6.7), Mehmet Yılmaz, Gökhan Değirmenci, Barış Alıcı (6.4), Emre Nefiz (6.7) and Enes Sari.

Kocaelispor could not rely on the presence of Serhat Tasdemir (injured), Barış Alıcı (injured) and Emir Ortakaya  (injured).

Substitutions

Kocaelispor made 5 changes: João Amaral for Emre Nefiz (64′), Mesut Can Tunalı for Serhat Tasdemir (64′), Yusuf Cihat Çelik for Barış Alıcı (54′), Onur Atasayar for Emir Ortakaya  (85′) and Douglas Tanque for Atabey Çiçek (85′).

Best player: Oğuz Ceylan​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kocaelispor was Oğuz Ceylan even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 43 passes (82% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the 1. Lig.​

• Adanaspor – Kocaelispor – 0-2