İSTANBUL. Turkey demolishes Gibraltar 6-0 with goals of K. Akturkoglu (11′), H. Dervisoglu (38′), H. Dervisoglu (41′), M. Demiral (65′), S. Dursun (81′) and M. Muldur (84′). Turkey was decisively better in terms of ball possession (78%) was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Sergiy Boyko with the collaboration of Volodymyr Volodin and Viktor Nyzhnyk. The 4th official was Viktor Kopievskiy. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.6 degrees Celsius or 51.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Turkey was in firm control of the ball 78% while Gibraltar was struggling with a 22% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Turkey was was more aggressive with 124 dangerous attacks and 36 shots of which 15 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Turkey won the match.
Turkey shot 36 times, 15 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gibraltar shot 2 times, 0 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Turkey received 1 yellow card (M. Muldur). On the other side, Gibraltar received 2 yellow cards (J. Chipolina and E. Jolley).
Also, Gibraltar didn’t end the match with 11 players after J. Olivero (Gibraltar) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (22′).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After playing this encounter, Turkey will have 18 points like Norway to sit in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Gibraltar will stay with 0 points to sit in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Europe, Turkey will play away against Montenegro on the 16th of November with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Turkey (2 draws).
Gibraltar will host Latvia on the 16th of November with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Turkey – Formation
Turkey
46'
65'
85'
Turkey started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Stefan Kuntz decided to play with the following team: Uğurcan Çakır , Zeki Çelik , Merih Demiral , Çağlar Söyüncü , Caner Erkin , Barış Alper Yılmaz , Orkun Kökçü , Hakan Çalhanoğlu , Kerem Aktürkoğlu , Burak Yılmaz and Halil Dervişoğlu .
The home team had on the bench: Mert Müldür , Serdar Dursun , Berkan Kutlu , Berat Ayberk Özdemir, Kaan Ayhan, Rıdvan Yılmaz , Abdülkadir Ömür, Ersin Destanoğlu, Sinan Bolat, Kenan Karaman and Taylan Antalyalı.
Substitutions
Turkey made 5 changes: Z. Celik for M. Muldur (46′), C. Erkin for R. Yilmaz (46′), B. Yilmaz for S. Dursun (68′), H. Dervisoglu for K. Karaman (69′) and H. Calhanoglu for B. Kutlu (82′).
Best player: Rıdvan Yılmaz
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Turkey was Rıdvan Yılmaz even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 27 passes (100% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 9 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Gibraltar – Formation
Gibraltar
22'
Gibraltar started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).
Julio César Ribas Vlahovic played with: Dayle Coleing , Jack Sergeant , Roy Alan Chipolina , Scott Wiseman , Aymen Mouelhi , Jayce Mascarenhas-Olivero , Liam Walker , Ethan Jolley , Louie Annesley , Julian Valarino and Tjay De Barr .
They had on the bench: Graeme Torrilla, Mohamed Badr Hassan , Reece Styche , Jamie Robba, Lee Casciaro , Kian Ronan, Ethan James Santos, Joseph Chipolina , Erin Barnett , Kelvin Morgan, Bradley Banda and Ethan Britto.
Substitutions
Gibraltar made 5 changes: J. Valarino for L. Casciaro (46′), E. Jolley for J. Chipolina (46′), L. Walker for M. Badr (59′), T. De Barr for R. Styche (59′) and J. Sergeant for E. Barnett (82′).
Best player: Louie Annesley
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Gibraltar was Louie Annesley.
His rating is with 17 passes (58% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Europe.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – Finland – 1-3
- Norway – Latvia – 0-0
- Turkey – Gibraltar – 6-0
- France – Kazakhstan – 8-0
- Belgium – Estonia – 3-1
- Wales – Belarus – 5-1
- Montenegro – Netherlands – 2-2
