ŞANLıURFA. Kocaelispor conquers Şanlıurfaspor 2-0 after D. Tanque scores a double.

The match was played at the Şanlıurfa GAP Stadyumu stadium in Şanlıurfa on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Adnan Deniz Kayatepe who was helped by Göktuğ Hazar Erel and Hüseyin Kıvanç Durmaz. The 4th official was Mehmet Ali Özer. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was extremely hot at 35.49 degrees Celsius or 95.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 13%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Şanlıurfaspor was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Kocaelispor that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Kocaelispor had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Kocaelispor won the match.​

Şanlıurfaspor shot 5 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Kocaelispor shot 10 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Şanlıurfaspor received 2 yellow cards (A. Kabak and B. Gök). Regarding the opposition, Kocaelispor received 2 yellow cards (Oğuz Ceylan and Ertuğrul Sağlam).

Standings

After playing this contest, Şanlıurfaspor will stay with 8 points like Göztepe to hold in the 10th place. On the other side, Kocaelispor will have 12 points like Bandırmaspor and Çorum Belediyespor to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Şanlıurfaspor will host Manisa BBSK on the 11th of May with a 0-0 head to head record.

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

Şanlıurfaspor – Formation

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

The manager Zafer Turan decided to play with the following team: A. Bağ (6.6), B. Gök (7.0), S. Karadeniz (6.7), U. Mboula (6.8), P. N’Diaye (8.1), C. Bişi (6.3), A. Kabak, O. Thill (6.4), M. Arslantaş (6.6), M. Çapar (6.4) and S. Gazanfer.

The home team had on the bench: E. Tokotaev, Diogo Coelho, A. Aydın (6.7), B. Əkinçiər, G. Donsah (7.0), H. Erkan (6.4), Baran Aksaka, A. Toure (6.6), R. Mato and H. Tut.

Substitutions

Şanlıurfaspor made 5 changes: C. Bişi for A. Aydın (46′), M. Çapar for A. Toure (55′), S. Gazanfer for R. Mato (56′), O. Thill for H. Erkan (71′) and A. Kabak for G. Donsah (86′).

Best player: P. N’Diaye​

The player that probably impressed the most for Şanlıurfaspor was P. N’Diaye.

His rating is (8.1) with 66 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

Kocaelispor – Formation

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

Ertuğrul Sağlam played with: Harun Tekin (7.0), Yusuf Abdioğlu (6.8), Oğuz Ceylan (7.3), Burak Öksüz (7.7), Atila Turan (6.7), Barış Alıcı (7.7), Yusuf Cihat Çelik (7.7), Yusuf Emre Gültekin (7.3), João Amaral (6.4), Daniel Candeias (7.5) and Douglas Tanque (8.2).

They had on the bench: Alihan Kubalas, Onur Atasayar, Emir Ortakaya  (6.8), Atabey Çiçek, Christian Kouakou, Giorgi Beridze (6.8), Mert Cölgecen (7.0), Bedirhan Yıldız, Mehmet Yılmaz and Gökhan Değirmenci.

Kocaelispor could not rely on the presence of Emir Ortakaya  (injured), Giorgi Beridze (injured), Christian Kouakou (injured) and Atabey Çiçek (injured).

Substitutions

Kocaelispor made 5 changes: Yusuf Abdioğlu for Emir Ortakaya  (42′), Yusuf Cihat Çelik for Giorgi Beridze (67′), João Amaral for Mert Cölgecen (67′), Barış Alıcı for Christian Kouakou (87′) and Douglas Tanque for Atabey Çiçek (87′).

Best player: Douglas Tanque​

The player that probably impressed the most for Kocaelispor was Douglas Tanque.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 25 passes (60% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 21.

Results of the day

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

• Adanaspor – BB Erzurumspor – 1-0
• Bandırmaspor – Gençlerbirliği – 4-1
• Şanlıurfaspor – Kocaelispor – 0-2