SAMSUN. Gaziantep F.K. defeated Samsunspor to win 2-1. A penalty from O. Ntcham was decisive in the 90min. It was Gaziantep F.K. to strike first with an early goal of Denis Dragus at the 3′. Then Marko Jevtovic scored again for Gaziantep F.K. in the 17′ minute. Eventually, Olivier Ntcham reduced the distance for Samsunspor a penalty (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Samsunspor was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

Landry Dimata missed a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed Samsunspor to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Stadyum Samsun stadium in Samsun on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Burak Pakkan who was helped by Candaş Elbil and Murat Ergin Gözütok. The 4th official was Alper Akarsu. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 24.06 degrees Celsius or 75.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Samsunspor

1 - 2

Gaziantep F.K.

  • ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
  • 19 Total 4
  • 2 On Target 3
  • 10 Off Target 0
  • 8 Shots blocked 1
  • 154 Attack 73
  • 64 Dangerous attack 23
  • 100 Ball safe 101
  • 2 Penalties 0
  • 9 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 14 Total 10
  • 2 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Samsunspor had a strong ball possession 64% while Gaziantep F.K. was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Samsunspor was more pushing with 64 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Gaziantep F.K. found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Samsunspor shot 19 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Gaziantep F.K. shot 4 times, 3 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Samsunspor received 2 yellow cards (Soner Gönül and Moryke Fofana). On the other side, Gaziantep F.K. received 3 yellow cards (Denis Dragus, Florin Niță and Furkan Soyalp).

Match Timeline

3'
Denis Drăguş(goal)Mustafa Eskihellac
17'
Marko Jevtovic(goal)Furkan Soyalp
34'
Denis Drăguş- Yellow
M. Fofana- Yellow
38'
E. Kara- sub ->Youssef Aït Bennasser
46'
Z. Yavru- sub ->Moryke Fofana
46'
O. Çelik- sub ->Emre Kılınç
46'
Soner Gönül- Yellow
56'
58'
Furkan Soyalp- Yellow
O. Ntcham- sub ->Flavien Tait
59'
72'
Janio Bikel- sub ->Marko Jevtovic
72'
Lazar Markovic- sub ->Denis Dragus
M. Gümüşkaya- sub ->Kingsley Schindler
79'
79'
Florin Niță- Yellow
80'
L. Dimata- missed penalty
90'
Z. Yavru(VAR)
90'
O. Ntcham(penalty)
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Galatasaray
99
36
Fenerbahçe
93
36
Trabzonspor
61
36
İstanbul Başakşehir
58
36
Beşiktaş
55
36
Kasımpaşa
52
36
Alanyaspor
50
36
Rizespor
49
36
Sivasspor
48
36
Antalyaspor
45
36
Adana Demirspor
44
36
Samsunspor
42
36
Kayserispor
41
36
Konyaspor
40
36
Ankaragücü
39
36
Gaziantep F.K.
38
36
Fatih Karagümrük
37
36
Hatayspor
37
36
Pendikspor
36
36
İstanbulspor
16
36

After this match, Samsunspor will stay with 1 points to hold in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Gaziantep F.K. will have 6 points like Ankaragücü, Antalyaspor, Fatih Karagümrük and Sivasspor to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Samsunspor will play away with Beşiktaş on the 7th of April with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Beşiktaş (1 draw).

Gaziantep F.K. will play away agasint Pendikspor on the 19th of May with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Gaziantep F.K. (0 draws).

Samsunspor – Formation

Samsunspor
G
Okan Kocuk 1.Turkey
6.4
D
R. van Drongelen 4.Netherlands
7.3
D
K. Schindler 17.Ghana
7.0
79'
D
Soner Gönül 28.Turkey
6.6
56'
D
Lubomir Satka 37.Slovakia
7.5
M
Y. Aït Bennasser 6.Morocco
6.8
46'
M
M. Fofana 7.Ivory Coast
6.6
46' 38'
M
E. Kılınç 11.Turkey
7.1
46'
M
F. Tait 13.France
7.5
59'
M
C. Holse 21.Denmark
7.0
F
L. Dimata 14.Belgium
6.4
Substitutes
G
J. Szumski 29.Poland
D
A. Öztürk 5.Turkey
D
Z. Yavru 18.Turkey
7.3
46'
M
S. Aydoğdu 8.Turkey
M
O. Ntcham 10.France
7.3
59' 90'
M
M. Özbaskıcı 20.Turkey
M
M. Gümüşkaya 23.Turkey
7.0
79'
M
O. Çelik 88.Turkey
7.1
46'
F
M. Mouandilmadji 9.Chad
F
E. Kara 99.Austria
6.7
46'

Samsunspor started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

The manager Hüseyin Eroğlu decided to play with the following team: Okan Kocuk (6.4), Kingsley Schindler (7.0), Ľubomír Šatka (7.5), Rick Van Drongelen (7.3), Soner Gönül (6.6), Emre Kılınç (7.1), Youssef Aït Bennasser (6.8), Flavien Tait (7.5), Moryke Fofana (6.6), Carlo Holse (7.0) and Landry Dimata (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Alim Öztürk, Soner Aydoğdu, Marius Mouandilmadji, Olivier Ntcham (7.3), Zeki Yavru (7.3), Muhammet Ali Özbaskıcı, Muhammed Gümüşkaya (7.0), Jakub Szumski, Osman Çelik (7.1) and Ercan Kara (6.7).

Substitutions

Samsunspor made 5 changes: Youssef Aït Bennasser for Ercan Kara (46′), Moryke Fofana for Zeki Yavru (46′), Emre Kılınç for Osman Çelik (46′), Flavien Tait for Olivier Ntcham (59′) and Kingsley Schindler for Muhammed Gümüşkaya (79′).

Best player: Flavien Tait​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Samsunspor was Flavien Tait.

His rating is (7.5) with 49 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Gaziantep F.K. – Formation

Gaziantep F.K.
G
Florin Niță 33.Romania
7.1
79'
D
Papy Djilobodji 3.Senegal
7.7
D
Arda Kızıldağ 4.Turkey
6.4
D
M. Eskihellaç 11.Turkey
8.1
D
Alex Escobar 13.Brazil
7.0
D
Nicolas N'Koulou 63.Cameroon
7.1
M
Furkan Soyalp 5.Turkey
7.0
58'
M
Marko Jevtovic 8.Serbia
7.1
72' 17'
M
Max Gradel 10.Ivory Coast
6.3
M
Alexandru Maxim 44.Romania
7.0
80'
F
Denis Drăguş 70.Romania
7.3
72' 34' 3'
Substitutes
G
Batuhan Şen 19.Turkey
D
Ertuğrul Ersoy 15.Turkey
D
Salem M'Bakata 22.France
M
Janio Bikel 12.Guinea-Bissau
6.4
72'
M
Mirza Cihan 26.Turkey
M
Onurhan Babuscu 30.Austria
M
Lazar Markovic 50.Serbia
6.6
72'
M
Ogün Özçiçek 61.Turkey
F
Oğulcan Çağlayan 23.Turkey
F
Albian Ajeti 97.Switzerland
5.8
80'

Gaziantep F.K. started with a 5-4-1 line-up (5-4-1).

Marius Ninel Şumudică played with: Florin Niță (7.1), Mustafa Eskihellac (8.1), Arda Kizildag (6.4), Nicolas N’Koulou (7.1), Papy Djilobodji (7.7), Júnior Morais (7.0), Max Gradel (6.3), Furkan Soyalp (7.0), Marko Jevtovic (7.1), Alexandru Maxim (7.0) and Denis Dragus (7.3).

They had on the bench: Janio Bikel (6.4), Ertugrul Ersoy, Batuhan Ahmet Şen, Salem M’Bakata, Oğulcan Çağlayan, Mirza Cihan, Onurhan Babuscu, Lazar Markovic (6.6), Ogun Ozcicek and Albian Ajeti (5.8).

Gaziantep F.K. could not rely on the presence of Janio Bikel (injured) and Albian Ajeti (injured).

Substitutions

Gaziantep F.K. made 3 changes: Marko Jevtovic for Janio Bikel (72′), Denis Dragus for Lazar Markovic (72′) and Alexandru Maxim for Albian Ajeti (80′).

Best player: Mustafa Eskihellac​

The player that probably impressed the most for Gaziantep F.K. was Mustafa Eskihellac even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 38 passes (66% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

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