İZMIR. Göztepe tops Adanaspor 1-0 after O. Bayrak scored just 1 goal (52′). Göztepe made the most of its superior ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Stadı (İzmir) stadium in İzmir on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Ömer Tolga Güldibi with the help of Seyfettin Ünal and Barış Çiçeksoyu. The 4th official was Can Cengiz. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was hot at 26.41 degrees Celsius or 79.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Göztepe had a superior ball possession 57% while Adanaspor was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Göztepe was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Göztepe won the match​.

Göztepe shot 14 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Adanaspor shot 5 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Göztepe received 1 yellow card (Ogün Bayrak). On the other side, Adanaspor received 1 yellow card (Fatih Kurucuk).

Standings

After this match, Göztepe will have 11 points like Keçiörengücü and Gençlerbirliği to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Adanaspor will stay with 6 points like Boluspor to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Göztepe will host BB Erzurumspor on the 6th of April with a 2-2 head to head record.

Adanaspor will host Manisa BBSK on the 27th of April with a 2-2 head to head record.

Göztepe – Formation

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

The manager Ekrem Hayyam Dag decided to play with the following team: Mateusz Lis (7.5), Ogün Bayrak (7.5), Taha Altikardes (7.3), Atinc Nukan (7.0), Ümit Akdag (7.5), Emre Gedik (7.7), Kenneth Mamah (7.7), Yalcin Kayan (7.0), David Tijanic (7.0), Romal Palmer (8.1) and Mame Diouf (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ali Dere (7.0), Celil Yüksel, Aliou Traoré (6.3), Kubilay Kanatsizkus (6.4), Ahmed Ildiz, Arda Özcimen, Tarkan Serbest, Ensar Aksakal, Doğan Erdoğan (7.0) and Firatcan Üzüm (7.1).

Substitutions

Göztepe made 5 changes: Ogün Bayrak for Firatcan Üzüm (82′), Romal Palmer for Aliou Traoré (69′), Yalcin Kayan for Doğan Erdoğan (69′), Mame Diouf for Kubilay Kanatsizkus (82′) and Emre Gedik for Ali Dere (73′).

Best player: Romal Palmer​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Göztepe was Romal Palmer even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 26 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Adanaspor – Formation

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

Özhan Pulat played with: Ahmet Said Kivanc (7.0), Mehmet Feyzi Yıldırım (6.8), Fatih Kurucuk (6.4), Evren Korkmaz (6.8), Hüseyin Öztürk (6.8), Abdoulaye Dabo (7.3), Harun Alpsoy (6.6), Samuel Yépié Yépié (6.6), Serhat Kot (6.4), Jordan Zacharie Lukaku Menama Mokelenge (6.4) and Dimitri Oberlin (6.4).

They had on the bench: Kubilay Aktaş, Metehan Altunbaş, Eric Ayuk (6.8), Arda Akbulut, Hakki Türker (6.6), Joseph Champness (6.8), Check Oumar Diakité (6.7), Cem Güzelbay, Ferhat Katipoglu and Junior Fernandes (7.0).

Substitutions

Adanaspor made 5 changes: Dimitri Oberlin for Junior Fernandes (46′), Samuel Yépié Yépié for Eric Ayuk (46′), Serhat Kot for Joseph Champness (67′), Harun Alpsoy for Hakki Türker (81′) and Jordan Zacharie Lukaku Menama Mokelenge for Check Oumar Diakité (67′).

Best player: Abdoulaye Dabo​

The most impressive player for Adanaspor was Abdoulaye Dabo.

His rating is (7.3) with 50 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Göztepe – Adanaspor – 1-0