İZMIR. Göztepe was finally too good for Şanlıurfaspor with the goal of Ümit Akdag (9′), Mame Diouf (58′) and Kenneth Mamah (60′).

The match was played at the Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Stadı (İzmir) stadium in İzmir on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Ozan Ergün with the assistance of Ömer Lütfü Aydın and Kadir Akıllı. The 4th official was Bayram Başkan. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 27.09 degrees Celsius or 80.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Göztepe was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Şanlıurfaspor that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Şanlıurfaspor was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Göztepe was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Göztepe shot 15 times, 5 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Şanlıurfaspor shot 8 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Göztepe received 2 yellow cards (Mame Diouf and Yalcin Kayan). On the opposite side, Şanlıurfaspor received 1 yellow card (C. Bişi).

Standings

After this match, Göztepe will have 17 points to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Şanlıurfaspor will stay with 9 points like Adanaspor to remain 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 stats.

Şanlıurfaspor will host Manisa BBSK on the 11th of May with a 0-0 head to head.

Göztepe – Formation

Göztepe started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Ekrem Hayyam Dag decided to play with the following team: Mateusz Lis (7.7), Ogün Bayrak (7.3), Taha Altikardes (7.1), Atinc Nukan (8.1), Ümit Akdag (8.1), Emre Gedik (7.5), Kenneth Mamah (7.9), Yalcin Kayan (7.3), Ahmed Ildiz (7.3), David Tijanic (6.7) and Mame Diouf (8.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ali Dere, Celil Yüksel (6.6), Aliou Traoré (7.0), Ismail Köybasi (6.4), Arda Özcimen, Tarkan Serbest, Ensar Aksakal, Doğan Erdoğan, L. Nielsen (6.4) and Firatcan Üzüm (6.8).

Göztepe could not rely on the presence of Ismail Köybasi (injured) and Celil Yüksel (injured).

Substitutions

Göztepe made 5 changes: Ogün Bayrak for Firatcan Üzüm (80′), Emre Gedik for Ismail Köybasi (67′), Ümit Akdag for L. Nielsen (67′), Kenneth Mamah for Aliou Traoré (67′) and Yalcin Kayan for Celil Yüksel (79′).

Best player: Mame Diouf​

The player that probably impressed the most for Göztepe was Mame Diouf.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 23 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 14.

Şanlıurfaspor – Formation

Şanlıurfaspor started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

İrfan Buz played with: A. Bağ (6.3), S. Gazanfer (6.6), M. Yiğit (6.4), P. N’Diaye (6.8), B. Gök (6.4), C. Bişi (6.4), Baris Ekincier (6.7), A. Aydın (6.4), O. Thill (6.8), M. Çapar (6.6) and M. Arslantaş (7.0).

They had on the bench: E. Tokotaev, Diogo Coelho, U. Mboula, G. Donsah (6.4), Enver Cenk Şahin (7.1), Baran Aksaka (6.7), A. Toure (6.7), H. Tut, S. Karadeniz and Jospin Nshimirimana (7.0).

Şanlıurfaspor could not rely on the presence of G. Donsah (injured) and Enver Cenk Şahin (injured).

Substitutions

Şanlıurfaspor made 5 changes: M. Arslantaş for A. Toure (68′), O. Thill for G. Donsah (69′), C. Bişi for Jospin Nshimirimana (68′), A. Aydın for Baran Aksaka (84′) and Yalcin Kayan for Enver Cenk Şahin (79′).

Best player: Enver Cenk Şahin​

The player that probably impressed the most for Şanlıurfaspor was Enver Cenk Şahin.

His rating is (7.1) with 3 passes (100% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 79′.

Results of the day

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

• BB Erzurumspor – Keçiörengücü – 0-1
• Göztepe – Şanlıurfaspor – 3-0
• Tuzlaspor – Kocaelispor – 1-2
• Sakaryaspor – Adanaspor – 2-0