Hatayspor found a way to turn the table against Kayserispor to win 2-1. It was Kayserispor to strike first with an early goal of B. Mensah at the 4′. Then it was a goal in the 52′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. El Kaabi gave the win to Hatayspor in the 71′ minute with a goal. Its vastly superior ball possession (61%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Alper Ulusoy with the assistance of Furkan Ürün and Selahattin Altay. The 4th official was Direnç Tonusluoğlu.
Hatayspor started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up. On the other side, Kayserispor adopted a 4-4-1-1 formation.
Hatayspor – Formation
Hatayspor
90'
90'
71'
The manager Ömer Erdogan decided to play with the following team: Munir , Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi , Fatih Kurucuk , Burak Oksuz , Sam Adekugbe , Onur Ergun , Rúben Ribeiro , Ayoub El Kaabi , Adama Traoré , Mohammed Kesselly Kamara and Mame Biram Diouf .
The home team had on the bench: Bülent Cevahir, Emre Çolak, Abdullah Yigiter, Mehdi Boudjemaa , Muhammed Mert, Eren Fansa, Saba Lobjanidze , Burak Camoglu, Dylan Saint-Louis and Isaac Sackey.
Hatayspor could not rely on the presence of M. Boudjemaa (injured).
Best player: Rúben Ribeiro
The player that probably impressed the most for Hatayspor was Rúben Ribeiro even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 77 passes (84% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 7 crosses.
Kayserispor – Formation
Kayserispor
On the opposite side, Hikmet Karaman played with: Silviu Lung Jr. , Ramazan Civelek , Dimitris Kolovetsios , Yasir Subaşı , Onur Bulut , Emrah Başsan , İbrahim Akdağ , Joseph Attamah , Mame Thiam , Bernard Mensah and Gökhan Sazdağı .
They had on the bench: İlhan Parlak, Olivier Kemen , Emre Demir, Mustafa Pektemek, Cenk Gönen, Miguel Cardoso , Carlos Mané , Manuel Fernandes , Nurettin Korkmaz and Majid Hosseini .
Best player: Bernard Mensah
The player that probably impressed the most for Kayserispor was Bernard Mensah.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 15 Total 5
- 4 On Target 1
- 11 Off Target 4
- 5 Shots blocked 3
- 118 Attack 86
- 97 Dangerous attack 51
- 94 Ball safe 95
- 0 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 4
Fouls
- 11 Total 11
- 4 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Hatayspor was in firm control of the ball 61% while Kayserispor was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Hatayspor was more aggressive with 97 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Hatayspor won the match.
Hatayspor shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Kayserispor shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Hatayspor received 4 yellow cards (F. Kurucuk, O. Ergun, M. Boudjemaa and Munir). On the opposite side, Kayserispor received 2 yellow cards (J. Attamah and O. Kemen).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Hatayspor will have 10 points like Fenerbahçe to stay in the 7th place. On the other side, Kayserispor will stay with 7 points to stay in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Hatayspor will play away with Göztepe on the 22nd of September with a 1-1 head to head record.
Kayserispor will host Galatasaray on the 22nd of September with a 18-2 head to head record in favor of Galatasaray (10 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Giresunspor – Konyaspor – 0-0
- Galatasaray – Alanyaspor – 0-1
- İstanbul Başakşehir – Fenerbahçe – 2-0
- Hatayspor – Kayserispor – 2-1
