ADANA. Adanaspor conquers İstanbulspor 1-0 after I. Donkor scored just 1 goal (61′). İstanbulspor lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the İsmet Atlı Stadyumu stadium in Adana on Thursday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Emre Kargın with the help of Serdar Diyadin and Özcan Sultanoğlu. The 4th official was Mehmet Ali Özer. The weather was mist. The temperature was cold at 13 degrees Celsius or 55.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

İstanbulspor had a superior ball possession 60% while Adanaspor was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

İstanbulspor was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Adanaspor was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Adanaspor shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, İstanbulspor shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Adanaspor received 1 yellow card (A. Kose). Regarding the opposition, İstanbulspor received 1 yellow card (M. Yesil).

Standings

After playing this match, Adanaspor will have 23 points like İstanbulspor, Kocaelispor and Gençlerbirliği to sit in the 8th place. On the other side, İstanbulspor will stay with 23 points like Adanaspor, Kocaelispor and Gençlerbirliği to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Adanaspor will host Kocaelispor on the 24th of December with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Adanaspor (1 draw).

İstanbulspor will host Samsunspor on the 20th of December with a 2-1 head to head in favor of İstanbulspor (5 draws).

Adanaspor – Formation

Adanaspor started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Sait Karafırtınalar decided to play with the following team: G. Karačić, I. Donkor, H. Erdoğan, E. Korkmaz, U. Yazğılı, Y. Aït Bennasser, C. Yüksel, F. Üzüm, O. Ožegović, S. Tetteh and A. Köse.

The home team had on the bench: Harun Kaya, B. Çapkınoğlu, T. Bruns, Ö. Çakı, R. Hanlı, M. Ardıç, I. Kingsley and K. Keleş.

Substitutions

Adanaspor made 3 changes: A. Kose for M. Caki (78′), S. Tetteh for T. Bruns (87′) and O. Ozegovic for K. Innocent (90′).

İstanbulspor – Formation

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

Mehmet Hüseyin Dalgıç played with: A. Uysal, O. Berber, A. Yaşar, M. Yeşil, M. Ologo, E. Öztürk, M. Sarıkaya, M. Kabasakal, V. Ethemi, İ. Yılmaz and J. Topalli.

These were the players on the bench: F. Yazgan, B. Görmez, F. Tultak, E. Gültekin, M. Ljubić, Y. Özer, O. Erdoğan, K. Bağış and A. Čajič.

Substitutions

İstanbulspor made 5 changes: J. Topalli for E. Gultekin (69′), M. Ologo Inainfe for O. Erdogan (70′), V. Ethemi for B. Gormez (78′), M. Sarikaya for A. Cajic (84′) and E. Ozturk for F. Yazgan (84′).

Results of the day

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

• Adanaspor – İstanbulspor – 1-0
• Ümraniyespor – Bursaspor – 4-1