İZMIR. Trabzonspor managed to find the solution against Altay to win 2-1. A. Cornelius was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Altay to strike first with a goal of C. Karayel at the 33′. Then it was a goal in the 51′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Cornelius gave the win to Trabzonspor in the 88′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Trabzonspor was definitely better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Bornova Aziz Kocaoğlu Stadyumu stadium in İzmir on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Ali Şansalan who was helped by Serkan Ok and Kemal Yılmaz. The 4th official was Çağdaş Altay. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1.9 degrees Celsius or 35.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Altay

1 - 2

Trabzonspor

  • ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
  • 9 Total 8
  • 6 On Target 4
  • 3 Off Target 4
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 86 Attack 133
  • 65 Dangerous attack 83
  • 75 Ball safe 107
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 16 Total 8
  • 3 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 2 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Trabzonspor was in firm control of the ball 70% while Altay was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Trabzonspor was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Trabzonspor won the contest.​

Altay shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Trabzonspor shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Altay received 3 yellow cards (A. Poko, C. Pinares and M. Naderi). Regarding the opposition, Trabzonspor received 3 yellow cards (Djaniny, M. Hamsik and A. Bakasetas).

Match Timeline

25'
33'
35'
46'
46'
51'
58'
64'
64'
80'
83'
85'
Hüseyin Türkmen- sub ->Edgar Ie
88'
90'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Trabzonspor
81
38
Fenerbahçe
73
38
Konyaspor
68
38
İstanbul Başakşehir
65
38
Alanyaspor
64
38
Beşiktaş
59
38
Antalyaspor
59
38
Fatih Karagümrük
57
38
Adana Demirspor
55
38
Sivasspor
54
38
Kasımpaşa
53
38
Hatayspor
53
38
Galatasaray
52
38
Kayserispor
47
38
Gaziantep F.K.
46
38
Giresunspor
45
38
Rizespor
36
38
Altay
34
38
Göztepe
28
38
Yeni Malatyaspor
20
38

After this match, Altay will stay with 18 points to sit in the 16th place. Talking about the opposition, Trabzonspor will have 45 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Altay will play away against Kasımpaşa on the 25th of December with a 2-2 head to head stats.

Trabzonspor will host İstanbul Başakşehir on the 25th of December with a 10-8 head to head statistic in favor of Trabzonspor (9 draws).

Altay – Formation

Altay
G
Mateusz Lis 1.Poland
6.6
D
M. Akça 28.Turkey
6.8
D
Cebrail Karayel 90.Turkey
7.4
33'
D
M. Naderi 2.Iran
6.6
83'
D
Khaly Thiam 29.Senegal
6.9
M
Zeki Yıldırım 8.Turkey
6.5
M
César Pinares 21.Chile
7.3
90' 64'
M
André Poko 17.Gabon
7.4
35'
F
Martín Rodríguez 10.Chile
6.6
90'
F
L. Kappel 7.Suriname
6.8
F
Daouda Bamba 11.Ivory Coast
6.6
Substitutes
G
C. Topaloğlu 35.Turkey
D
Özgür Özkaya 88.Turkey
M
S. Aka 5.Ivory Coast
M
Thaciano 16.Brazil
M
Ceyhun Gülselam 6.Turkey
F
Marco Paixão 19.Portugal
90'
F
Ahmed Yasser Rayan 9.Egypt
90'
F
Deniz Kadah 63.Turkey
F
Eren Erdoğan 30.Turkey
F
K. Karataş 20.Turkey

Altay started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Mustafa Denizli decided to play with the following team: Mateusz Lis (6.6), Cebrail Karayel (7.4), Khaly Thiam (6.9), Murat Akça (6.8), Mohammad Naderi (6.6), César Pinares (7.3), Zeki Yildirim (6.5), André Poko (7.4), Leandro Kappel (6.8), Daouda Karamoko Bamba (6.6) and Martín Rodríguez (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Marco Paixão, Özgür Özkaya, Ahmed Yasser Rayan, Cihan Topaloğlu, Serge Aka, Deniz Kadah, Eren Erdogan, Thaciano, Kâzımcan Karataş and Ceyhun Gülselam.

Substitutions

Altay made 2 changes: M. Rodriguez for M. Paixao (90′) and C. Pinares for A. Y. Rayan (90′).

Best player: André Poko​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Altay was André Poko.

His rating is (7.4) with 31 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 15. He hit the woodwork once times.

Trabzonspor – Formation

Trabzonspor
G
Uğurcan Çakır 1.Turkey
8.2
D
Bruno Peres 33.Brazil
7.3
D
S. Denswil 24.Suriname
6.9
D
Edgar Ié 32.Guinea-Bissau
7.3
85'
D
Anders Trondsen 15.Norway
7.2
80'
M
Marek Hamšík 17.Slovakia
7.6
58'
M
Manolis Siopis 6.Greece
6.7
46'
M
Abdülkadir Ömür 10.Turkey
7.5
90'
M
Berat Özdemir 5.Turkey
7.2
46'
M
Djaniny 21.Cape Verde
6.4
25'
F
Andreas Cornelius 14.Denmark
8.7
51', 88'
Substitutes
G
A. Akbulut 59.Turkey
D
Hüseyin Türkmen 4.Turkey
6.4
85'
D
S. Asan 99.Turkey
D
A. Kaplan 70.Turkey
90'
M
Abdulkadir Parmak 61.Turkey
M
Yunus Mallı 29.Turkey
M
Dorukhan Toköz 8.Turkey
6.6
46'
F
Y. Sarı 7.Turkey
F
Anastasios Bakasetas 11.Greece
7.1
46' 64'
F
Fodé Koita 19.Guinea
7.3
80'

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

Abdullah Mucip Avcı played with: Uğurcan Çakır (8.2), Bruno Peres (7.3), Edgar Ié (7.3), Stefano Denswil (6.9), Anders Trondsen (7.2), Berat Ayberk Özdemir (7.2), Abdülkadir Ömür (7.5), Manolis Siopis (6.7), Marek Hamšík (7.6), Djaniny (6.4) and Andreas Cornelius (8.7).

They had on the bench: Hüseyin Türkmen (6.4), Yusuf Sarı, Anastasios Bakasetas (7.1), Serkan Asan, Ahmetcan Kaplan, Abdulkadir Parmak, Yunus Malli, Dorukhan Toköz (6.6), Bengali-Fodé Koita (7.3) and Arda Akbulut.

Trabzonspor could not rely on the presence of H. Turkmen (injured).

Substitutions

Trabzonspor made 5 changes: B. A. Ozdemir for D. Tokoz (46′), M. Siopis for A. Bakasetas (46′), A. Trondsen for B. Koita (80′), Edgar Ie for H. Turkmen (85′) and A. Omur for A. Kaplan (90′).

Best player: Andreas Cornelius​

The most impressive player for Trabzonspor was Andreas Cornelius.

His rating is (8.7) with 2 goals, 27 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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