İZMIR. Adana Demirspor and Göztepe draw 1-1. M. Balotelli scored the first goal (16′) for Adana Demirspor. J. K. settled the score (78′) with an own goal. Göztepe was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (66%)​

The match was played at the Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Stadı (İzmir) stadium in İzmir on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Atilla Karaoğlan with the support of Mustafa Savranlar and Osman Gökhan Bilir. The 4th official was Murat Erdoğan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 58.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Göztepe was in firm control of the ball 66% while Adana Demirspor was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Göztepe had a more offensive attitude with 106 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Göztepe to win the match​.

Göztepe shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. Regarding the opposition, Adana Demirspor shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Göztepe received 2 yellow cards (Lourency and D. Arslanagic). On the opposite side, Adana Demirspor received 1 yellow card (G. Inler).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Göztepe will have 15 points like Kasımpaşa and Yeni Malatyaspor to sit in the 19th place. On the other side, Adana Demirspor will have 30 points to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Göztepe will host Antalyaspor on the 9th of January with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Göztepe (1 draw).

Adana Demirspor will play away agasint Fenerbahçe on the 10th of January with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Fenerbahçe (0 draws).

Göztepe – Formation

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

The manager Nestor El Maestro decided to play with the following team: İrfan Can Eğribayat (6.4), Dino Arslanagić (6.8), Atınç Nukan (7.5), Wilker Ángel (7.0), Kerim Alıcı (7.1), Obinna Nwobodo (7.3), Soner Aydoğdu (7.7), Berkan Emir (6.9), David Tijanič (6.8), Adis Jahović (6.6) and Lourency (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Ege Özkayimoglu, Yalçın Kayan (7.1), Arda Özcimen, Dženan Bureković (6.7), Cherif Ndiaye (6.7), Makana Baku, Kahraman Demirtaş, Halil Akbunar (6.2), Murat Paluli and Atakan Cankaya.

Substitutions

Göztepe made 5 changes: A. Jahovic for C. Ndiaye (63′), B. Emir for D. Burekovic (63′), D. Tijanic for H. Akbunar (63′), D. Arslanagic for Y. Kayan (76′) and Lourency for E. Ozkayimoglu (90′).

Best player: Soner Aydoğdu​

The player that probably impressed the most for Göztepe was Soner Aydoğdu.

His rating is (7.7) with 78 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.

Adana Demirspor – Formation

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

Vincenzo Montella played with: Arijanet Murić (7.3), Tarık Çamdal (7.3), Samet Akaydın (6.9), Tayyib Talha Sanuc (7.3), Kaan Kanak (6.7), Gökhan Inler (7.0), Benjamin Stambouli (6.5), Yunus Akgün (6.4), Birkir Bjarnason (7.0), Matías Vargas (6.1) and Mario Balotelli (7.4).

They had on the bench: Semih Güler (6.4), Metehan Mimaroğlu, Lucas Castro, Joher Khadim Rassoul (6.1), Simon Deli (6.8), Babajide David Akintola, Younès Belhanda (6.2), Britt Assombalonga (6.6), Ferhat Kaplan and Sinan Kurt.

Adana Demirspor could not rely on the presence of J. K. Rassoul (injured).

Substitutions

Adana Demirspor made 5 changes: M. Balotelli for B. Assombalonga (46′), G. Inler for S. Deli (65′), M. Vargas for Y. Belhanda (65′), T. Camdal for J. K. Rassoul (71′) and T. Sanuc for S. Guler (79′).

Best player: Mario Balotelli​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Adana Demirspor was Mario Balotelli.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 8 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Alanyaspor – Fatih Karagümrük – 1-1
• Fenerbahçe – Yeni Malatyaspor – 2-0
• Göztepe – Adana Demirspor – 1-1
• Rizespor – Gaziantep F.K. – 0-1