İSTANBUL. Adanaspor beats Bursaspor 3-1. Adanaspor was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with T. Bruns (49′), S. Tetteh (63′) and C. Yuksel (80′). Bursaspor reduced the distance with a goal (84′) by M. Bruno, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Ziya Altınoğlu Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Turgut Doman with the collaboration of Serkan Olguncan and Mustafa Sönmez. The 4th official was Can Cengiz. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.9 degrees Celsius or 51.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Adanaspor was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Bursaspor that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Bursaspor had a more offensive attitude with 82 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyhow, Adanaspor succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Adanaspor shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Bursaspor shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Adanaspor received 2 yellow cards (Y. Ait Bennasser and C. Ozdemir). Regarding the opposition, Bursaspor received 5 yellow cards (O. Atasayar, B. Altiparmak, K. Sonmez, N. Alasgarov and K. Sen).

Also, Bursaspor didn’t finish the match with 11 players after T. Altikardes (Bursaspor) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (53′).

Standings

After playing this contest, Adanaspor will have 29 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Bursaspor will stay with 19 points like Keçiörengücü and Denizlispor to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Adanaspor will play away against Gençlerbirliği on the 17th of January with a 2-2 head to head record.

Bursaspor will host BB Erzurumspor on the 16th of January with a 3-2 head to head stats in favor of BB Erzurumspor (0 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: B. Çapkınoğlu, H. Erdoğan, Y. Roche, R. Hanlı, U. Yazğılı, C. Özdemir, T. Bruns, Y. Aït Bennasser, C. Yüksel, F. Üzüm and S. Tetteh.

The home team had on the bench: I. Kingsley, Ö. Soylu, M. Ardıç, Ö. Çakı, İ. Aksu and Harun Kaya.

Substitutions

Adanaspor made 3 changes: C. Ozdemir for K. Innocent (69′), I. Erdogan for M. Caki (90′) and T. Bruns for H. Kaya (90′).

Bursaspor – Formation

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

Tamer Tuna played with: E. Erentürk, L. Capan, O. Atasayar, U. Yıldız, T. Altıkardeş, B. Altıparmak, H. Ayaroğlu, K. Sönmez, İ. Yüksek, T. Matavž and B. Kör.

They had on the bench: M. Bruno, V. Temel, E. Acolatse, N. Ələsgərov, R. Ofosu, C. Yurdakul, C. Jorquera, M. Yılmaz, T. Akgün and K. Şen.

Substitutions

Bursaspor made 5 changes: B. Kor for N. Alasgarov (59′), H. Ayaroglu for R. Ofosu (59′), U. Yildiz for M. Bruno (76′), B. Altiparmak for T. Akgun (90′) and I. Yuksek for K. Sen (90′).

Results of the day

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

• Bandırmaspor – Denizlispor – 3-4
• Ankaragücü – Tuzlaspor – 1-0
• Ümraniyespor – Kocaelispor – 1-0
• Adanaspor – Bursaspor – 3-1