Ankaragücü beats Tuzlaspor 1-0 with a late goal scored by A. Babacan

ANKARA. Ankaragücü snatched a late win Tuzlaspor 1-0 after A. Babacan scored just 1 goal (90').

Ankaragücü beats Tuzlaspor 1-0 with a late goal scored by A. Babacan

ANKARA. Ankaragücü snatched a late win Tuzlaspor 1-0 after A. Babacan scored just 1 goal (90′). Ankaragücü was truly better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

A. Yazar received a red card (76′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Tuzlaspor lost the match.

The match was played at the Eryaman Stadyumu stadium in Ankara. In front of 5 spectators.​ The referee was Suat Arslanboğa with the assistance of Abdullah Uğur Sarı and Emir Eray Eyisoy. The 4th official was Furkan Aksuoğlu. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.6 degrees Celsius or 45.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

  • ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
  • 14 Total 3
  • 3 On Target 1
  • 11 Off Target 2
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 103 Attack 72
  • 76 Dangerous attack 31
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 8 Corners 2
Fouls
  • 11 Total 18
  • 4 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Ankaragücü had a superior ball possession 66% while Tuzlaspor was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ankaragücü was more pushing with 76 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ankaragücü won the match​.

Ankaragücü shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Tuzlaspor shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Ankaragücü received 4 yellow cards (A. K. Guneren, Y. Gureler, G. Zahid and A. Babacan). Regarding the opposition, Tuzlaspor received 2 yellow cards (A. Yazar and A. Ceviker).

Also, Tuzlaspor didn’t end the match with 11 players after A. Yazar (Tuzlaspor) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (76′).

Match Timeline

Ali Kaan Güneren- Yellow
30'
33'
46'
48'
56'
58'
58'
60'
72'
76'
79'
82'
90'
90'
90'
90'

Standings

After playing this match, Ankaragücü will have 39 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Tuzlaspor will stay with 24 points like Kocaelispor to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Ankaragücü will play away against Kocaelispor on the 15th of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Ankaragücü (2 draws).

Tuzlaspor will host Altınordu on the 16th of January with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Tuzlaspor (0 draws).

Ankaragücü – Formation

Ankaragücü
G
A. Alkan 16.Turkey
D
E. Özgenç 2.Turkey
D
S. Osmanoğlu 90.Turkey
D
Y. Abdioğlu 55.Turkey
M
Ghayas Zahid 19.Norway
56'
M
Ali Kaan Güneren 23.Turkey
58' 30'
M
Y. Güreler 17.Turkey
48'
M
A. Chahechouhe 92.Morocco
72'
M
İ. Çakmak 14.Turkey
58'
F
M. Uçar 91.Turkey
F
C. Ekinci 77.Germany
82'
Substitutes
G
D
A. Babacan 20.Turkey
82' 90' Goals90'
M
Ş. Çetin 6.Germany
58'
M
Yasir Karabay  21.Netherlands
M
H. Acar 10.Turkey
M
Ulaş Yılmaz 25.Turkey
M
A. Durak 5.Turkey
58'
M
Atakan Dama 79.Turkey
F
Geraldo 29.Angola
72'
F
A. Kumru 89.Turkey

Ankaragücü started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Necati Erkmen decided to play with the following team: A. Alkan, E. Özgenç, S. Osmanoğlu, Y. Abdioğlu, Y. Güreler, A. Chahechouhe, İ. Çakmak, G. Zahid, M. Uçar, A. Güneren and C. Ekinci.

The home team had on the bench: Ş. Çetin, M. Karabay, H. Acar, Geraldo, B. Güngördü, A. Kumru, U. Yılmaz, A. Durak, A. Dama and A. Babacan.

Substitutions

Ankaragücü made 4 changes: I. Cakmak for A. Durak (58′), A. K. Guneren for S. Cetin (58′), A. Chahechouhe for Geraldo (72′) and C. Ekinci for A. Babacan (82′).

Tuzlaspor – Formation

Tuzlaspor
G
Zvonimir Mikulić 76.Croatia
D
Ferhat Öztorun 87.Turkey
D
Erhan Kartal 48.Turkey
D
Gökhan Akkan 33.Turkey
M
R. Rotman 5.Slovenia
M
J. Bardhi 11.Albania
79'
M
Tayfun Aydoğan 52.Turkey
46'
M
S. Kınalı 61.Turkey
M
Lamine Diack 14.Senegal
F
A. Yazar 7.Turkey
76'
F
O. Kurt 99.Turkey
60'
Substitutes
G
Philipp Angeler 23.Austria
G
Emre Koyuncu 25.Turkey
D
Ismail Konuk 4.Turkey
79'
D
İbrahim Has 22.Turkey
90'
D
Veaceslav Posmac 90.Moldova
M
M
Aykut Çeviker 6.Turkey
46' 90'
M
S. Alibaz 38.Turkey
60'
M
Ibrahim Aksu  18.Turkey

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

Gökay Kavalcı played with: Z. Mikulić, F. Öztorun, E. Kartal, G. Akkan, R. Rotman, J. Bardhi, T. Aydoğan, S. Kınalı, L. Diack, A. Yazar and K. Kurt.

They had on the bench: P. Angeler, M. Sarıkaya, A. Çeviker, S. Alibaz, İ. Konuk, İ. Aksu, İ. Has, V. Posmac and E. Koyuncu.

Substitutions

Tuzlaspor made 4 changes: T. Aydogan for A. Ceviker (46′), O. Kurt for S. Alibaz (60′), J. Bardhi for I. Konuk (79′) and A. Ceviker for I. Has (90′).

Results of the day

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