İSTANBUL. İstanbulspor beats Ümraniyespor 1-0 after I. Yilmaz scored a penalty (67′). İstanbulspor took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).

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 Kadir Sağlam who was helped by Gökhan Memişoğlu and Hüsnü Emre Çelimli. The 4th official was Barkın Kara. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 6.6 degrees Celsius or 43.86 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 42%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

İstanbulspor had a superior ball possession 57% while Ümraniyespor was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

İstanbulspor was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why İstanbulspor won the match​.

İstanbulspor shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Ümraniyespor shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

İstanbulspor received 3 yellow cards (F. Yazgan, M. Ologo Inainfe and J. Topalli). Talking about the opposition, Ümraniyespor received 1 yellow card (T. Glumac).

Standings

After this contest, İstanbulspor will have 33 points like Bandırmaspor to sit in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, Ümraniyespor will stay with 42 points like Ankaragücü to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, İstanbulspor will play away with Altınordu on the 22nd of January with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Altınordu (2 draws).

Ümraniyespor will host Menemen Belediyespor on the 22nd of January with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Menemen Belediyespor (2 draws).

İstanbulspor – Formation

İstanbulspor adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Mehmet Hüseyin Dalgıç decided to play with the following team: A. Uysal, O. Berber, A. Yaşar, M. Yeşil, M. Ologo, F. Yazgan, E. Öztürk, M. Kabasakal, V. Ethemi, İ. Yılmaz and J. Topalli.

The home team had on the bench: D. Aksu, M. Ljubić, O. Erdoğan, A. Čajič, Y. Özer, E. Uzunhan, B. Görmez, F. Tultak, E. Gültekin and M. Sarıkaya.

İstanbulspor could not rely on the presence of O. Erdogan (injured).

Substitutions

İstanbulspor made 5 changes: M. Ologo Inainfe for O. Erdogan (76′), F. Yazgan for M. Sarikaya (76′), I. Yilmaz for E. Gultekin (86′), J. Topalli for E. Uzunhan (90′) and V. Ethemi for B. Gormez (90′).

Ümraniyespor – Formation

Also Ümraniyespor adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Recep Uçar played with: B. Öğür, A. Vršajević, T. Glumac, A. Öztürk, E. Coşkun, O. Ayık, A. Mršić, S. Göksu, K. Yılmaz, Y. Del Valle and Y. Bammou.

They had on the bench: O. Çalışkan, O. Gürbulak, A. Üner, M. Karagöz, F. Genç, S. Napoleoni, D. Taşkan, L. Kehinde, M. Eser and O. Özdemir.

Substitutions

Ümraniyespor made 3 changes: Y. Del Valle for S. Napoleoni (46′), O. Ayik for L. Kehinde (75′) and A. Vrsajevic for O. Gurbulak (75′).

Results of the day

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

• Denizlispor – Manisa BBSK – 0-1
• Kocaelispor – Ankaragücü – 1-2
• İstanbulspor – Ümraniyespor – 1-0