İZMIT. Kocaelispor prevailed over Çorum Belediyespor to win 2-1. D. Tanque was the key player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Kocaelispor to strike first with a penalty of Douglas Tanque at the 65′. Then it was a goal in the 70′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Douglas Tanque gave the win to Kocaelispor in the 90′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Kocaelispor took advantage of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the İsmetpaşa Stadyumu stadium in İzmit on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy assisted by Güner Mumcu Taştan and Göktuğ Hazar Erel. The 4th official was Onur Bingöl. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 18.77 degrees Celsius or 65.79 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.​

Match Statistics​

Kocaelispor

2 - 1

Çorum Belediyespor

  • 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
  • 18 Total 8
  • 8 On Target 4
  • 7 Off Target 3
  • 3 Shots blocked 1
  • 100 Attack 66
  • 50 Dangerous attack 37
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 5
Fouls
  • 11 Total 10
  • 3 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Kocaelispor had a strong ball possession 56% while Çorum Belediyespor was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kocaelispor was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Kocaelispor won the match​.

Kocaelispor shot 18 times, 8 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Çorum Belediyespor shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Kocaelispor received 3 yellow cards (Burak Öksüz, Atila Turan and Emir Ortakaya ). Regarding the opposition, Çorum Belediyespor received 4 yellow cards (Zargo Touré, Erkan Kaş, Geraldo and Kerem Kalafat).

Match Timeline

6'
H. Akınay- sub ->Ali Turkan
B. Öksüz- Yellow
22'
29'
Geraldo- Yellow
Y. Abdioğlu- sub ->Burak Öksüz
46'
Mert Cölgecen- sub ->Yusuf Emre Gültekin
46'
E. Ortakaya- Yellow
60'
61'
K. Kalafat- Yellow
65'
67'
Murat Yıldırım- sub ->Atakan Akkaynak
67'
A. Özek- sub ->Ozan Sol
70'
A. Sağat(goal)Michał Nalepa
Atabey Çiçek- sub ->Yusuf Cihat Çelik
76'
81'
S. Kaya- sub ->Geraldo
81'
Sinan Kurumuş- sub ->Ahmet Sağat
A. Turan- Yellow
81'
M. Tunalı- sub ->João Amaral
87'
90'
E. Kaş- Yellow
C. Kouakou- sub ->Oğuz Ceylan
90'
90'
Z. Touré- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Eyüpspor
75
34
Göztepe
70
34
Sakaryaspor
60
34
Bodrumspor
57
34
Çorum Belediyespor
56
34
Kocaelispor
55
34
Boluspor
53
34
Gençlerbirliği
51
34
Bandırmaspor
50
34
BB Erzurumspor
44
34
Ümraniyespor
43
34
Manisa BBSK
40
34
Keçiörengücü
40
34
Adanaspor
39
34
Şanlıurfaspor
38
34
Tuzlaspor
38
34
Altay
10
34
Giresunspor
7
34

After this match, Kocaelispor will have 26 points to hold in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Çorum Belediyespor will stay with 14 points like Manisa BBSK to sit in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Kocaelispor will play away with Çorum Belediyespor on the 6th of April with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Kocaelispor (0 draws).

Çorum Belediyespor will play away agasint Boluspor on the 11th of May with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Kocaelispor – Formation

Kocaelispor
G
G. Değirmenci 35.Turkey
7.0
D
E. Ortakaya 4.Turkey
6.4
60'
D
A. Turan 19.Turkey
6.7
81'
D
B. Öksüz 53.Turkey
6.7
46' 22'
D
O. Ceylan 77.Turkey
7.5
90'
M
C. Çelik 8.Netherlands
6.4
76'
M
Candeias 10.Portugal
6.4
M
G. Beridze 14.Georgia
7.3
M
Y. Gültekin 40.Turkey
6.4
46'
M
João Amaral 41.Portugal
7.7
87'
F
Douglas Tanque 99.Brazil
8.8
65', 90'
Substitutes
G
H. Tekin 1.Turkey
D
O. Atasayar 3.Turkey
D
M. Yılmaz 32.Turkey
D
Y. Abdioğlu 55.Turkey
6.8
46'
M
Mert Cölgecen 20.Turkey
7.0
46'
M
B. Yıldız 21.Turkey
M
M. Tunalı 45.Turkey
6.4
87'
M
B. Alıcı 70.Turkey
F
Atabey Çiçek 9.Turkey
7.9
76'
F
C. Kouakou 11.Sweden
90'

Kocaelispor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ertuğrul Sağlam decided to play with the following team: Gökhan Değirmenci (7.0), Oğuz Ceylan (7.5), Burak Öksüz (6.7), Emir Ortakaya  (6.4), Atila Turan (6.7), Yusuf Cihat Çelik (6.4), Yusuf Emre Gültekin (6.4), Daniel Candeias (6.4), João Amaral (7.7), Giorgi Beridze (7.3) and Douglas Tanque (8.8).

The home team had on the bench: Harun Tekin, Onur Atasayar, Atabey Çiçek (7.9), Christian Kouakou, Mert Cölgecen (7.0), Bedirhan Yıldız, Mehmet Yılmaz, Mesut Can Tunalı (6.4), Yusuf Abdioğlu (6.8) and Barış Alıcı.

Kocaelispor could not rely on the presence of Christian Kouakou (injured).

Substitutions

Kocaelispor made 5 changes: João Amaral for Mesut Can Tunalı (87′), Yusuf Cihat Çelik for Atabey Çiçek (76′), Burak Öksüz for Yusuf Abdioğlu (46′), Yusuf Emre Gültekin for Mert Cölgecen (46′) and Oğuz Ceylan for Christian Kouakou (90′).

Best player: Douglas Tanque​

The player that probably impressed the most for Kocaelispor was Douglas Tanque.

His rating is (8.8) with 2 goals, 11 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He hit the woodwork once times.

Çorum Belediyespor – Formation

Çorum Belediyespor
G
A. Türkan 87.Turkey
6'
D
K. Kalafat 2.Turkey
6.3
61'
D
M. Ologo 4.Nigeria
7.3
D
Z. Touré 5.Senegal
6.7
90'
D
E. Kaş 39.Turkey
6.4
90'
M
F. Yazgan 6.Turkey
7.3
M
A. Akkaynak 8.Germany
7.5
67'
M
M. Nalepa 14.Poland
7.1
M
Geraldo 29.Angola
7.1
81' 29'
M
O. Sol 48.Turkey
7.0
67'
F
A. Sağat 79.Germany
7.5
81' 70'
Substitutes
G
H. Akınay 27.Turkey
7.3
6'
D
A. Doğan 30.Turkey
D
S. Luş 73.Turkey
M
S. Kaya 11.Turkey
6.4
81'
M
Murat Yıldırım 19.Netherlands
6.6
67'
M
M. Guluk 66.Belgium
F
A. Özek 7.Turkey
6.4
67'
F
T. Verheydt 9.Netherlands
F
E. Aydın 17.Turkey
F
Sinan Kurumuş 99.Turkey
6.6
81'

Also Çorum Belediyespor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Tahsin Tam played with: Ali Turkan, Kerem Kalafat (6.3), Michael Ologo (7.3), Zargo Touré (6.7), Erkan Kaş (6.4), Atakan Akkaynak (7.5), Ferhat Yazgan (7.3), Ozan Sol (7.0), Michał Nalepa (7.1), Geraldo (7.1) and Ahmet Sağat (7.5).

They had on the bench: Ahmet İlhan Özek (6.4), Thomas Verheydt, Suat Kaya (6.4), Eren Aydın, Murat Yıldırım (6.6), Hasan Huseyin Akinay (7.3), Adem Doğan, Massis Guluk, Süleyman Luş and Sinan Kurumuş (6.6).

Çorum Belediyespor could not rely on the presence of Hasan Huseyin Akinay (injured).

Substitutions

Çorum Belediyespor made 5 changes: Ali Turkan for Hasan Huseyin Akinay (6′), Atakan Akkaynak for Murat Yıldırım (67′), Ozan Sol for Ahmet İlhan Özek (67′), Ahmet Sağat for Sinan Kurumuş (81′) and Geraldo for Suat Kaya (81′).

Best player: Atakan Akkaynak​

The player that probably impressed the most for Çorum Belediyespor was Atakan Akkaynak.

His rating is (7.5) with 23 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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