İZMIR. Göztepe bested Sivasspor to win 2-1. It was Göztepe to strike first with a goal of A. Nukan at the 22′. Then it was a penalty in the 49′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, D. Tijanic gave the win to Göztepe in the 80′ minute with a goal. Sivasspor lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Stadı (İzmir) stadium in İzmir on Wednesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Suat Arslanboğa with the assistance of Kerem Ersoy and Furkan Ürün. The 4th official was Oğuzhan Çakır. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5 degrees Celsius or 40.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Sivasspor had a strong ball possession 60% while Göztepe was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Göztepe was more pushing with 53 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Göztepe won the match.
Göztepe shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Sivasspor shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Göztepe received 4 yellow cards (O. Nwobodo, Lourency, D. Arslanagic and S. Aydogdu). On the other side, Sivasspor received 4 yellow cards (S. Camara, K. Kesgin, C. Osmanpasa and O. Kayode).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Göztepe will have 24 points to hold in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, Sivasspor will stay with 30 points like Fatih Karagümrük to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
Göztepe – Formation
Göztepe
22'
49'
90'
Göztepe started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Nestor El Maestro decided to play with the following team: İrfan Can Eğribayat , Dino Arslanagić , Atınç Nukan , Wilker Ángel , Kerim Alıcı , Obinna Nwobodo , Soner Aydoğdu , Berkan Emir , Makana Baku , Lourency and Cherif Ndiaye .
The home team had on the bench: Atakan Cankaya , Ege Özkayimoglu, Arda Özcimen, David Tijanič , François Moubandje, Kahraman Demirtaş, Yalçın Kayan, Murat Paluli, Beykan Şimşek and Adis Jahović .
Substitutions
Göztepe made 3 changes: Lourency for D. Tijanic (63′), M. Baku for A. Jahovic (77′) and S. Aydogdu for A. R. Cankaya (90′).
Best player: Atınç Nukan
The player that probably impressed the most for Göztepe was Atınç Nukan.
His rating is with 1 goal, 23 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10.
Sivasspor – Formation
Sivasspor
Sivasspor started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Rıza Çalımbay played with: Ali Şaşal Vural , Ahmet Oğuz , Caner Osmanpaşa , Samba Camara , Uğur Çiftçi , Özkan Yigiter , Erdoğan Yeşilyurt , Isaac Cofie , Kerem Atakan Kesgin , Pedro Henrique and Mustapha Yatabare .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Emre Satilmis, Sefa Yılmaz , Olarenwaju Kayode , Koray Altınay, Volkan Egri, Aaron Appindangoyé, Mehmet Albayrak and Muammer Yıldırım.
Substitutions
Sivasspor made 3 changes: K. Kesgin for O. Kayode (72′), A. Oguz for S. Yilmaz (84′) and Pedro Henrique for A. Appidangoye (90′).
Best player: Pedro Henrique
The player that probably impressed the most for Sivasspor was Pedro Henrique.
His rating is with 1 goal, 23 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Trabzonspor – Giresunspor – 1-1
- Göztepe – Sivasspor – 2-1
- Kayserispor – İstanbul Başakşehir – 1-0
- Fenerbahçe – Altay – 2-1
