İSTANBUL. Fenerbahçe found a way to reverse the scoreline against Altay to win 2-1. It was Altay to strike first with a goal of A. Y. Rayan at the 14′. Then it was a goal in the 37′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Dursun gave the win to Fenerbahçe in the 71′ minute. Fenerbahçe was definitely better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi stadium in İstanbul on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Hüseyin Göçek with the assistance of Ali Saygın Ögel and Mustafa Savranlar. The 4th official was Onur Özütoprak. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 0.1 degrees Celsius or 32.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 15 Total 2
- 5 On Target 1
- 10 Off Target 1
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 112 Attack 70
- 60 Dangerous attack 27
- 80 Ball safe 84
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 2
Fouls
- 16 Total 23
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Fenerbahçe had a strong ball possession 61% while Altay was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Fenerbahçe was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fenerbahçe won the match.
Fenerbahçe shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Altay shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Fenerbahçe received 2 yellow cards (A. Szalai and F. Kadioglu). On the other side, Altay received 4 yellow cards (C. Pinares, C. Gulselam, M. Rodriguez and Thaciano).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Fenerbahçe will have 36 points to hold in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Altay will stay with 18 points like Rizespor to remain in the 18th place.
Next matches
Fenerbahçe – Formation
Fenerbahçe
46'
23'
37'
Fenerbahçe adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager İsmail Kartal decided to play with the following team: Osman Ertuğrul Çetin , Bright Osayi-Samuel , Serdar Aziz , Min-jae Kim , Attila Szalai , Miguel Crespo , José Sosa , Ferdi Kadıoğlu , İrfan Can Kahveci , Dimitrios Pelkas and Serdar Dursun .
The home team had on the bench: Diego Rossi, Bartu Kulbílge, Max Meyer, Mesut Özil , Nazım Sangaré , Miha Zajc , Enner Valencia , Luiz Gustavo, Marcel Tisserand and Mergim Berisha.
Substitutions
Fenerbahçe made 5 changes: A. Szalai for N. Sangare (46′), D. Pelkas for E. Valencia (46′), I. Kahveci for M. Ozil (77′), J. Sosa for M. Zajc (77′) and M. Crespo for M. Meyer (90′).
Best player: İrfan Can Kahveci
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fenerbahçe was İrfan Can Kahveci.
His rating is with 1 goal, 34 passes (91% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.
Altay – Formation
Altay
Also Altay adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Mustafa Denizli played with: Mateusz Lis , Tolga Ünlü , Eric Björkander , Murat Akça , Kâzımcan Karataş , Thaciano , Ceyhun Gülselam , Leandro Kappel , César Pinares , Martín Rodríguez and Ahmed Yasser Rayan .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Marco Paixão, Daouda Karamoko Bamba , Cihan Topaloğlu, Zeki Yildirim, Özgür Özkaya, Eren Erdogan , Khaly Thiam , İbrahim Öztürk, Mohammad Naderi and Deniz Kadah.
Altay could not rely on the presence of E. Erdogan (injured).
Substitutions
Altay made 3 changes: C. Gulselam for I. Thiam Khaly (63′), A. Y. Rayan for D. K. Bamba (79′) and E. Bjorkander for E. Erdogan (82′).
Best player: Thaciano
The player that probably impressed the most for Altay was Thaciano.
His rating is with 41 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 19.
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
