İSTANBUL. Fenerbahçe demolishes Sivasspor 4-1 with goals of Sebastian Szymanski (17′), İrfan Can Kahveci (42′), Alaaddin Okumus (68′ own) and Edin Dzeko (75′). Regarding the opposition, Sivasspor scored with ​Rey Manaj (50′).

The match was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium stadium in İstanbul on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Bahattin Şimşek with the assistance of Esat Sancaktar and Mehmet Kısal. The 4th official was Turgut Doman.

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Fenerbahçe was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Sivasspor that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fenerbahçe had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fenerbahçe won the match​.

Fenerbahçe shot 9 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sivasspor shot 10 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Fenerbahçe received 1 yellow card (Samet Akaydin ). Regarding the opposition, Sivasspor received 1 yellow card (Charilaos Charisis).

Standings

After this match, Fenerbahçe has 37 points like Galatasaray to hold in the 1st place. On the other side, Sivasspor will stays with 15 points like Gaziantep F.K. to hold in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Fenerbahçe will play away against Beşiktaş on the 10th of December with a 16-8 head to head statistic in favor of Fenerbahçe (14 draws).

Sivasspor will play away against Konyaspor on the 10th of December with a 11-8 head to head statistic in favor of Sivasspor (9 draws).

Fenerbahçe – Formation

Fenerbahçe started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager İsmail Kartal decided to play with the following team: Dominik Livakovic (6.7), Bright Osayi-Samuel  (7.5), Samet Akaydin  (6.7), Jayden Oosterwolde (6.7), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (7.0), Miguel Crespo (6.8), Fred (7.0), İrfan Can Kahveci (7.7), Sebastian Szymanski (7.3), Dusan Tadic  (8.4) and Edin Dzeko (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: İsmail Yüksek (7.0), Joshua King (6.6), Mert Müldür (7.0), Cengiz Ünder, Umut Nayir , Michy Batshuayi, Bartug Elmaz , Irfan Can Egribayat, Yusuf Akcicek and Emre Mor (6.8).

Fenerbahçe could not rely on the presence of İsmail Yüksek (injured).

Substitutions

Fenerbahçe made 4 changes: Miguel Crespo for İsmail Yüksek (65′), Bright Osayi-Samuel  for Mert Müldür (83′), Dusan Tadic  for Emre Mor (84′) and Fred for Joshua King (74′).

Player of the match: Dusan Tadic ​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fenerbahçe was Dusan Tadic  even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 33 passes (73% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.

Sivasspor – Formation

Sivasspor started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Servet Çetin played with: Ali Sasal Vural (6.3), Alaaddin Okumus (6.1), Caner Osmanpasa (6.6), Samba Camara (6.3), Ugur Ciftci (6.3), Yunus Emre Konak (7.3), Burak Kapacak (6.8), Charilaos Charisis (6.4), Samu Saiz (7.1), Clinton N’Jie (6.6) and Rey Manaj (7.9).

These were the players on the bench: Muammer Yildirim, Aaron Appindangoyé, Abdulkadir Parmak (6.8), Kader Keita (7.0), Ahmed Musa, Roman Kvet (6.4), Hakan Arslan (7.0), Achilleas Poungouras, Ziya Erdal (6.8) and Murat Paluli.

Substitutions

Sivasspor made 5 changes: Samu Saiz for Abdulkadir Parmak (74′), Clinton N’Jie for Roman Kvet (74′), Yunus Emre Konak for Hakan Arslan (74′), Ugur Ciftci for Ziya Erdal (79′) and Charilaos Charisis for Kader Keita (79′).

Player of the match: Rey Manaj​

The most impressive player for Sivasspor was Rey Manaj.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 24 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Fenerbahçe – Sivasspor – 4-1