GIRESUN. Gençlerbirliği snatched a late win Giresunspor 1-0 after A. da scored just 1 goal (89′).

Buğra Çağıran didn’t convert a penalty (3′) for Gençlerbirliği.​

The match was played at the Giresun Atatürk Stadyumu stadium in Giresun on Tuesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Oğuzhan Çakır who had the assistance of Güner Mumcu Taştan and Haydar Avcı. The 4th official was Alirıza Altunbakır. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.28 degrees Celsius or 50.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Giresunspor was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Gençlerbirliği that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Gençlerbirliği had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gençlerbirliği won the encounter.​

Giresunspor shot 7 times, 0 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Gençlerbirliği shot 16 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Giresunspor received 1 yellow card (Kadir Seven ). On the opposite side, Gençlerbirliği received 1 yellow card (Tiago Rodrigues).

Standings

After playing this match, Giresunspor stays with 6 points to remain in the 17th place. On the other side, Gençlerbirliği will has 27 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Giresunspor will play away against Ümraniyespor on the 23rd of December with a 9-3 head to head record in favor of Ümraniyespor (2 draws).

Gençlerbirliği will host Tuzlaspor on the 23rd of December with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Tuzlaspor (0 draws).

Giresunspor – Formation

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

The manager Mehmet Birinci decided to play with the following team: Erkan Anapa (8.5), Talha Ülvan (7.1), Kadir Seven  (6.8), Anil Yigit Cinar (6.8), Sahin Dik (6.8), Enishan Ceylan (6.8), Cekdar Orhan (6.7), Furkan Kütük (7.5), Ertugrul Senlikoglu (6.4), Faruk Can Genc  (7.1) and Muhammet Turhan (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Fatih Yilmaz, Mert Kurt (6.6), Ali Akcay (6.8), Göktan Cörüt, Furkan Arda Kabaca, Alperen Kösker, Emre Nizam, Mehmet Keskin (6.4), Metin Caner Akbayrak and Ahmet Kara.

Substitutions

Giresunspor made 3 changes: Muhammet Turhan for Mert Kurt (70′), Enishan Ceylan for Mehmet Keskin (82′) and Ertugrul Senlikoglu for Ali Akcay (83′).

Player of the match: Erkan Anapa​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Giresunspor was the goalkeeper: Erkan Anapa. His rating is 8.47. He performed 6 saves.

Gençlerbirliği – Formation

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

Sinan Kaloglu played with: Orkun Ozdemir (7.0), Uğur Akdemir (7.5), Francis Nzaba (6.8), Musa Cagiran (7.5), Yasin Güreler (7.3), Chukwuma Akabueze (7.0), Muhammed Ertürk (7.0), Tiago Rodrigues (7.0), Buğra Çağıran (7.5), Amilton da Silva (7.7) and Mustapha Yatabaré (7.5).

They had on the bench: Osman Ertuğrul Çetin, Shaocong Wu, Enes Keskin (7.3), Erdal Öztürk (6.8), Ensar Kemaloğlu (6.8), Yigit Efe Demir, Oltan Karakullukçu (6.8), Ulusoy Mert Kabasakal, Melih Bostan and Atalay Gokce.

Gençlerbirliği could not rely on the presence of Enes Keskin (injured).

Substitutions

Gençlerbirliği made 5 changes: Tiago Rodrigues for Erdal Öztürk (71′), Chukwuma Akabueze for Oltan Karakullukçu (71′), Muhammed Ertürk for Ensar Kemaloğlu (70′), Mustapha Yatabaré for Enes Keskin (77′) and Buğra Çağıran for Yigit Efe Demir (90′).

Player of the match: Amilton da Silva​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Gençlerbirliği was Amilton da Silva.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 21 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 9 duels out of 20. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Giresunspor – Gençlerbirliği – 0-1
• Tuzlaspor – Sakaryaspor – 1-3
• Kocaelispor – Bodrumspor – 1-1