KAYSERI. Fenerbahçe had a close win over Kayserispor. The hero of the match was M. Batshuayi who scored in the 79th, 50th and 40th minute.

Fenerbahçe remained with 10 players after Fred received a red card in the 90′.

The match was played at the Kadir Has Şehir Stadı stadium in Kayseri on Wednesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Zorbay Küçük with the collaboration of Erdem Bayık and İlker Takpak. The 4th official was Yiğit Arslan. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 8.89 degrees Celsius or 48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Kayserispor

3 - 4

Fenerbahçe

  • 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
  • 14 Total 13
  • 6 On Target 6
  • 4 Off Target 4
  • 4 Shots blocked 3
  • 94 Attack 101
  • 52 Dangerous attack 49
  • 82 Ball safe 99
  • 1 Penalties 1
  • 5 Corners 3
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 21 Total 11
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 1
  • 0 Red Card 2
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Kayserispor was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Fenerbahçe that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Kayserispor was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Fenerbahçe was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Kayserispor shot 14 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fenerbahçe shot 13 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Kayserispor received 2 yellow cards (Majid Hosseini and Ali Karimi). On the opposite side, Fenerbahçe received 4 yellow cards (Fred, Jayden Oosterwolde, Alexander Djiku and Mert Hakan Yandas).

Also, Fenerbahçe didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Fred (Fenerbahçe) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (90′).

Match Timeline

8'
Cengiz Ünder (goal)Fred
Ali Karimi- Yellow
36'
40'
Michy Batshuayi(goal)Cengiz Ünder
45'
50'
Michy Batshuayi(goal)
56'
57'
Alexander Djiku- Yellow
72'
İrfan Can Kahveci- sub ->Cengiz Ünder
73'
Joshua King - sub ->Dusan Tadic
Miguel Cardoso(goal)Mame Thiam
73'
76'
Alexander Djiku(VAR)
79'
Michy Batshuayi(penalty)
Stéphane Bahoken- sub ->Aylton Boa Morte
79'
Carlos Mané- sub ->Miguel Cardoso
79'
Ramazan Civelek- sub ->Ali Karimi
80'
81'
Jayden Oosterwolde- sub ->Serdar Aziz
87'
Jayden Oosterwolde- Yellow
89'
Mert Hakan Yandaş - sub ->Sebastian Szymanski
90'
Majid Hosseini - Yellow
90'
90'
Fred- Yellow
90'
Mert Hakan Yandaş - Yellow
90'
Fred- Red
90'
Mert Hakan Yandaş (yellowredcard)
90'
Mert Hakan Yandaş (yellowredcard)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Galatasaray
99
36
Fenerbahçe
93
36
Trabzonspor
61
36
İstanbul Başakşehir
58
36
Beşiktaş
55
36
Kasımpaşa
52
36
Alanyaspor
50
36
Rizespor
49
36
Sivasspor
48
36
Antalyaspor
45
36
Adana Demirspor
44
36
Samsunspor
42
36
Kayserispor
41
36
Konyaspor
40
36
Ankaragücü
39
36
Gaziantep F.K.
38
36
Fatih Karagümrük
37
36
Hatayspor
37
36
Pendikspor
36
36
İstanbulspor
16
36

After playing this encounter, Kayserispor stays with 26 points like Trabzonspor and Beşiktaş to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Fenerbahçe will has 43 points like Galatasaray to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Kayserispor will play away with Konyaspor on the 24th of December with a 13-8 head to head stats in favor of Konyaspor (9 draws).

Fenerbahçe will host Konyaspor on the 17th of December with a 20-7 head to head statistic in favor of Fenerbahçe (3 draws).

Kayserispor – Formation

Kayserispor
G
Bilal Bayazıt 25.Netherlands
6.3
D
Joseph Attamah 3.Ghana
6.4
D
Majid Hosseini 5.Iran
6.8
90'
D
Gökhan Sazdağı 11.Turkey
6.8
D
Hasan Ali Kaldırım 33.Turkey
6.0
M
Ali Karimi 6.Iran
6.4
80' 36'
M
Miguel Cardoso 7.Portugal
6.7
79' 73'
M
Kartal Yılmaz 8.Turkey
6.0
M
O. Kemen 10.Cameroon
7.3
45'
M
Aylton Boa Morte 70.Portugal
6.0
79'
F
M. Thiam 9.Senegal
8.4
56'
Substitutes
G
O. Piri 1.Turkey
D
Dimitrios Kolovetsios 4.Greece
D
Arif Kocaman 54.Turkey
M
Eray Özbek 16.Turkey
M
Carlos Mané 20.Guinea-Bissau
6.4
79'
M
B. Gezek 26.Turkey
M
Ramazan Civelek 28.Turkey
7.5
80'
M
Yaw Ackah 89.Ghana
F
Stéphane Bahoken 13.Cameroon
7.0
79'
F
T. Sarıarslan 99.Turkey

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

The manager Recep Uçar decided to play with the following team: Bilal Bayazit (6.3), Gökhan Sazdagi (6.8), Majid Hosseini (6.8), Joseph Attamah (6.4), Hasan Ali Kaldırım (6.0), Kartal Kayra Yılmaz (6.0), Ali Karimi (6.4), Aylton Boa Morte (6.0), Olivier Kemen (7.3), Miguel Cardoso (6.7) and Mame Thiam (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Onurcan Piri, Dimitrios Kolovetsios, Stéphane Bahoken  (7.0), Eray Özbek, Carlos Mané  (6.4), Baran Gezek, Ramazan Civelek (7.5), Arif Kocaman, Yaw Ackah and Talha Sariarslan.

Substitutions

Kayserispor made 3 changes: Aylton Boa Morte for Stéphane Bahoken  (79′), Ali Karimi for Ramazan Civelek (80′) and Miguel Cardoso for Carlos Mané  (79′).

Player of the match: Mame Thiam​

The most impressive player for Kayserispor was Mame Thiam.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 27 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 17.

Fenerbahçe – Formation

Fenerbahçe
G
D. Livaković 40.Croatia
6.4
D
Serdar Aziz 4.Turkey
6.4
81'
D
Alexander Djiku 6.Ghana
6.3
57'
D
Ferdi Kadıoğlu 7.Netherlands
7.0
D
Bright Osayi-Samuel 21.England
6.3
M
İsmail Yüksek 5.Turkey
7.5
M
Dusan Tadic 10.Serbia
6.4
73'
M
Cengiz Ünder 20.Turkey
8.2
72' 8'
M
Fred 35.Brazil
7.3
90' 90'
M
S. Szymański 53.Poland
7.1
89'
F
Michy Batshuayi 23.Belgium
9.1
90' 40', 50', 79'
Substitutes
G
İrfan Can Eğribayat 70.Turkey
D
Mert Müldür 16.Turkey
D
Jayden Oosterwolde 24.Netherlands
6.4
81' 87'
M
Mert Hakan Yandaş 8.Turkey
5.8
89' 90'
M
İrfan Can Kahveci 17.Turkey
6.4
72'
M
Miguel Crespo 27.Portugal
M
B. Elmaz 28.Turkey
M
Emre Mor 99.Turkey
F
Joshua King 15.Norway
7.0
73'
F
U. Nayir 22.Turkey
6.8
90'

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

İsmail Kartal played with: Dominik Livakovic (6.4), Bright Osayi-Samuel  (6.3), Serdar Aziz (6.4), Alexander Djiku (6.3), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (7.0), İsmail Yüksek (7.5), Fred (7.3), Cengiz Ünder (8.2), Sebastian Szymanski (7.1), Dusan Tadic  (6.4) and Michy Batshuayi (9.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mert Hakan Yandas (5.8), Joshua King (7.0), Mert Müldür, İrfan Can Kahveci (6.4), Umut Nayir  (6.8), Jayden Oosterwolde (6.4), Miguel Crespo, Bartug Elmaz , Irfan Can Egribayat and Emre Mor.

Substitutions

Fenerbahçe made 5 changes: Cengiz Ünder for İrfan Can Kahveci (72′), Dusan Tadic  for Joshua King (73′), Serdar Aziz for Jayden Oosterwolde (81′), Sebastian Szymanski for Mert Hakan Yandas (89′) and Michy Batshuayi for Umut Nayir  (90′).

Player of the match: Michy Batshuayi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Fenerbahçe was Michy Batshuayi.

His rating is 9.1 with 3 goals, 17 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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