İSTANBUL. Altay tops Adanaspor 1-0 after M. Paixão scored a penalty (6′). Adanaspor was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Ümraniye Hekimbaşı Şehir Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Wednesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Muhammet Ali Metoğlu assisted by Kadir Akıllı and Sabri Öğe. The 4th official was Bayram Başkan. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 12.25 degrees Celsius or 54.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Adanaspor had a superior ball possession 61% while Altay was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Adanaspor had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Altay managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
Adanaspor shot 16 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Altay shot 7 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Adanaspor received 6 yellow cards (F. Katipoğlu, J. Fernándes, C. Diakité, C. Güzelbay, E. Korkmaz and A. Dabo). Regarding the opposition, Altay received 5 yellow cards (Ceyhun Gülselam, Eren Karataş, Özgür Özkaya, Salih Sarıkaya and Efe Sarıkaya).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Adanaspor stays with 16 points like BB Erzurumspor to hold in the 14th place. On the other side, Altay will has 5 points to hold in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 1. Lig, Adanaspor will play away with Bandırmaspor on the 24th of December with a 4-0 head to head stats in favor of Bandırmaspor (1 draw).
Altay will host Keçiörengücü on the 24th of December with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Keçiörengücü (2 draws).
Adanaspor – Formation
Adanaspor
67'
45'
Adanaspor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Mustafa Kaplan decided to play with the following team: A. Kıvanç , M. Yıldırım , C. Güzelbay , E. Korkmaz , J. Lukaku , A. Dabo , K. Aktaş , F. Katipoğlu , C. Diakité , M. Altunbaş and J. Fernándes .
The home team had on the bench: H. Öztürk , B. Yılmaz, D. Şenyurt, H. Alpsoy, E. Ayuk , A. Akbulut, H. Türker , H. Aytekin, S. Kot and B. Tuzun .
Substitutions
Adanaspor made 5 changes: C. Güzelbay for E. Ayuk (46′), M. Yıldırım for H. Türker (46′), J. Lukaku for H. Öztürk (67′), M. Altunbaş for B. Tuzun (74′) and C. Diakité for S. Kot (88′).
Player of the match: J. Fernándes
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Adanaspor was J. Fernándes.
His rating is with 37 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 16 duels out of 26. He performed 3 crosses.
Altay – Formation
Altay
6'
Also Altay adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Yusuf Şimşek played with: Ozan Özenç , Salih Sarıkaya , İbrahim Öztürk , Efe Sarıkaya , Özgür Özkaya , Ceyhun Gülselam , Zeki Yıldırım , Tolga Ünlü , Deniz Kadah , Mehmet Gündüz and Marco Paixão .
They had on the bench: Yusuf Tekin , Murat Uluç, Enes Yetkin, Ali Kızılkuyu, Erdem Özcan, Tugay Gündem, Caner Baycan, Arda Gezer , Eren Karataş and Kuban Altunbudak.
Altay could not rely on the presence of Eren Karataş (injured).
Substitutions
Altay made 4 changes: Mehmet Gündüz for Yusuf Tekin (86′), Tolga Ünlü for Arda Gezer (78′), Ozan Özenç for Eren Karataş (78′) and Zeki Yıldırım for Kuban Altunbudak (90′).
Player of the match: İbrahim Öztürk
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Altay was İbrahim Öztürk even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 31 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 1. Lig.
- BB Erzurumspor – Ümraniyespor – 1-1
- Keçiörengücü – Bandırmaspor – 1-3
- Göztepe – Eyüpspor – 5-1
- Adanaspor – Altay – 0-1
