ADAPAZARı. Sakaryaspor was able to turn the tables against Kocaelispor. It was Kocaelispor to score first with a goal from Cem Ekinci. Notwithstanding, later Sakaryaspor found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with Y. Del Valle (40′), A. Ülgen (68′) and D. Ndlovu (81′).

The match was played at the Sakarya Atatürk Stadı stadium in Adapazarı on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Gürcan Hasova who was helped by Baran Eraslan and Seyfettin Ünal. The 4th official was Oğuzhan Aksu. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.78 degrees Celsius or 55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Sakaryaspor was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Kocaelispor that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Kocaelispor was putting more pressure with 55 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Sakaryaspor was able to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Sakaryaspor shot 14 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Kocaelispor shot 13 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sakaryaspor received 2 yellow cards (O. Roshi and C. Topaloğlu). Talking about the opposition, Kocaelispor received 2 yellow cards (Mert Cölgecen and Emir Ortakaya ).

Standings

After this match, Sakaryaspor has 32 points like Göztepe to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Kocaelispor will stays with 33 points to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Sakaryaspor will host Göztepe on the 13th of January with a 2-2 head to head record.

Kocaelispor will play away against Manisa BBSK on the 13th of January with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Manisa BBSK (0 draws).

Sakaryaspor – Formation

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

The manager Tuncay Volkan Sanli decided to play with the following team: C. Topaloğlu (7.1), A. Ülgen (7.0), I. Donkor (7.1), E. Dikmen (7.3), B. Uzun (7.0), H. Kılıç (7.8), O. Roshi (6.7), S. Kurt (6.4), C. Akpınar (7.7), Y. Del Valle (8.4) and K. Kasongo (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Ç. Menderes, R. Rotman (6.8), D. Ndlovu (7.3), B. Süleyman (7.0), İ. Demir, Y. Karadağ, N. Simon, M. Okyar, B. Cevahir and U. Uzun.

Substitutions

Sakaryaspor made 4 changes: S. Kurt for R. Rotman (46′), Y. Del Valle for B. Süleyman (83′), K. Kasongo for D. Ndlovu (74′) and C. Akpınar for M. Okyar (89′).

Player of the match: Y. Del Valle​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sakaryaspor was Y. Del Valle.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 15 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Kocaelispor – Formation

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

Ertuğrul Sağlam played with: Gökhan Değirmenci (6.1), Oğuz Ceylan (7.0), Yusuf Abdioğlu (6.8), Emir Ortakaya  (7.0), Atila Turan (7.1), Ibrahima Breze Fofana (6.3), Yusuf Cihat Çelik (6.4), Barış Alıcı (6.4), Daniel Candeias (6.7), Cem Ekinci (7.7) and Douglas Tanque (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Harun Tekin, Alihan Kubalas, Atabey Çiçek (6.8), Giorgi Beridze (6.8), Mert Cölgecen (6.4), Bedirhan Yıldız, Mehmet Yılmaz, Yusuf Emre Gültekin (6.6), Mesut Can Tunalı and Burak Öksüz.

Substitutions

Kocaelispor made 4 changes: Ibrahima Breze Fofana for Mert Cölgecen (67′), Barış Alıcı for Yusuf Emre Gültekin (67′), Cem Ekinci for Atabey Çiçek (83′) and Yusuf Cihat Çelik for Giorgi Beridze (73′).

Player of the match: Cem Ekinci​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kocaelispor was Cem Ekinci.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 23 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sakaryaspor – Kocaelispor – 3-1
• Gençlerbirliği – Tuzlaspor – 0-2