İSTANBUL. Fenerbahçe conquers İstanbulspor 5-1 after playing a incredible match.

Dusan Tadic  squandered a penalty (65′) for Fenerbahçe.​

The match was played at the Bahçelievler İl Özel İdare Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Volkan Bayarslan with the help of Ceyhun Sesigüzel and Aleks Taşçıoğlu. The 4th official was Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.91 degrees Celsius or 55.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. İstanbulspor was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Fenerbahçe that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Fenerbahçe was more aggressive with 56 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 14 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fenerbahçe won the match.​

İstanbulspor shot 16 times, 9 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Fenerbahçe shot 25 times, 14 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

İstanbulspor received 3 yellow cards (Racine Coly, Muammer Sarikaya and Alp Arda). On the opposite side, Fenerbahçe received 1 yellow card (Bartug Elmaz ).

Standings

After playing this match, İstanbulspor stays with 5 points to remain in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Fenerbahçe will has 47 points like Galatasaray to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, İstanbulspor will play away with Adana Demirspor on the 10th of January with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of Adana Demirspor (2 draws).

Fenerbahçe will host Konyaspor on the 10th of January with a 20-7 head to head in favor of Fenerbahçe (3 draws).

İstanbulspor – Formation

İstanbulspor started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Hakan Yakin decided to play with the following team: Alp Arda (7.3), Demeaco Duhaney (6.4), Okan Erdogan  (7.0), Mehmet Yesil (5.4), Ali Yasar  (6.0), Muammer Sarikaya (7.0), Modestas Vorobjovas (6.6), Florian Loshaj (6.4), Alassane Ndao (6.8), Valon Ethemi (6.4) and Jackson (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: David Sambissa (6.8), Vefa Temel, Mendy Mamadou (6.8), Racine Coly (7.0), Simon Deli (7.3), Emir Kaan Gültekin (6.8), Ozcan Sahan, Mücahit Serbest, Bartu Kirtas and Djakaridja Junior Traoré.

Substitutions

İstanbulspor made 5 changes: Alassane Ndao for Emir Kaan Gültekin (60′), Ali Yasar  for Racine Coly (52′), Mehmet Yesil for Simon Deli (61′), Jackson for David Sambissa (76′) and Valon Ethemi for Mendy Mamadou (76′).

Player of the match: Jackson​

The player that probably impressed the most for İstanbulspor was Jackson.

His rating is 7.7 with 24 passes (63% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.

Fenerbahçe – Formation

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

İsmail Kartal played with: Dominik Livakovic (8.4), Mert Müldür (7.9), Serdar Aziz (7.9), Jayden Oosterwolde (7.0), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (7.7), Miguel Crespo (7.8), İsmail Yüksek (7.7), Cengiz Ünder (10.2), Sebastian Szymanski (9.1), Dusan Tadic  (6.8) and Edin Dzeko (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Samet Akaydin , Ryan Kent, Joshua King (6.8), Umut Nayir , Michy Batshuayi (6.7), Bartug Elmaz  (6.8), Irfan Can Egribayat, Yusuf Akcicek, Furkan Akyüz and Emre Mor (7.5).

Substitutions

Fenerbahçe made 4 changes: Dusan Tadic  for Joshua King (74′), Cengiz Ünder for Emre Mor (68′), Edin Dzeko for Michy Batshuayi (68′) and Miguel Crespo for Bartug Elmaz  (88′).

Player of the match: Sebastian Szymanski​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fenerbahçe was Sebastian Szymanski even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 9.1 with 40 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• İstanbulspor – Fenerbahçe – 1-5
• Galatasaray – Konyaspor – 3-0
• Kayserispor – Sivasspor – 1-3