İZMIR. Altay defeats Göztepe with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by D. Kadah (42′) and a goal from T. (49′). Göztepe lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Stadı (İzmir) stadium in İzmir on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Sarper Barış Saka who had the assistance of Samet Çavuş and Abdullah Bora Özkara. The 4th official was Emre Kargın. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 9.7 degrees Celsius or 49.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Göztepe was in firm control of the ball 56% while Altay was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Göztepe was more aggressive with 99 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyway, Altay found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Göztepe shot 14 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Altay shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Göztepe received 3 yellow cards (O. Nwobodo, D. Arslanagic and A. Nukan). On the other side, Altay received 3 yellow cards (O. Ozkaya, Z. Yildirim and M. Lis).

Standings

After playing this match, Göztepe will stay with 27 points like Kasımpaşa to hold in the 15th place. On the other side, Altay will have 21 points to hold in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Göztepe will host Galatasaray on the 21st of February with a 8-1 head to head stats in favor of Galatasaray (0 draws).

Altay will host Rizespor on the 11th of February with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Altay (2 draws).

Göztepe – Formation

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

The manager Nestor El Maestro decided to play with the following team: İrfan Can Eğribayat (5.8), Dino Arslanagić (6.7), Atınç Nukan (6.6), Wilker Ángel (6.8), Kerim Alıcı (6.5), Obinna Nwobodo (7.1), Soner Aydoğdu (6.7), Berkan Emir (8.5), Cherif Ndiaye (7.0), Halil Akbunar (7.4) and Franco Di Santo (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Aytaç Kara (7.1), M. Paluli, A. Çankaya, Y. Kayan, Makana Baku (6.6), David Tijanič (6.7), François Moubandje (6.6), K. Pirić, Lourency and K. Demirtaş.

Substitutions

Göztepe made 4 changes: F. Di Santo for D. Tijanic (64′), B. Emir for F. Moubandje (72′), S. Aydogdu for A. Kara (72′) and D. Arslanagic for M. Baku (88′).

Best player: Berkan Emir​

The player that probably impressed the most for Göztepe was Berkan Emir.

His rating is (8.5) with 25 passes (60% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 6. He performed 13 crosses.

Altay – Formation

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

Serkan Özbalta played with: Mateusz Lis (7.1), Tolga Ünlü (7.2), Eric Björkander (7.0), Murat Akça (7.1), Özgür Özkaya (6.9), Zeki Yildirim (6.1), Thaciano (7.2), Martín Rodríguez (6.8), Leandro Kappel (6.5), Deniz Kadah (7.2) and Kâzımcan Karataş (7.6).

These were the players on the bench: Khaly Thiam (6.6), Mohammad Naderi (6.5), Daouda Karamoko Bamba (6.5), André Poko (6.3), C. Topaloğlu, İ. Öztürk, T. Gündem, C. Karayel and Marco Paixão (6.4).

Altay could not rely on the presence of I. Thiam Khaly (injured).

Substitutions

Altay made 5 changes: O. Ozkaya for A. Poko (70′), Thaciano for I. Thiam Khaly (82′), L. Kappel for D. K. Bamba (82′), D. Kadah for M. Paixao (86′) and K. Karatas for M. Naderi (87′).

Best player: Kâzımcan Karataş​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Altay was Kâzımcan Karataş even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 22 passes (72% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Alanyaspor – Galatasaray – 1-1
• Beşiktaş – Antalyaspor – 0-0
• Rizespor – Adana Demirspor – 1-3
• Göztepe – Altay – 0-2