ADAPAZARı. Göztepe conquered Sakaryaspor to win 2-1. A goal from K. Kasongo was decisive in the 90min. It was Göztepe to strike first with an early goal of David Tijanic at the 8′. Then Ahmed Ildiz scored again for Göztepe in the 78′ minute. Eventually, K. Kasongo reduced the distance for Sakaryaspor (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Sakaryaspor lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Sakarya Atatürk Stadı stadium in Adapazarı on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Sarper Barış Saka with the help of Samet Özkul and Haydar Avcı. The 4th official was Süleyman Bahadır. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 5.79 degrees Celsius or 42.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 98%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sakaryaspor had a strong ball possession 58% while Göztepe was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Göztepe had a more offensive attitude with 72 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Göztepe won the contest.​

Sakaryaspor shot 9 times, 4 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Göztepe shot 18 times, 8 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Sakaryaspor didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Göztepe received 1 yellow card (Kubilay Kanatsizkus).

Standings

After playing this contest, Sakaryaspor stays with 32 points to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, Göztepe will has 35 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Sakaryaspor will play away with Gençlerbirliği on the 20th of January with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Gençlerbirliği (2 draws).

Göztepe will host Ümraniyespor on the 20th of January with a 1-1 head to head stats.

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 (7.3), A. Ülgen (6.4), I. Donkor (7.3), E. Dikmen (7.0), B. Uzun (6.8), R. Rotman (7.3), O. Roshi (7.0), H. Kılıç (6.7), C. Akpınar (7.3), Y. Del Valle (6.8) and B. Süleyman (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Ç. Menderes, K. Kasongo (7.3), İ. Demir, N. Simon (6.4), B. Şanlı, Zdravko Dimitrov (6.4), B. Cevahir, O. Yıldırım (6.8) and U. Uzun.

Substitutions

Sakaryaspor made 4 changes: O. Roshi for K. Kasongo (46′), A. Ülgen for O. Yıldırım (60′), R. Rotman for N. Simon (73′) and C. Akpınar for Zdravko Dimitrov (80′).

Player of the match: I. Donkor​

The most impressive player for Sakaryaspor was I. Donkor.

His rating is 7.3 with 55 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12.

Göztepe – Formation

Göztepe started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Stanimir Kolev Stoilov played with: Mateusz Lis (6.3), Ogün Bayrak (7.5), Taha Altikardes (7.1), Tarkan Serbest (7.1), L. Nielsen (6.4), Ismail Köybasi (7.5), Yalcin Kayan (7.1), Doğan Erdoğan (6.7), David Tijanic (8.2), Aliou Traoré (7.3) and Kubilay Kanatsizkus (7.9).

They had on the bench: Héliton, Celil Yüksel (7.0), Ahmed Ildiz (7.5), Arda Özcimen, Ramon Pascal Lundqvist (6.7), Emre Gedik, Atinc Nukan, Ümit Akdag, Yiğit Yıldız and Firatcan Üzüm.

Substitutions

Göztepe made 5 changes: Aliou Traoré for Ahmed Ildiz (67′), Yalcin Kayan for Celil Yüksel (76′), David Tijanic for Ramon Pascal Lundqvist (76′), L. Nielsen for Héliton (90′) and Kubilay Kanatsizkus for Ümit Akdag (90′).

Player of the match: David Tijanic​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Göztepe was David Tijanic.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 26 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sakaryaspor – Göztepe – 1-2