MENEMEN. Menemen Belediyespor bested Adanaspor to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Menemen Belediyespor to strike first with a goal of A. Sagat at the 67′. Then B. Kirdaroglu scored again for Menemen Belediyespor in the 76′ minute. Eventually, S. Tetteh reduced the distance for Adanaspor (78′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

E. Korkmaz received a red card (64′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Adanaspor lost the match.

C. Yuksel didn’t score a decisive penalty (61′). That would have allowed Adanaspor to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Menemen Kesik Sahası stadium in Menemen on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Ozan Ergün with the support of Oğuz Kağan Çalışır and Ogün Kamacı. The 4th official was Fevzi Erdem Akbaş. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14 degrees Celsius or 57.15 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Menemen Belediyespor was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Adanaspor that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Adanaspor was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Even so, Menemen Belediyespor managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Menemen Belediyespor shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Adanaspor shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Menemen Belediyespor received 2 yellow cards (M. Erturk Himmet and C. Celik). On the opposite side, Adanaspor received 4 yellow cards (I. Erdogan, E. Tatli, E. Korkmaz and Y. Ait Bennasser).

Also, Adanaspor didn’t end the match with 11 players after E. Korkmaz (Adanaspor) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (64′).

Standings

After this match, Menemen Belediyespor will have 26 points like Gençlerbirliği to hold in the 12th place. On the other side, Adanaspor will stay with 32 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Menemen Belediyespor will play away with Manisa BBSK on the 13th of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Menemen Belediyespor (0 draws).

Adanaspor will play away agasint Ümraniyespor on the 17th of February with a 7-1 head to head statistic in favor of Ümraniyespor (1 draw).

Menemen Belediyespor – Formation

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

The manager Dilaver Mutlu decided to play with the following team: B. Şen, O. Çapar, S. Akgöl, E. Adıgüzel, K. Paykoç, M. Ertürk, B. Kırdaroğlu, M. Ba, C. Çelik, A. Aydın and A. Sagat.

The home team had on the bench: Toni Gomes, S. Yaşar, O. Aydoğan, E. Özer, İ. Kulet, L. Kehinde, M. Tuncer, B. Çakır, M. Hocaoğlu and E. Şenocak.

Substitutions

Menemen Belediyespor made 5 changes: C. Celik for E. Senocak (46′), A. Aydin for E. Ozer (74′), B. Kirdaroglu for T. Gomes (85′), M. Erturk Himmet for I. Kulet (90′) and A. Sagat for L. Kehinde (90′).

Adanaspor – Formation

Adanaspor started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Sait Karafırtınalar played with: G. Karačić, I. Donkor, H. Erdoğan, Y. Roche, E. Korkmaz, Y. Aït Bennasser, C. Yüksel, F. Üzüm, E. Karadağ, E. Tatlı and S. Tetteh.

The following players were sitting on the bench: İ. Aksu, Y. Güveli, T. Bruns, K. Keleş, U. Zengin, Harun Kaya, C. Özdemir and B. Çapkınoğlu.

Substitutions

Adanaspor made 3 changes: E. Tatli for K. Keles (46′), E. Karadag for U. Zengin (70′) and Y. Roche for T. Bruns (70′).

Results of the day

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

• Bandırmaspor – Ümraniyespor – 2-0
• BB Erzurumspor – Manisa BBSK – 1-0
• Menemen Belediyespor – Adanaspor – 2-1
• Gençlerbirliği – Ankaragücü – 0-3