Gençlerbirliği defeats Sakaryaspor 3-1 after recovering from a 0-1 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

ANKARA. Gençlerbirliği found a way to turn the tables against Sakaryaspor.

By
Luke Meyer
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Gençlerbirliği defeats Sakaryaspor 3-1 after recovering from a 0-1 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

ANKARA. Gençlerbirliği succeeded in reverse the scoreline against Sakaryaspor. It was Sakaryaspor to score first with a goal from Odise Roshi. Notwithstanding, later Gençlerbirliği found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with Aias Aosman (64′), Yasin Güreler (75′) and Mustapha Yatabaré (82′).

The match was played at the Eryaman Stadyumu stadium in Ankara on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was İlker Yasin Avcı who was helped by Serdar Soydan and . The 4th official was Oğuzhan Uğurlu. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 3.29 degrees Celsius or 37.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Gençlerbirliği

3 - 1

Team 1

Sakaryaspor

  • 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
  • 11 Total 9
  • 8 On Target 3
  • 3 Off Target 6
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 75 Attack 65
  • 37 Dangerous attack 44
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 6
  • 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 5 Total 16
  • 0 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Gençlerbirliği was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sakaryaspor that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sakaryaspor was more pushing with 44 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Gençlerbirliği succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Gençlerbirliği shot 11 times, 8 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Sakaryaspor shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Gençlerbirliği didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Sakaryaspor received 4 yellow cards (S. Kurt, C. Akpınar, D. Ndlovu and C. Topaloğlu).

Also, Sakaryaspor didn’t finish the match with 11 players after H. Kılıç (Sakaryaspor) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (68′).

Match Timeline

Aias Aosman- sub ->Francis Nzaba
46'
O. Berber- sub ->Olarenwaju Kayode
46'
56'
O. Roshi(goal)Y. Del Valle
Aias Aosman(penalty)
64'
63'
S. Kurt- Yellow
68'
H. Kılıç- Red
Y. Güreler(goal)Oğuzhan Berber
75'
76'
C. Topaloğlu- Yellow
80'
E. Dikmen- sub ->Y. Del Valle
M. Yatabaré(goal)Muhammed Ertürk
82'
80'
D. Ndlovu- sub ->O. Yıldırım
80'
B. Süleyman- sub ->S. Kurt
87'
C. Akpınar- Yellow
83'
Z. Dimitrov- sub ->K. Kasongo
Y. Demir- sub ->Ensar Kemaloğlu
87'
O. Karakullukçu- sub ->Mustapha Yatabaré
90'
M. Bostan- sub ->Amilton da Silva
90'
90'
D. Ndlovu- Yellow

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Eyüpspor
75
34
Göztepe
70
34
Sakaryaspor
60
34
Bodrumspor
57
34
Çorum Belediyespor
56
34
Kocaelispor
55
34
Boluspor
53
34
Gençlerbirliği
51
34
Bandırmaspor
50
34
BB Erzurumspor
44
34
Ümraniyespor
43
34
Manisa BBSK
40
34
Keçiörengücü
40
34
Adanaspor
39
34
Şanlıurfaspor
38
34
Tuzlaspor
38
34
Altay
10
34
Giresunspor
7
34

After this match, Gençlerbirliği has 31 points to hold in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Sakaryaspor will stays with 32 points like Bodrumspor to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Gençlerbirliği will play away against Bodrumspor on the 27th of January with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Gençlerbirliği (0 draws).

Sakaryaspor will play away against Ümraniyespor on the 27th of January with a 0-0 head to head record.

Gençlerbirliği – Formation

Gençlerbirliği
G
O. Özdemir 13.Turkey
7.1
D
F. Nzaba 15.Republic of the Congo
6.8
46'
D
Y. Güreler 17.Turkey
7.8
Goals75'
D
A. Babacan 24.Turkey
6.8
D
M. Çağıran 35.Turkey
7.0
M
O. Kayode 10.Nigeria
6.4
46'
M
E. Kemaloğlu 20.Turkey
7.1
87'
M
M. Ertürk 72.Turkey
7.3
M
C. Akabueze 88.Nigeria
7.5
M
Amilton 89.Brazil
6.7
90'
F
M. Yatabaré 9.Mali
7.9
90' Goals82'
Substitutes
G
E. Çetin 1.Turkey
D
O. Berber 12.Turkey
7.5
46'
D
Y. Demir 23.Turkey
6.7
87'
D
Ö. Çek 60.Turkey
M
Aias Aosman 7.Syria
7.1
46' Goals64'
M
H. Yılmaz 11.Germany
M
A. Temur 33.Germany
M
Ulusoy Mert Kabasakal 66.Turkey
F
O. Karakullukçu 61.Turkey
90'
F
M. Bostan 91.Turkey
90'

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

The manager Sinan Kaloglu decided to play with the following team: Orkun Ozdemir (7.1), Francis Nzaba (6.8), Alperen Babacan (6.8), Musa Cagiran (7.0), Yasin Güreler (7.8), Chukwuma Akabueze (7.5), Ensar Kemaloğlu (7.1), Amilton da Silva (6.7), Olarenwaju Kayode (6.4), Muhammed Ertürk (7.3) and Mustapha Yatabaré (7.9).

The home team had on the bench: Osman Ertuğrul Çetin, Aias Aosman (7.1), Halit Yılmaz, Oğuzhan Berber (7.5), Yigit Efe Demir (6.7), Arda Temur, Özgür Çek, Oltan Karakullukçu, Ulusoy Mert Kabasakal and Melih Bostan.

Substitutions

Gençlerbirliği made 5 changes: Francis Nzaba for Aias Aosman (46′), Olarenwaju Kayode for Oğuzhan Berber (46′), Amilton da Silva for Melih Bostan (90′), Ensar Kemaloğlu for Yigit Efe Demir (87′) and Mustapha Yatabaré for Oltan Karakullukçu (90′).

Player of the match: Mustapha Yatabaré​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Gençlerbirliği was Mustapha Yatabaré.

His rating is 7.9 with 1 goal, 20 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 10.

Sakaryaspor – Formation

Sakaryaspor
G
C. Topaloğlu 35.Turkey
7.5
76'
D
B. Uzun 5.Turkey
6.8
D
R. Rotman 6.Slovenia
6.8
D
I. Donkor 12.Ghana
6.4
D
O. Yıldırım 70.Turkey
6.3
80'
M
S. Kurt 8.Turkey
7.0
80' 63'
M
C. Akpınar 17.Turkey
6.7
87'
M
H. Kılıç 20.Turkey
6.7
68'
M
O. Roshi 21.Albania
7.3
Goals56'
M
Y. del Valle 28.Venezuela
6.7
80'
F
K. Kasongo 4.DR Congo
7.0
83'
Substitutes
G
İ. Demir 13.Turkey
D
A. Ülgen 2.Turkey
D
Ç. Menderes 3.Turkey
D
E. Dikmen 33.Turkey
6.6
80'
D
B. Cevahir 61.Turkey
M
B. Süleyman 10.Turkey
6.4
80'
M
Nsana Simon 25.France
F
D. Ndlovu 9.South Africa
6.4
80' 90'
F
Z. Dimitrov 45.Bulgaria
6.4
83'

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

Tuncay Volkan Sanli played with: C. Topaloğlu (7.5), O. Yıldırım (6.3), R. Rotman (6.8), I. Donkor (6.4), B. Uzun (6.8), H. Kılıç (6.7), Odise Roshi (7.3), S. Kurt (7.0), C. Akpınar (6.7), Y. Del Valle (6.7) and K. Kasongo (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: A. Ülgen, Ç. Menderes, D. Ndlovu (6.4), B. Süleyman (6.4), İ. Demir, N. Simon, E. Dikmen (6.6), Zdravko Dimitrov (6.4) and B. Cevahir.

Substitutions

Sakaryaspor made 4 changes: O. Yıldırım for D. Ndlovu (80′), K. Kasongo for Zdravko Dimitrov (83′), Y. Del Valle for E. Dikmen (80′) and S. Kurt for B. Süleyman (80′).

Player of the match: C. Topaloğlu​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sakaryaspor was the goalkeeper: C. Topaloğlu. His rating is 7.45. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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