İSTANBUL. Eyüpspor destroys Tuzlaspor 4-0 with goals of Recep Niyaz (4′), Gianni Bruno (42′), Thuram (71′) and Gianni Bruno (90′ pen). Eyüpspor was definitely better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Eyüp Stadı stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Oğuzhan Aksu with the help of Hüseyin Kıvanç Durmaz and Mahmut Gülle. The 4th official was Volkan Okur. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 7.71 degrees Celsius or 45.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Eyüpspor was in firm control of the ball 61% while Tuzlaspor was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Eyüpspor was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Eyüpspor won the match​.

Eyüpspor shot 15 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Tuzlaspor shot 6 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Eyüpspor received 1 yellow card (Prince Ampem). Talking about the opposition, Tuzlaspor didn’t receive any yellow card.

Also, Tuzlaspor didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Muhammed Akarslan (Tuzlaspor) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (29′).

Standings

After this match, Eyüpspor has 48 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Tuzlaspor will stays with 19 points like Şanlıurfaspor to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Eyüpspor will play away against Giresunspor on the 3rd of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Eyüpspor (0 draws).

Tuzlaspor will host Manisa BBSK on the 3rd of February with a 5-0 head to head in favor of Manisa BBSK (0 draws).

Eyüpspor – Formation

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

The manager Arda Turan decided to play with the following team: Berke Özer (7.1), Metehan Baltacı (7.3), Robin Yalçın (7.5), Luccas Claro (7.1), Ömer Bayram (7.7), Bekir Yılmaz (7.3), Prince Ampem (7.7), Recep Niyaz (8.1), Samu Saiz (6.7), Adrien Regattin (6.8) and Gianni Bruno (9.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mustafa Pektemek, Muhammed Birkan Tetik, Tugay Kaçar (6.7), Uğur Demirok, Sinan Gümüs (6.7), Thuram (7.5), Jakhongir Urozov, Mete Kaan Demir (7.3), Svit Sešlar (7.0) and Kubilay Anteplioglu.

Eyüpspor could not rely on the presence of Tugay Kaçar (injured).

Substitutions

Eyüpspor made 5 changes: Samu Saiz for Svit Sešlar (63′), Prince Ampem for Thuram (63′), Recep Niyaz for Tugay Kaçar (69′), Adrien Regattin for Mete Kaan Demir (81′) and Bekir Yılmaz for Sinan Gümüs (81′).

Player of the match: Gianni Bruno​

The most impressive player for Eyüpspor was Gianni Bruno.

His rating is 9.1 with 2 goals, 31 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5.

Tuzlaspor – Formation

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

Bekir İrtegün played with: Emre Koyuncu (6.4), Zahit Cinar (6.4), Gökhan Akkan (7.0), Philip Awuku (6.6), Mehmet Coskun (6.4), Mahamadou Ba  (6.7), Sekou Tidiany Bangoura (7.1), Hikmet Ciftci (6.3), Muhammed Akarslan (5.0), William Togui (7.0) and Aminu Umar (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Selim Ay, Ahmethan Köse (6.6), Streli Mamba (7.0), Samet Asatekin (6.4), Görkem Demiryürek, Koray Yagci, Sadik Bas, Cagri Giritlioglu and Kurtuluş Yurt.

Substitutions

Tuzlaspor made 4 changes: Hikmet Ciftci for Samet Asatekin (46′), Zahit Cinar for Ahmethan Köse (68′), Aminu Umar for Streli Mamba (68′) and William Togui for Sadik Bas (90′).

Player of the match: Aminu Umar​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Tuzlaspor was Aminu Umar.

His rating is 7.3 with 27 passes (74% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Çorum Belediyespor – Göztepe – 1-1
• Manisa BBSK – BB Erzurumspor – 0-2
• Eyüpspor – Tuzlaspor – 4-0