Kocaelispor defeated Altay with a 2-0 win. HIGHLIGHTS

İZMIR. Kocaelispor had a surprising win over Altay with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Tanque (78') and a goal from C. Kouakou (90').

John Ross

January 29, 2024

İZMIR. Kocaelispor had a surprising win over Altay with a 2-0 win with a goal from D. Tanque (78′) and a goal from C. Kouakou (90′). Kocaelispor was decisively better in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu stadium in İzmir on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Yunus Dursun with the support of Azad İlhan and . The 4th official was Lütfullah Aslan. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.23 degrees Celsius or 48.61 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.

Match Statistics

Altay

0 - 2

Kocaelispor

! 34 Ball Possession 66

Shots

6 Total 15
0 On Target 3
3 Off Target 7
3 Shots blocked 6

76 Attack 122
33 Dangerous attack 57
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
4 Corners 2

Fouls

16 Total 14
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Kocaelispor had a strong ball possession 66% while Altay was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kocaelispor was more pushing with 57 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Kocaelispor won the encounter.

Altay shot 6 times, 0 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Kocaelispor shot 15 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Altay received 2 yellow cards (Salih Sarıkaya and Murat Uluç). Regarding the opposition, Kocaelispor received 1 yellow card (Ramil Sheydayev).

Match Timeline

Murat Uluç - Yellow

20'

40'

Ramil Sheydayev- Yellow

Yusuf Tekin- sub ->Murat Uluç

59'

Arda Gezer- sub ->Murat Demir

68'

Salih Sarıkaya- Yellow

71'

72'

João Amaral- sub ->Josip Vuković

72'

C. Kouakou- sub ->Ramil Sheydayev

78'

77'

C. Ekinci- sub ->Giorgi Beridze

Enes Yetkin- sub ->Salih Sarıkaya

86'

B. Alıcı- sub ->Daniel Candeias

86'

I. Fofana- sub ->Douglas Tanque

N. Küçükdeniz- sub ->Mehmet Gündüz

87'

Ali Kızılkuyu- sub ->Eren Erdoğan

87'

90'

C. Kouakou(goal)João Amaral

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Altay stays with 11 points to sit in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Kocaelispor will has 39 points like Göztepe to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Altay will play away against Göztepe on the 3rd of February with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Altay (1 draw).

Kocaelispor will host Adanaspor on the 3rd of February with a 2-2 head to head statistic.

Altay – Formation

Altay

M. Çalışkan 45.Turkey

6.8

Sefa Özdemir 5.Turkey

7.0

Salih Sarıkaya 17.Turkey

7.0

86'

71'

Kuban Altunbudak 44.Turkey

6.4

Özgür Özkaya 88.Turkey

6.3

Ceyhun Gülselam 6.Turkey

6.4

Eren Erdoğan 7.Turkey

6.7

87'

Murat Demir 23.Turkey

7.0

68'

Mehmet Gündüz 28.Turkey

6.6

87'

Onur Efe 77.Turkey

6.3

Murat Uluç 11.Turkey

6.8

59'

20'

Substitutes

U. Özçelik 13.Turkey

Yusuf Tekin 3.Turkey

6.1

59'

H. Çolak 4.Turkey

Tugay Gündem 25.Turkey

Enes Yetkin 20.Turkey

6.6

86'

Caner Baycan 30.Turkey

Arda Gezer 32.Turkey

6.4

68'

Ali Kızılkuyu 21.Turkey

6.4

87'

E. Öğrüce 34.Turkey

N. Küçükdeniz 99.Turkey

6.4

87'

Altay started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Yusuf Şimşek decided to play with the following team: Mustafa Çalışkan (6.8), Salih Sarıkaya (7.0), Kuban Altunbudak (6.4), Sefa Özdemir (7.0), Özgür Özkaya (6.3), Onur Efe (6.3), Ceyhun Gülselam (6.4), Murat Demir (7.0), Mehmet Gündüz (6.6), Eren Erdoğan (6.7) and Murat Uluç (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Yusuf Tekin (6.1), Hikmet Çolak, Ulaş Hasan Özçelik, Enes Yetkin (6.6), Ali Kızılkuyu (6.4), Tugay Gündem, Caner Baycan, Arda Gezer (6.4), Enes Öğrüce and Nurettin Küçükdeniz (6.4).

Altay could not rely on the presence of Yusuf Tekin (injured).

Substitutions

Altay made 5 changes: Salih Sarıkaya for Enes Yetkin (86′), Mehmet Gündüz for Nurettin Küçükdeniz (87′), Eren Erdoğan for Ali Kızılkuyu (87′), Murat Demir for Arda Gezer (68′) and Murat Uluç for Yusuf Tekin (59′).

Player of the match: Sefa Özdemir

The most impressive player for Altay was Sefa Özdemir.

His rating is 7.0 with 18 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 3.

Kocaelispor – Formation

Kocaelispor

G. Değirmenci 35.Turkey

6.8

E. Ortakaya 4.Turkey

7.8

A. Turan 19.Turkey

7.7

M. Yılmaz 32.Turkey

7.7

Y. Abdioğlu 55.Turkey

7.3

C. Çelik 8.Netherlands

7.3

Candeias 10.Portugal

7.7

86'

G. Beridze 14.Georgia

7.1

77'

J. Vuković 44.Croatia

6.7

72'

Ramil Sheydayev 47.Azerbaijan

7.0

72'

40'

Douglas Tanque 99.Brazil

7.8

86'

78'

Substitutes

H. Tekin 1.Turkey

H. Sarman 5.Turkey

B. Öksüz 53.Turkey

B. Yıldız 21.Turkey

I. Fofana 24.Guinea

6.8

86'

João Amaral 41.Portugal

7.1

72'

M. Tunalı 45.Turkey

B. Alıcı 70.Turkey

6.7

86'

C. Ekinci 7.Germany

6.4

77'

C. Kouakou 11.Sweden

7.5

72'

90'

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

Ertuğrul Sağlam played with: Gökhan Değirmenci (6.8), Mehmet Yılmaz (7.7), Yusuf Abdioğlu (7.3), Emir Ortakaya (7.8), Atila Turan (7.7), Josip Vuković (6.7), Ramil Sheydayev (7.0), Daniel Candeias (7.7), Yusuf Cihat Çelik (7.3), Giorgi Beridze (7.1) and Douglas Tanque (7.8).

These were the players on the bench: Harun Tekin, Haşim Arda Sarman, Cem Ekinci (6.4), Christian Kouakou (7.5), Bedirhan Yıldız, Ibrahima Breze Fofana (6.8), João Amaral (7.1), Mesut Can Tunalı, Burak Öksüz and Barış Alıcı (6.7).

Substitutions

Kocaelispor made 5 changes: Josip Vuković for João Amaral (72′), Giorgi Beridze for Cem Ekinci (77′), Ramil Sheydayev for Christian Kouakou (72′), Daniel Candeias for Barış Alıcı (86′) and Douglas Tanque for Ibrahima Breze Fofana (86′).