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
- ! 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
Standings
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 started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Yusuf Şimşek decided to play with the following team: Mustafa Çalışkan
, Salih Sarıkaya , Kuban Altunbudak , Sefa Özdemir , Özgür Özkaya , Onur Efe , Ceyhun Gülselam , Murat Demir , Mehmet Gündüz , Eren Erdoğan and Murat Uluç .The home team had on the bench: Yusuf Tekin
, Hikmet Çolak, Ulaş Hasan Özçelik, Enes Yetkin , Ali Kızılkuyu , Tugay Gündem, Caner Baycan, Arda Gezer , Enes Öğrüce and Nurettin Küçükdeniz .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
with 18 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 3.Kocaelispor – Formation
Kocaelispor started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Ertuğrul Sağlam played with: Gökhan Değirmenci
, Mehmet Yılmaz , Yusuf Abdioğlu , Emir Ortakaya , Atila Turan , Josip Vuković , Ramil Sheydayev , Daniel Candeias , Yusuf Cihat Çelik , Giorgi Beridze and Douglas Tanque .These were the players on the bench: Harun Tekin, Haşim Arda Sarman, Cem Ekinci
, Christian Kouakou , Bedirhan Yıldız, Ibrahima Breze Fofana , João Amaral , Mesut Can Tunalı, Burak Öksüz and Barış Alıcı .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′).
Player of the match: Emir Ortakaya
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Kocaelispor was Emir Ortakaya even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 80 passes (89% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 12.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 1. Lig.
- Bandırmaspor – Giresunspor – 6-0
- Altay – Kocaelispor – 0-2
- Ümraniyespor – Sakaryaspor – 1-1
- Bodrumspor – Gençlerbirliği – 1-0