İstanbulspor overcomes Ankaragücü 1-0 with a goal scored by V. Ethemi

ANKARA. İstanbulspor tops Ankaragücü 1-0 after V. Ethemi scored just 1 goal (23').

İstanbulspor overcomes Ankaragücü 1-0 with a goal scored by V. Ethemi

ANKARA. İstanbulspor beats Ankaragücü 1-0 after V. Ethemi scored just 1 goal (23′). Ankaragücü was surely superior in terms of ball possession (64%).​

İstanbulspor remained in 9 people redcard M. Ologo Inainfe (55′ for a red card) and M. A. Uysal (90′ for a double yellow card) were sent off.

The match was played at the Eryaman Stadyumu stadium in Ankara. The referee was Furkan Aksuoğlu who was helped by Serdar Diyadin and Burak Cansız. The 4th official was Yunus Dursun. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.5 degrees Celsius or 49.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

  • ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
  • 13 Total 5
  • 2 On Target 4
  • 11 Off Target 1
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 116 Attack 90
  • 101 Dangerous attack 25
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 10 Corners 1
  • 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 7 Total 15
  • 2 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 2
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Ankaragücü had a strong ball possession 64% while İstanbulspor was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ankaragücü was more pushing with 101 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, İstanbulspor was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Ankaragücü shot 13 times, 2 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, İstanbulspor shot 5 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Ankaragücü received 2 yellow cards (Y. Abdioglu and A. Durak). On the opposite side, İstanbulspor received 3 yellow cards (F. Yazgan, A. Yasar and M. A. Uysal).

Also, İstanbulspor didn’t end the match with 11 players after M. A. Uysal (İstanbulspor) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

M. Ologo Inainfe (İstanbulspor) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (55′).

Match Timeline

18'
23'
40'
40'
46'
55'
58'
Okan Erdoğan- sub ->E. Ozturk
65'
Emir Kaan Gültekin- sub ->I. Yilmaz
Tiago Miguel Baia Pinto- sub ->Y. Gureler
73'
74'
79'
83'
Ali Yaşar  - Yellow
85'
86'
88'
90'
90'

Standings

After this contest, Ankaragücü will stay with 48 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, İstanbulspor will have 39 points like Bandırmaspor to sit in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Ankaragücü will play away against Menemen Belediyespor on the 16th of February with a 0-0 head to head.

İstanbulspor will play away agasint Balıkesirspor on the 20th of February with a 8-0 head to head stats in favor of İstanbulspor (1 draw).

Ankaragücü – Formation

Ankaragücü
G
A. Alkan 16.Turkey
D
E. Özgenç 2.Turkey
D
S. Osmanoğlu 90.Turkey
D
Y. Abdioğlu 55.Turkey
18'
M
Y. Güreler 17.Turkey
73'
M
A. Durak 5.Turkey
79' 40'
M
Ghayas Zahid 19.Norway
M
Ali Kaan Güneren 23.Turkey
46'
F
M. Uçar 91.Turkey
74'
F
Eren Derdiyok 9.Switzerland
88'
F
Owusu Kwabena 7.Ghana
Substitutes
G
D
A. Babacan 20.Turkey
D
T. Baia 8.Portugal
73'
M
H. Acar 10.Turkey
79'
M
Atakan Dama 79.Turkey
M
Arif Emre Eren 95.France
M
İ. Çakmak 14.Turkey
46'
M
Ulaş Yılmaz 25.Turkey
F
C. Ekinci 77.Germany
88'
F
Geraldo 29.Angola
74'

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

The manager Mustafa Dalcı decided to play with the following team: A. Alkan, E. Özgenç, S. Osmanoğlu, Y. Abdioğlu, Y. Güreler, A. Durak, G. Zahid, M. Uçar, A. Güneren, E. Derdiyok and O. Kwabena.

The home team had on the bench: H. Acar, B. Güngördü, A. Dama, A. Babacan, C. Ekinci, Geraldo, A. Eren, Tiago Pinto, İ. Çakmak and U. Yılmaz.

Ankaragücü could not rely on the presence of C. Ekinci (injured).

Substitutions

Ankaragücü made 5 changes: A. K. Guneren for I. Cakmak (46′), Y. Gureler for T. Pinto (73′), M. Ucar for Geraldo (74′), A. Durak for H. H. Acar (79′) and E. Derdiyok for C. Ekinci (88′).

İstanbulspor – Formation

İstanbulspor
G
A. Uysal 1.Turkey
90'
D
O. Berber 13.Turkey
D
Ali Yaşar   66.Belgium
83'
D
Mehmet Yeşil 4.Turkey
D
M. Ologo 50.Nigeria
55'
D
F. Yazgan 20.Turkey
85' 40'
M
E. Öztürk 5.Turkey
58'
M
M. Kabasakal 57.Turkey
M
Valon Ethemi  27.Albania
86' Goals23'
F
Ibrahim Yilmaz 9.Turkey
65'
F
J. Topalli 98.Kosovo
Substitutes
G
M. Serbest 26.Turkey
D
Okan Erdoğan 23.Germany
58'
M
E. Rroca 10.Albania
M
D. Aksu 3.Turkey
M
Yusuf Ali Özer 44.Turkey
M
Berkay Görmez 6.Turkey
M
Aldin Cajic 11.Bosnia and Herzegovina
86'
M
Muammer Sarıkaya 24.Turkey
85'
F
65'
F
Abdurrahman Emek 47.Turkey

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

Mehmet Hüseyin Dalgıç played with: A. Uysal, O. Berber, A. Yaşar, M. Yeşil, M. Ologo, F. Yazgan, E. Öztürk, M. Kabasakal, V. Ethemi, İ. Yılmaz and J. Topalli.

These were the players on the bench: E. Rroca, D. Aksu, E. Gültekin, Y. Özer, O. Erdoğan, A. Emek, B. Görmez, A. Čajič, M. Sarıkaya and M. Serbest.

Substitutions

İstanbulspor made 4 changes: E. Ozturk for O. Erdogan (58′), I. Yilmaz for E. Gultekin (65′), F. Yazgan for M. Sarikaya (85′) and V. Ethemi for A. Cajic (86′).

Results of the day

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