İSTANBUL. Kasımpaşa and Sivasspor didn’t manage to score any goal on Friday. Kasımpaşa was truly better in terms of ball possession (66%)​.

The match was played at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Burak Şeker who had the assistance of Murat Altan and Mert Bulut. The 4th official was Oğuzhan Uğurlu. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 13.26 degrees Celsius or 55.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Kasımpaşa was in firm control of the ball 66% while Sivasspor was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kasımpaşa was putting more pressure with 53 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Kasımpaşa to win the match​.

Kasımpaşa shot 17 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Sivasspor shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Kasımpaşa received 2 yellow cards (Rochinha and Cláudio Winck). On the opposite side, Sivasspor received 1 yellow card (Achilleas Poungouras).

Standings

After this contest, Kasımpaşa has 40 points to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, Sivasspor will has 38 points to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Kasımpaşa will play away with İstanbulspor on the 10th of March with a 5-2 head to head record in favor of Kasımpaşa (3 draws).

Sivasspor will host Alanyaspor on the 10th of March with a 6-3 head to head in favor of Sivasspor (4 draws).

Kasımpaşa – Formation

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

The manager Sami Uğurlu decided to play with the following team: Andreas Gianniotis (7.0), Cláudio Winck (7.5), Kenneth Omeruo (7.1), Jackson Porozo (7.9), Yasin Özcan (7.3), Loret Sadiku (7.3), Mortadha Ben Ouanes (7.3), Haris Hajradinovic  (7.7), Aytaç Kara (7.9), Oğulcan Çağlayan (7.3) and Nuno Da Costa (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Sadık Çiftpınar, Gökhan Gül (6.4), Mamadou Fall (6.4), Trazie Thomas Zai, Rochinha (6.6), Emre Gedik, Selim Dilli, Ali Emre Yanar, Samuel Bastien  and Melih Akyüz.

Substitutions

Kasımpaşa made 3 changes: Oğulcan Çağlayan for Mamadou Fall (65′), Loret Sadiku for Gökhan Gül (65′) and Mortadha Ben Ouanes for Rochinha (77′).

Player of the match: Jackson Porozo​

The most impressive player for Kasımpaşa was Jackson Porozo.

His rating is 7.9 with 75 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He hit the woodwork once times.

Sivasspor – Formation

Sivasspor started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Bülent Uygun played with: Ali Sasal Vural (7.7), Murat Paluli (6.8), Caner Osmanpasa (7.1), Aaron Appindangoyé (7.1), Achilleas Poungouras (7.1), Ugur Ciftci (7.0), Queensy Menig (7.0), İbrahim Akdağ (7.3), Mijo Caktaš (6.7), Azizbek Turgunboev (7.3) and Rey Manaj (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Charilaos Charisis (6.7), Đorđe Nikolić, Samba Camara, Emrah Bassan, Roman Kvet, Kerem Atakan Kesgin, Hakan Arslan, Bengali-Fodé Koita (7.1), Ziya Erdal and Mehmet Albayrak.

Substitutions

Sivasspor made 4 changes: Azizbek Turgunboev for Hakan Arslan (90′), Mijo Caktaš for Samba Camara (90′), İbrahim Akdağ for Charilaos Charisis (84′) and Queensy Menig for Bengali-Fodé Koita (68′).

Player of the match: Ali Sasal Vural​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sivasspor was the goalkeeper: Ali Sasal Vural. His rating is 7.65. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Kasımpaşa – Sivasspor – 0-0