MALATYA INöNü STADYUMU. Antalyaspor topped Yeni Malatyaspor to win 2-1. A goal from R. Cagiran was decisive in the 88min. It was Antalyaspor to strike first with an early goal of Luiz Adriano at the 7′. Then Fernando scored again for Antalyaspor in the 59′ minute. Eventually, R. Cagiran reduced the distance for Yeni Malatyaspor (88′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Antalyaspor capitalized on its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Malatya Inönü Stadyumu stadium in Malatya Inönü Stadyumu on Saturday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Atilla Karaoğlan with the collaboration of Mustafa Sönmez and Samet Çavuş. The 4th official was Ramazan Keleş.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Antalyaspor had a superior ball possession 58% while Yeni Malatyaspor was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Yeni Malatyaspor had a more offensive attitude with 71 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Antalyaspor managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Yeni Malatyaspor shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Antalyaspor shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Yeni Malatyaspor received 1 yellow card (S. Ciftpinar). On the other side, Antalyaspor received 1 yellow card (Fredy).

Standings

After playing this match, Yeni Malatyaspor will stay with 16 points to hold in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Antalyaspor will have 31 points to sit in the 13th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Yeni Malatyaspor will play away with Hatayspor on the 27th of February with a 1-1 head to head.

Antalyaspor will play away agasint Adana Demirspor on the 25th of February with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Adana Demirspor (2 draws).

Yeni Malatyaspor – Formation

Yeni Malatyaspor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Atila Gerin decided to play with the following team: Ertaç Özbir (6.3), Mehdi Zeffane (7.3), Sadık Çiftpınar (6.0), Gastón Campi (7.1), Oussama Haddadi (6.2), Godfred Donsah (6.5), Okechukwu Azubuike (7.8), Mustafa Eskihellaç (7.0), Kenan Özer (6.4), Mounir Chouiar (6.2) and Nouha Dicko (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Jospin Nshimirimana, Karim Hafez (6.8), Muhammed Emin Sarikaya, Buğra Çağıran (7.3), Didier N’Dong (7.0), Abdulsamed Damlu, Barış Başdaş, Philip Gameli Awuku, Mert Miraç Altıntaş and Adem Büyük (6.8).

Substitutions

Yeni Malatyaspor made 4 changes: K. Ozer for K. Hafez (46′), M. Eskihellac for A. Buyuk (55′), M. Chouiar for R. Cagiran (84′) and N. Dicko for M. M. Altintas (88′).

Best player: Okechukwu Azubuike​

The player that probably impressed the most for Yeni Malatyaspor was Okechukwu Azubuike.

His rating is (7.8) with 56 passes (94% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 6.

Antalyaspor – Formation

Also Antalyaspor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ersun Yanal played with: Ruud Boffin (7.0), Bünyamin Balcı (6.8), Naldo (6.8), Fedor Kudryashov (7.0), Güray Vural (6.3), Andrea Poli (6.3), Fernando (7.8), Alassane Ndao (6.6), Fredy (6.4), Doğukan Sinik (6.5) and Luiz Adriano (8.2).

These were the players on the bench: Veysel Sarı, Nuri Şahin, Houssameddine Guecha (6.1), Hakan Özmert (6.8), Sherel Floranus (6.6), Haji Wright (6.4), Admir Mehmedi (7.0), Ataberk Dadakdeniz, Gökdeniz Bayrakdar and Sinan Gümüş.

Substitutions

Antalyaspor made 6 changes: Fredy for A. Mehmedi (46′), Fredy for A. Mehmedi (46′), A. Poli for H. Ozmert (58′), A. Ndao for H. Ghacha (58′), D. Sinik for S. Floranus (70′) and Luiz Adriano for H. Wright (83′).

Best player: Luiz Adriano​

The player that probably impressed the most for Antalyaspor was Luiz Adriano.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 17 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• Kayserispor – Giresunspor – 2-1
• Yeni Malatyaspor – Antalyaspor – 1-2
• Beşiktaş – Altay – 1-0