İZMIR. Giresunspor overcomes Göztepe 1-0 after F. Diabate scored a penalty (71′).

D. Tijanic missed a decisive penalty (61′). That would have allowed Göztepe to draw the match.​

D. Tijanic missed 1 penalty (61′) for ​Göztepe.

The match was played at the Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Stadı (İzmir) stadium in İzmir on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Burak Şeker with the help of Murat Ergin Gözütok and Ömer Tevfik Özkoç. The 4th official was Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26 degrees Celsius or 78.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 27%.​

Match Statistics​

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Giresunspor was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Göztepe that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Göztepe was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Giresunspor managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Giresunspor shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Göztepe shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Giresunspor received 6 yellow cards (Serginho, Z. Yavru, M. Diarra, A. Perez, Y. Sankhare and M. Suleymanov). On the opposite side, Göztepe received 3 yellow cards (O. Nwobodo, D. Arslanagic and Lourency).

Standings

After playing this match, Giresunspor will have 5 points like Göztepe to stay in the 18th place. On the other side, Göztepe will stay with 5 points like Giresunspor to stay in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Giresunspor will host Antalyaspor on the 1st of November with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Göztepe will play away agasint Alanyaspor on the 31st of October with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Göztepe (4 draws).

Giresunspor – Formation

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

The manager Nestor El Maestro decided to play with the following team: Okan Kocuk (8.8), Zeki Yavru (7.3), Mamadou Diarra (7.0), Alexis Pérez (7.4), Aziz Behich (7.0), Hamidou Traore (7.1), Shapi Suleymanov (7.4), Flávio (7.4), Younousse Sankharé (6.8), Serginho (7.0) and Fousseni Diabaté (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Onurcan Piri, Douglas, Joey Pelupessy (6.9), Joe Champness, Emre Taşdemir (7.5), Çekdar Orhan, Hayrullah Bilazer, Ibrahima Baldé (6.2), Fatih Yilmaz and Mehmet Umut Nayir.

Giresunspor could not rely on the presence of J. Pelupessy (injured).

Substitutions

Giresunspor made 5 changes: H. Traore for J. Pelupessy (66′), Serginho for I. Balde (66′), Y. Sankhare for E. Tasdemir (74′), M. Suleymanov for H. Bilazer (90′) and F. Diabate for Douglas (90′).

Best player: Okan Kocuk​

The player that probably impressed the most for Giresunspor was the goalkeeper: Okan Kocuk. His rating is 8.75. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 5 saves.

Göztepe – Formation

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

On the opposite side, Hakan Keleş played with: İrfan Can Eğribayat (6.8), Kerim Alıcı (7.2), Dino Arslanagić (7.3), Kahraman Demirtaş (6.8), Berkan Emir (6.5), Obinna Nwobodo (6.3), David Tijanič (5.8), Halil Akbunar (6.4), Yalçın Kayan (6.3), Makana Baku (6.6) and Cherif Ndiaye (7.6).

They had on the bench: Atakan Cankaya, Arda Özcimen, Tibet Oniz, Efe Can Sacikara, Erkam Komur, Dženan Bureković (6.5), Lourency (6.8), Brown Ideye, Atınç Nukan and Adis Jahović (7.1).

Substitutions

Göztepe made 4 changes: M. Baku for Lourency (69′), B. Emir for D. Burekovic (74′), D. Tijanic for A. Jahovic (74′) and H. Akbunar for B. Ideye (90′).

Best player: Cherif Ndiaye​

The player that probably impressed the most for Göztepe was Cherif Ndiaye.

His rating is (7.6) with 16 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Beşiktaş – Sivasspor – 2-1
• Kayserispor – Trabzonspor – 1-2
• Konyaspor – Alanyaspor – 1-1
• Göztepe – Giresunspor – 0-1