İZMIR. Gençlerbirliği beats Altay 4-0 after playing a incredible match. Melih Bostan (19′), Ensar Kemaloğlu (45′ pen), Buğra Çağıran (53′) and Buğra Çağıran (59′).

The match was played at the İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu stadium in İzmir on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Raşit Yorgancılar with the help of and Ferhat Çalar. The 4th official was Burak Akdağ. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15.73 degrees Celsius or 60.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 40%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Altay was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Gençlerbirliği that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Gençlerbirliği was more pushing with 31 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gençlerbirliği won the contest.​

Altay shot 10 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gençlerbirliği shot 12 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Altay received 4 yellow cards (Onur Efe, Enes Öğrüce, Ceyhun Gülselam and Nurettin Küçükdeniz). Regarding the opposition, Gençlerbirliği didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Altay stays with 15 points to remain in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Gençlerbirliği will has 37 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Altay will play away with Sakaryaspor on the 16th of March with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Altay (1 draw).

Gençlerbirliği will host Kocaelispor on the 16th of March with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Gençlerbirliği (3 draws).

Altay – Formation

Altay started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Cüneyt Biçer decided to play with the following team: Mustafa Çalışkan (5.7), Salih Sarıkaya  (6.3), Kuban Altunbudak (6.4), Sefa Özdemir (6.4), Özgür Özkaya (6.0), Enes Öğrüce (7.0), Ceyhun Gülselam (6.3), Murat Demir (6.1), Mehmet Gündüz (6.4), Nurettin Küçükdeniz (6.8) and Enes Yetkin (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Yusuf Tekin, Emre Tangeldi (7.0), Murat Uluç , Ulaş Hasan Özçelik, Ali Kızılkuyu, Erdem Özcan (6.6), Tugay Gündem, Arda Gezer (6.4), Deniz Kadah (6.7) and Onur Efe (6.6).

Substitutions

Altay made 4 changes: Nurettin Küçükdeniz for Arda Gezer (60′), Mehmet Gündüz for Deniz Kadah (39′), Ceyhun Gülselam for Onur Efe (72′) and Enes Yetkin for Erdem Özcan (60′).

Player of the match: Emre Tangeldi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Altay was Emre Tangeldi.

His rating is 7.0 with 11 passes (100% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5.

His performance was extraordinary also because he began the encounter from the bench before entering in the 72′.

Gençlerbirliği – Formation

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

Sinan Kaloglu played with: Osman Ertuğrul Çetin (7.7), Oğuzhan Berber (7.5), Alperen Babacan (7.5), Francis Nzaba (7.3), Arda Temur (7.0), Buğra Çağıran (8.7), Amilton da Silva (7.0), James Léa Siliki (7.3), Ensar Kemaloğlu (8.4), Gaëtan Laura (6.7) and Melih Bostan (8.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Halit Yılmaz (6.4), Orkun Ozdemir, Yasin Güreler, Jimmy Durmaz (7.1), Yigit Efe Demir, Baran Aksaka (6.7), Musa Cagiran (6.4), Özgür Çek, Oltan Karakullukçu and Chukwuma Akabueze (7.1).

Substitutions

Gençlerbirliği made 5 changes: Buğra Çağıran for Jimmy Durmaz (61′), James Léa Siliki for Chukwuma Akabueze (61′), Amilton da Silva for Halit Yılmaz (69′), Ensar Kemaloğlu for Musa Cagiran (69′) and Gaëtan Laura for Baran Aksaka (77′).

Player of the match: Buğra Çağıran​

The player that probably impressed the most for Gençlerbirliği was Buğra Çağıran.

His rating is 8.7 with 2 goals, 42 passes (74% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Keçiörengücü – BB Erzurumspor – 0-2
• Şanlıurfaspor – Göztepe – 0-1
• Kocaelispor – Tuzlaspor – 1-2
• Altay – Gençlerbirliği – 0-4