ANTALYA. Antalyaspor and Ankaragücü draw 1-1. E. Yeşilyurt scored the first goal (40′) for Antalyaspor. E. Bekiroğlu settled the score (64′). Ankaragücü was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%)

The match was played at the Antalya Stadyumu stadium in Antalya on Tuesday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Çağdaş Altay assisted by Murat Altan and Ogün Kamacı. The 4th official was Adnan Deniz Kayatepe. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 25.23 degrees Celsius or 77.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Ankaragücü had a superior ball possession 60% while Antalyaspor was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ankaragücü was more aggressive with 78 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Ankaragücü to win the match​.

Antalyaspor shot 6 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Ankaragücü shot 16 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Antalyaspor received 1 yellow card (Güray Vural ). Talking about the opposition, Ankaragücü received 1 yellow card (Christian Bassogog).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Antalyaspor has 42 points like İstanbul Başakşehir and Alanyaspor to hold in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Ankaragücü will has 34 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Antalyaspor will play away with Rizespor on the 7th of April with a 8-7 head to head stats in favor of Antalyaspor (7 draws).

Ankaragücü will host Gaziantep F.K. on the 7th of April with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Gaziantep F.K. (3 draws).

Antalyaspor – Formation

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

The manager Ali Rıza Sergen Yalçın decided to play with the following team: Helton Leite (7.5), Erdoğan Yeşilyurt (7.7), Veysel Sarı  (7.0), Bahadır Öztürk (7.3), Güray Vural  (7.0), J. Kałuziński (7.3), Sander van de Streek (7.0), Ramzi Safuri (7.0), Dario Saric (6.4), Sam Larsson (7.0) and Adam Buksa (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Amar Gerxhaliu, Erdal Rakip, Ufuk Akyol (6.8), Deni Milosevic, Ömer Toprak, Ataberk Dadakdeniz, Naldo, Zymer Bytyqi (6.3), E. Uzun (6.8) and Britt Assombalonga.

Substitutions

Antalyaspor made 4 changes: Dario Saric for Ufuk Akyol (69′), Sander van de Streek for Britt Assombalonga (90′), Sam Larsson for Zymer Bytyqi (80′) and Ramzi Safuri for E. Uzun (80′).

Player of the match: Erdoğan Yeşilyurt​

The player that probably impressed the most for Antalyaspor was Erdoğan Yeşilyurt.

His rating is 7.7 with 1 goal, 29 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.

Ankaragücü – Formation

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

Emre Belözoğlu played with: Bahadır Güngördü (7.0), Stelios Kitsiou (6.7), Uros Radakovic (7.1), Nihad Mujakic (6.8), Alper Uludağ (6.7), Ali Kaan Güneren (7.0), Tolga Ciğerci  (7.3), Olimpiu Moruţan (8.1), Pedrinho (7.1), Christian Bassogog (7.0) and Ali Sowe (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: A. Çankaya, Anastasios Chatzigiovanis (7.3), Efkan Bekiroğlu (7.7), Riccardo Saponara, Alexis Flips (7.0), A. Ünyay, F. Demir, Renaldo Cephas, Federico Macheda and K. Karataş (7.0).

Ankaragücü could not rely on the presence of K. Karataş (injured).

Substitutions

Ankaragücü made 5 changes: Christian Bassogog for Anastasios Chatzigiovanis (60′), Pedrinho for Efkan Bekiroğlu (60′), Olimpiu Moruţan for Riccardo Saponara (88′), Alper Uludağ for K. Karataş (74′) and Ali Kaan Güneren for Alexis Flips (87′).

Player of the match: Olimpiu Moruţan​

The most impressive player for Ankaragücü was Olimpiu Moruţan.

His rating is 8.1 with 33 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Gaziantep F.K. – Alanyaspor – 0-3
• İstanbulspor – Rizespor – 0-4
• Antalyaspor – Ankaragücü – 1-1
• Galatasaray – Hatayspor – 1-0