GAZIANTEP. Gazişehir Gaziantep demolishes Altay 4-1 with goals of A. Maxim (52′ pen), A. Merkel (57′), A. Maxim (61′) and N. Dicko (73′). On the opposite side, Altay scored with ​E. Celenk (63′).

The match was played at the Gaziantep Stadyumu stadium in Gaziantep on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Bahattin Şimşek who was helped by Samet Çiçek and Gökhan Barcın. The 4th official was Ömer Faruk Turtay. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.4 degrees Celsius or 77.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 29%.​

Match Statistics​

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

Altay was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Gazişehir Gaziantep was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Gazişehir Gaziantep shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Altay shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Gazişehir Gaziantep received 2 yellow cards (A. Sagal and E. Ersoy). On the other side, Altay received 1 yellow card (C. Karayel).

Standings

After playing this match, Gazişehir Gaziantep will have 11 points like Kayserispor to stay in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Altay will stay with 15 points to stay in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Gazişehir Gaziantep will play away against Galatasaray on the 31st of October with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Galatasaray (1 draw).

Altay will host Sivasspor on the 30th of October with a 0-0 head to head.

Gazişehir Gaziantep – Formation

Gazişehir Gaziantep adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Erol Bulut decided to play with the following team: Günay Güvenç (7.1), Stelios Kitsiou (7.4), Steven Caulker (6.8), Alin Toșca (7.0), Halil Ibrahim Pehlivan (6.9), Alexander Merkel (7.6), Recep Niyaz (7.1), Joao Figueiredo (7.4), Alexandru Maxim (8.2), Angelo Sagal (6.2) and Muhammet Demir (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Ertuğrul Ersoy (6.5), Mustafa Burak Bozan, Furkan Soyalp, Nouha Dicko (7.2), Ahmed El Messaoudi (6.3), Papy Djilobodji, Doğan Erdoğan (6.3), Kenan Özer, Hamza Mendyl and Oğuz Ceylan.

Substitutions

Gazişehir Gaziantep made 5 changes: A. Sagal for N. Dicko (67′), A. Merkel for E. Ersoy (76′), J. Figueiredo for D. Erdogan (76′), A. Maxim for A. El Messaoudi (86′) and H. Pehlivan for H. Mendyl (87′).

Best player: Alexandru Maxim​

The player that probably impressed the most for Gazişehir Gaziantep was Alexandru Maxim.

His rating is (8.2) with 2 goals, 29 passes (65% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 10 crosses.

Altay – Formation

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

On the other side, Mustafa Denizli played with: Mateusz Lis (5.9), Cebrail Karayel (6.7), Eric Björkander (6.1), Murat Akça (6.3), Mohammad Naderi (7.0), Khaly Thiam (6.4), Zeki Yildirim (6.2), Leandro Kappel (6.6), César Pinares (6.4), Ahmed Yasser Rayan (6.2) and Daouda Karamoko Bamba (6.2).

They had on the bench: Kazimcan Karatas, Ceyhun Gülselam (7.1), İbrahim Öztürk, Marco Paixão (6.1), Serge Aka, Cem Ozgener, André Poko (7.0), Thaciano, Erhan Çelenk (6.6) and Cihan Topaloğlu.

Substitutions

Altay made 4 changes: A. Y. Rayan for E. Celenk (46′), I. Thiam Khaly for A. Poko (62′), C. Pinares for C. Gulselam (62′) and L. Kappel for M. Paixao (78′).

Best player: Ceyhun Gülselam​

The player that probably impressed the most for Altay was Ceyhun Gülselam.

His rating is (7.1) with 20 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 62′.

Results of the day

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

• Gazişehir Gaziantep – Altay – 4-1
• Yeni Malatyaspor – Hatayspor – 0-2
• Fenerbahçe – Kasımpaşa – 2-1
• Rizespor – Galatasaray – 2-3