Ankaragücü beats Gaziantep F.K. 3-1 with 2 goals from E. Bekiroğlu. HIGHLIGHTS

ANKARA. Ankaragücü overcame Gaziantep F.K. 3-1 thanks to E. Bekiroğlu who scored in the 31st and 68th minute.

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Mark Hall
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Ankaragücü beats Gaziantep F.K. 3-1 with 2 goals from E. Bekiroğlu. HIGHLIGHTS

ANKARA. Ankaragücü conquered Gaziantep F.K. 3-1 thanks to E. Bekiroğlu who scored in the 31st and 68th minute. It was Gaziantep F.K. to score first with a goal from Marko Jevtovic. Nonetheless, later Ankaragücü found the way to turn the tables scoring 3 consecutive goals with Efkan Bekiroğlu (31′), Ali Sowe (65′) and Efkan Bekiroğlu (68′). Ankaragücü was definitely better in terms of ball possession (70%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Ankara Ondokuz Mayıs Stadyumu stadium in Ankara on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Ali Şansalan with the assistance of Abdullah Uğur Sarı and Gökhan Barcın. The 4th official was Yiğit Arslan. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.71 degrees Celsius or 65.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Ankaragücü

3 - 1

Team 1

Gaziantep F.K.

  • ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
  • 12 Total 6
  • 6 On Target 1
  • 5 Off Target 5
  • 1 Shots blocked 0
  • 130 Attack 63
  • 92 Dangerous attack 34
  • 68 Ball safe 75
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 6
  • 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 11 Total 10
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Ankaragücü was in firm control of the ball 70% while Gaziantep F.K. was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Ankaragücü was more aggressive with 92 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Ankaragücü won the match​.

Ankaragücü shot 12 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Gaziantep F.K. shot 6 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Ankaragücü received 2 yellow cards (Emre Belözoğlu and Nihad Mujakic). On the other side, Gaziantep F.K. received 1 yellow card (Denis Drăguş).

Match Timeline

7'
Marko Jevtovic(goal)
Ali Sowe(VAR)
28'
Efkan Bekiroğlu(goal)Olimpiu Moruţan
31'
38'
Denis Drăguş- Yellow
Nihad Mujakic- Yellow
38'
Ali Sowe(goal)Efkan Bekiroğlu
65'
Efkan Bekiroğlu(goal)Stelios Kitsiou
68'
67'
Ömürcan Artan- sub ->Ogün Özçiçek
Anastasios Chatzigiovanis- sub ->Christian Bassogog
75'
Pedrinho- sub ->Efkan Bekiroğlu
75'
79'
Aliou Badji- sub ->Alexandru Maxim
79'
Janio Bikel- sub ->Marko Jevtovic
79'
Furkan Soyalp- sub ->M. Eskihellaç
Alexis Flips- sub ->Ali Kaan Güneren
82'
Federico Macheda- sub ->Ali Sowe
83'
Renaldo Cephas- sub ->Olimpiu Moruţan
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Galatasaray
93
34
Fenerbahçe
89
34
Trabzonspor
58
34
İstanbul Başakşehir
52
34
Beşiktaş
51
34
Kasımpaşa
49
34
Rizespor
49
34
Alanyaspor
48
34
Sivasspor
48
34
Antalyaspor
45
34
Adana Demirspor
41
34
Kayserispor
40
34
Samsunspor
39
34
Ankaragücü
38
34
Fatih Karagümrük
36
34
Konyaspor
36
34
Gaziantep F.K.
34
34
Hatayspor
33
34
Pendikspor
30
34
İstanbulspor
16
34

After playing this match, Ankaragücü has 37 points like Kayserispor to sit in the 13th place. On the other side, Gaziantep F.K. will stays with 31 points to remain in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Ankaragücü will play away against Beşiktaş on the 14th of April with a 17-1 head to head stats in favor of Beşiktaş (5 draws).

Gaziantep F.K. will host Kasımpaşa on the 14th of April with a 8-5 head to head in favor of Kasımpaşa (2 draws).

Ankaragücü – Formation

Ankaragücü
G
Bahadır Güngördü 99.Turkey
6.7
D
Nihad Mujakic 18.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.7
38'
D
Uros Radakovic 26.Serbia
6.7
D
K. Karataş 35.Turkey
7.3
D
Stelios Kitsiou 70.Greece
7.5
M
Efkan Bekiroğlu 10.Germany
8.8
75' Goals31', 68'
M
Christian Bassogog 13.Cameroon
7.5
75'
M
Ali Kaan Güneren 23.Turkey
7.1
82'
M
Tolga Ciğerci  30.Turkey
8.1
M
Olimpiu Moruţan 80.Romania
7.9
90'
F
Ali Sowe 22.Gambia
7.7
83' Goals65'
Substitutes
G
Ertaç Özbir  25.Turkey
D
A. Ünyay 27.Turkey
D
Mert Çetin  45.Turkey
M
A. Çankaya 4.Turkey
M
Anastasios Chatzigiovanis 7.Greece
6.8
75'
M
Pedrinho 8.Portugal
7.0
75'
M
Riccardo Saponara 17.Italy
M
Alexis Flips 19.France
7.0
82'
F
Renaldo Cephas 29.Jamaica
90'
F
Federico Macheda 32.Italy
6.8
83'

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

The manager Emre Belözoğlu decided to play with the following team: Bahadır Güngördü (6.7), Stelios Kitsiou (7.5), Uros Radakovic (6.7), Nihad Mujakic (6.7), K. Karataş (7.3), Ali Kaan Güneren (7.1), Tolga Ciğerci  (8.1), Olimpiu Moruţan (7.9), Efkan Bekiroğlu (8.8), Christian Bassogog (7.5) and Ali Sowe (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: A. Çankaya, Anastasios Chatzigiovanis (6.8), Pedrinho (7.0), Riccardo Saponara, Alexis Flips (7.0), Ertaç Özbir , A. Ünyay, Renaldo Cephas, Federico Macheda (6.8) and Mert Çetin .

Substitutions

Ankaragücü made 5 changes: Christian Bassogog for Anastasios Chatzigiovanis (75′), Efkan Bekiroğlu for Pedrinho (75′), Ali Kaan Güneren for Alexis Flips (82′), Ali Sowe for Federico Macheda (83′) and Olimpiu Moruţan for Renaldo Cephas (90′).

Player of the match: Efkan Bekiroğlu​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ankaragücü was Efkan Bekiroğlu.

His rating is 8.8 with 2 goals, 48 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass.

Gaziantep F.K. – Formation

Gaziantep F.K.
G
Florin Niță 33.Romania
6.3
D
Arda Kızıldağ 4.Turkey
6.3
D
Deian Sorescu 18.Romania
6.3
D
Salem M'Bakata  22.France
6.3
D
Nicolas N'Koulou 63.Cameroon
6.3
M
Marko Jevtovic 8.Serbia
7.3
79' Goals7'
M
Max Gradel 10.Ivory Coast
7.1
M
M. Eskihellaç 11.Turkey
6.4
79'
M
Alexandru Maxim 44.Romania
7.1
79'
M
Ogün Özçiçek 61.Turkey
6.4
67'
F
Denis Drăguş 70.Romania
6.7
38'
Substitutes
G
Burak Bozan 1.Turkey
D
Papy Djilobodji 3.Senegal
D
Ertuğrul Ersoy 15.Turkey
D
Ömürcan Artan 27.Turkey
6.3
67'
M
Furkan Soyalp 5.Turkey
7.3
79'
M
Janio Bikel 12.Guinea-Bissau
7.0
79'
M
Jamiro Monteiro 23.Cape Verde
M
Lazar Markovic 50.Serbia
M
Mehmet Kuzucu 93.Turkey
F
Aliou Badji 7.Senegal
6.8
79'

Gaziantep F.K. started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Selçuk İnan played with: Florin Niță (6.3), Deian Sorescu (6.3), Arda Kızıldağ (6.3), Nicolas N’Koulou (6.3), Salem M’Bakata  (6.3), Marko Jevtovic (7.3), M. Eskihellaç (6.4), Ogün Özçiçek (6.4), Alexandru Maxim (7.1), Max Gradel (7.1) and Denis Drăguş (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Burak Bozan, Papy Djilobodji, Furkan Soyalp (7.3), Aliou Badji (6.8), Janio Bikel (7.0), Ertuğrul Ersoy, Jamiro Monteiro, Ömürcan Artan (6.3), Lazar Markovic and Mehmet Kuzucu.

Substitutions

Gaziantep F.K. made 4 changes: Ogün Özçiçek for Ömürcan Artan (67′), Alexandru Maxim for Aliou Badji (79′), Marko Jevtovic for Janio Bikel (79′) and M. Eskihellaç for Furkan Soyalp (79′).

Player of the match: Furkan Soyalp​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Gaziantep F.K. was Furkan Soyalp.

His rating is 7.3 with 6 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was extraordinary also because he started the contest from the bench before entering in the 79′.

Results of the day

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