SAMSUN. Menemen Belediyespor was capable to reverse the score against Samsunspor. Samsunspor was surely better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadyumu stadium in Samsun on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Onur Özütoprak with the collaboration of Erkan Akbulut and Ferdi Karadoruk. The 4th official was Fevzi Erdem Akbaş. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 47.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Samsunspor was in firm control of the ball 64% while Menemen Belediyespor was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Samsunspor had a more offensive attitude with 93 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 6 were on target. Still, Menemen Belediyespor was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Samsunspor shot 23 times, 6 on target, 17 off target. Regarding the opposition, Menemen Belediyespor shot 11 times, 8 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Samsunspor received 3 yellow cards (H. Kilic, J. Kayamba and A. Ozer). On the opposite side, Menemen Belediyespor received 1 yellow card (A. Sagat).

Standings

After this contest, Samsunspor will stay with 39 points to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Menemen Belediyespor will have 32 points like Kocaelispor to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the 1. Lig, Samsunspor will play away against Ankaragücü on the 25th of April with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Samsunspor (4 draws).

Menemen Belediyespor will host Tuzlaspor on the 24th of April with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Tuzlaspor (1 draw).

Samsunspor – Formation

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

The manager Fuat Çapa decided to play with the following team: A. Özer, S. Bateau, H. Öztürk, T. Ulvan, Y. Öztekin, H. Kılıç, T. Ciğerci, O. Çelik, C. Kahraman, Tómané and M. Fofana.

The home team had on the bench: P. Yaldır, J. Tallo, A. Tutar, R. Yılmaz, J. Kayamba, Y. Çift, M. Okutan, E. Arslan, S. Gönül and B. Taşkın.

Substitutions

Samsunspor made 4 changes: H. Ozturk for S. Gonul (46′), T. Cigerci for Tallo (57′), C. Kahraman for B. Taskin (71′) and T. Ulvan for J. Kayamba (71′).

Menemen Belediyespor – Formation

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

Dilaver Mutlu played with: B. Şen, A. Cissé, S. Akgöl, E. Adıgüzel, S. Yaşar, K. Paykoç, M. Ertürk, B. Kırdaroğlu, M. Ba, A. Aydın and A. Sagat.

These were the players on the bench: M. Akan, H. Jiakponna, E. Özer, E. Şenocak, Mohamed Sabbah, Toni Gomes, C. Çelik, L. Kehinde and M. Hocaoğlu.

Substitutions

Menemen Belediyespor made 4 changes: B. Kirdaroglu for T. Gomes (73′), A. Sagat for L. Kehinde (89′), M. Erturk Himmet for M. Akan (90′) and M. Ertürk for M. Akan (90′).

Results of the day

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

• Samsunspor – Menemen Belediyespor – 2-4
• Altınordu – BB Erzurumspor – 1-0
• Ankaragücü – Bandırmaspor – 1-0