TRABZON. Trabzonspor defeats Göztepe 4-2. Trabzonspor capitalized on its better ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Medical Park Stadyumu stadium in Trabzon on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Ali Şansalan who was helped by Yusuf Bozdoğan and Kemal Yılmaz. The 4th official was Mehmet Türkmen. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 0.1 degrees Celsius or 32.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 15 Total 12
- 10 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 8
- 1 Shots blocked 4
- 110 Attack 77
- 65 Dangerous attack 55
- 95 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 6
Fouls
- 1 Total 1
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Trabzonspor had a superior ball possession 56% while Göztepe was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Trabzonspor was putting more pressure with 65 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Trabzonspor won the match.
Trabzonspor shot 15 times, 10 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Göztepe shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Trabzonspor received 2 yellow cards (U. Cakir and A. Nwakaeme). On the opposite side, Göztepe received 3 yellow cards (A. Kara, B. Emir and H. Akbunar).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Trabzonspor will have 70 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Göztepe will stay with 27 points to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Trabzonspor will play away against Rizespor on the 18th of March with a 16-3 head to head stats in favor of Trabzonspor (3 draws).
Göztepe will host Alanyaspor on the 19th of March with a 3-3 head to head statistic.
Trabzonspor – Formation
Trabzonspor
33'
46'
37', 53'
Trabzonspor started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Abdullah Mucip Avcı decided to play with the following team: Uğurcan Çakır , Bruno Peres , Stefano Denswil , Ahmetcan Kaplan , Anders Trondsen , Berat Ayberk Özdemir , Manolis Siopis , Edin Višća , Abdülkadir Ömür , Anthony Nwakaeme and Andreas Cornelius .
The home team had on the bench: Dorukhan Toköz , İsmail Köybaşı, Bengali-Fodé Koita, Erce Kardeşler, Jean Evrard Kouassi , Hüseyin Türkmen, Serkan Asan, Djaniny , Yusuf Erdoğan and Anastasios Bakasetas .
Substitutions
Trabzonspor made 5 changes: A. Trondsen for Y. Erdogan (46′), B. A. Ozdemir for D. Tokoz (46′), A. Cornelius for Djaniny (46′), A. Omur for A. Bakasetas (75′) and A. Nwakaeme for J. Kouassi (82′).
Best player: Anthony Nwakaeme
The most impressive player for Trabzonspor was Anthony Nwakaeme.
His rating is with 1 goal, 47 passes (74% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.
Göztepe – Formation
Göztepe
Göztepe started with a conservative line-up (4-5-1).
Stjepan Tomas played with: İrfan Can Eğribayat , Kerim Alıcı , Dino Arslanagić , Wilker Ángel , Berkan Emir , Halil Akbunar , Soner Aydoğdu , Obinna Nwobodo , Aytaç Kara , Cherif Ndiaye and Franco Di Santo .
They had on the bench: Makana Baku, Kahraman Demirtaş, Yusuf Talum, David Tijanič , Lourency, Atakan Cankaya, Murat Paluli, Kenan Pirić, Adis Jahović and Yalçın Kayan .
Substitutions
Göztepe made 4 changes: A. Kara for D. Tijanic (65′), S. Aydogdu for Y. Kayan (78′), F. Di Santo for A. Jahovic (78′) and H. Akbunar for Lourency (90′).
Best player: Berkan Emir
The player that probably impressed the most for Göztepe was Berkan Emir.
His rating is with 46 passes (73% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7. He performed 10 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Hatayspor – Fatih Karagümrük – 3-0
- Altay – Yeni Malatyaspor – 1-0
- Trabzonspor – Göztepe – 4-2
- Kasımpaşa – Rizespor – 3-1
