GIRESUN. Giresunspor overcomes Rizespor with a 2-0 win with an own goal from S. Ay (62′) and a goal from J. Champness (90′). Its vastly superior ball possession (62%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Çotanak Stadyumu (Giresun) stadium in Giresun on Saturday and it started at 10:30 am local time. The referee was Erkan Özdamar with the assistance of Hakan Karabalcık and Candaş Elbil. The 4th official was Burak Pakkan. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.6 degrees Celsius or 42.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 32%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Giresunspor had a superior ball possession 62% while Rizespor was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Giresunspor was more aggressive with 94 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Giresunspor won the match​.

Giresunspor shot 18 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Rizespor shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Giresunspor received 3 yellow cards (M. Diarra, H. Traore and Y. Sankhare). On the opposite side, Rizespor didn’t receive any yellow card.

Also, Rizespor didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after T. Boyd (Rizespor) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (12′).

Standings

After this match, Giresunspor has 8 points to occupy the 17th place in the table. while Rizespor stays with 1 points (20th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Giresunspor will play away against Gazişehir Gaziantep on the 23rd of October with a 6-4 head to head statistic in favor of Gazişehir Gaziantep (9 draws).

Rizespor will host Kasımpaşa on the 23rd of October with a 9-6 head to head record in favor of Kasımpaşa (5 draws).

Giresunspor – Formation

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

The manager Hakan Keleş decided to play with the following team: Okan Kocuk (6.9), Zeki Yavru (7.9), Mamadou Diarra (7.4), Alexis Pérez (6.9), Emre Taşdemir (7.3), Hamidou Traore (7.4), Flávio (7.3), Shapi Suleymanov (7.2), Fousseni Diabaté (7.3), Serginho (7.3) and Mehmet Umut Nayir (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Onurcan Piri, Aziz Behich (6.8), Fatih Yilmaz, Ibrahima Baldé (6.6), Younousse Sankharé (7.0), Çekdar Orhan, Douglas, Joey Pelupessy (6.6), Joe Champness (7.4) and Hayrullah Bilazer.

Substitutions

Giresunspor made 5 changes: H. Traore for Y. Sankhare (67′), E. Tasdemir for A. Behich (67′), M. Suleymanov for J. Pelupessy (73′), U. Nayir for I. Balde (81′) and Serginho for J. Champness (81′).

Best player: Zeki Yavru​

The most impressive player for Giresunspor was Zeki Yavru even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 69 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 8 crosses.

Rizespor – Formation

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

On the opposite side, Hamza Hamzaoğlu played with: Gökhan Akkan (6.5), Tyler Boyd (3.1), Selim Ay (6.4), Sebastian Holmén (6.9), Cemali Sertel (6.4), Bryan Dabo (6.3), Damjan Đoković (6.8), Fernando Boldrin (6.7), Erik Sabo (6.4), Aminu Umar (6.8) and Yannick Bolasie (6.0).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alberk Koc, Seyfettin Anil Yasar, Loïc Rémy, Tarik Çetin, Nathan Monzango, Eren Karadağ (6.4), Alper Potuk (6.4), Zafer Görgen Huur, Deniz Hümmet (6.5) and Fabricio Baiano (6.3).

Substitutions

Rizespor made 4 changes: E. Sabo for D. Hummet (69′), D. Djokovic for Baiano Fabricio (69′), A. Umar for E. Karadag (82′) and B. Dabo for A. Potuk (82′).

Best player: Sebastian Holmén​

The most impressive player for Rizespor was Sebastian Holmén.

His rating is (6.9) with 38 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Giresunspor – Rizespor – 2-0
• Sivasspor – Antalyaspor – 2-2
• Adana Demirspor – Yeni Malatyaspor – 0-2