İZMIR. Göztepe and Gençlerbirliği didn’t manage to score any goal on Friday. Göztepe was definitely better in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Bornova Doğanlar Stadı stadium in İzmir on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Oğuzhan Çakır with the help of Oğuz Kağan Çalışır and Mehmet Ali Akkor. The 4th official was Süleyman Soyutürk. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 26.7 degrees Celsius or 80.11 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 6 Total 11
- 2 On Target 4
- 4 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 111 Attack 100
- 72 Dangerous attack 50
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 11
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Göztepe had a strong ball possession 61% while Gençlerbirliği was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Göztepe was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Göztepe to win the match.
Göztepe shot 6 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Gençlerbirliği shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Göztepe received 3 yellow cards (E. Ortakaya, R. Palmer and D. Arslanagic). Regarding the opposition, Gençlerbirliği received 2 yellow cards (O. Belyaev and M. Mert).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Göztepe will have 5 points like Samsunspor and Gençlerbirliği to remain in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Gençlerbirliği will have 5 points like Samsunspor and Göztepe to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 1. Lig, Göztepe will host Altınordu on the 18th of September with a 8-2 head to head stats in favor of Göztepe (4 draws).
Gençlerbirliği will play away agasint Denizlispor on the 17th of September with a 10-4 head to head in favor of Denizlispor (4 draws).
Göztepe – Formation
Göztepe started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Turgay Altay decided to play with the following team: E. Kılıçarslan, İ. Köybaşı, D. Arslanagić, U. Yıldız, E. Ortakaya, Y. Öztekin, Y. Kayan, M. Kesik, R. Palmer, I. Atanga and K. Mamah.
The home team had on the bench: E. Saçıkara, E. Çolak, A. Özçimen, L. Gottwalt, H. Yener, M. Mihojević, E. Özkayımoğlu, İ. Malak, D. Tijanič and Y. Gedik.
Göztepe could not rely on the presence of E. Gedik (injured).
Substitutions
Göztepe made 5 changes: U. Yildiz for D. Tijanic (46′), I. Atanga for Y. Husamettin (46′), R. Palmer for E. Colak (64′), Y. Kayan for E. Gedik (78′) and M. Kesik for E. Ozkayimoglu (90′).
Gençlerbirliği – Formation
Gençlerbirliği started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Metin Diyadin played with: Ü. Adıyaman, M. Kula, G. Gül, M. Mert, M. Şahindere, D. Grechyshkin, B. Alıcı, S. Eralp, A. Aktaş, A. Tuzcu and İ. Karakaş.
These were the players on the bench: G. Altıparmak, G. Erdem, A. Gökçe, A. Şahindere, A. Gök, K. Özkan, M. Kabasakal, O. Belyaev and H. Kırıkcı.
Substitutions
Gençlerbirliği made 3 changes: S. Eralp for M. Kabasakal (84′), A. A. Tuzcu for G. Altiparmak (86′) and A. Aktas for O. Belyaev (90′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 1. Lig.
- Göztepe – Gençlerbirliği – 0-0