SIVAS. Hatayspor beat Sivasspor to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was Hatayspor to strike first with a goal of A. El Kaabi at the 14′. Then B. Yildirim scored again for Hatayspor in the 20′ minute. Eventually, E. Yesilyurt reduced the distance for Sivasspor (24′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Sivasspor was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (68%).​

Hatayspor remained in players after R. Ribeiro received a double yellow card in the 42′. Notwithstanding, Hatayspor still was capable to win this encounter competing only with 10 players​.

The match was played at the Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu stadium in Sivas on Sunday and it started at 2:30 pm local time. The referee was Erkan Özdamar who had the assistance of Hakan Karabalcık and Murat Altan. The 4th official was Adem Cinek. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.4 degrees Celsius or 75.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 31%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sivasspor had a strong ball possession 68% while Hatayspor was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sivasspor was putting more pressure with 122 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, Hatayspor was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Sivasspor shot 27 times, 8 on target, 19 off target. On the other side, Hatayspor shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Sivasspor received 1 yellow card (M. Yatabare). On the other side, Hatayspor received 4 yellow cards (R. Ribeiro, K. Kanak, O. Vranjes and E. Kardesler).

Also, Hatayspor didn’t end the match with 11 players after R. Ribeiro (Hatayspor) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (42′).

Standings

After this match, Sivasspor will stay with 4 points like Ankaragücü and Hatayspor to hold in the 17th place. On the other side, Hatayspor will have 4 points like Ankaragücü and Sivasspor to sit in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Sivasspor will play away with İstanbul Başakşehir on the 10th of October with a 12-7 head to head stats in favor of İstanbul Başakşehir (9 draws).

Hatayspor will host Beşiktaş on the 24th of October with a 1-1 head to head record.

Sivasspor – Formation

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

The manager Rıza Çalımbay decided to play with the following team: Ali Şaşal Vural (6.1), Robin Yalçın (7.4), Dimitris Goutas (6.5), Aaron Appindangoyé (6.3), Uğur Çiftçi (6.2), Fredrik Ulvestad (7.5), Abdul Keita (6.5), Erdoğan Yeşilyurt (7.8), Dia Saba (7.6), Max Gradel (7.4) and Mustapha Yatabaré (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Clinton N’Jie (6.8), Murat Paluli, Charis Charisis, Kaan Onaran, Caner Osmanpaşa, Karol Angielski (6.6), Muammer Yıldırım, Alaaddin Okumuş (6.2), Hakan Arslan (6.4) and Mehmet Albayrak.

Substitutions

Sivasspor made 4 changes: F. Ulvestad for H. Arslan (58′), A. Appidangoye for C. N’Jie (58′), K. Keita for K. Angielski (71′) and U. Ciftci for A. Okumus (77′).

Best player: Erdoğan Yeşilyurt​

The most impressive player for Sivasspor was Erdoğan Yeşilyurt.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 31 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 8 crosses.

Hatayspor – Formation

Hatayspor started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Serkan Özbalta played with: Erce Kardeşler (8.1), Kerim Alıcı (7.3), Ognjen Vranješ (7.0), Burak Oksuz (7.0), Kaan Kanak (7.0), Mehdi Boudjemaa (6.8), Rúben Ribeiro (6.8), Onur Ergun (6.8), Ayoub El Kaabi (7.4), Bertuğ Yıldırım (7.1) and Saba Lobjanidze (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Dylan Saint-Louis (6.2), Rayane Aabid (7.0), Kevin Varga (6.2), Muhammed Mert, Sadik Bas (6.2), Sam Adekugbe, Zé Luís, Recep Burak Yılmaz, Abdullah Yiğiter and Musa Çağıran.

Substitutions

Hatayspor made 5 changes: B. Yildirim for K. Varga (46′), M. Boudjemaa for R. Aabid (67′), K. Alici for S. Bas (77′), S. Lobjanidze for D. Saint-Louis (77′) and A. El Kaabi for Ze Luis (88′).

Best player: Erce Kardeşler​

The player that probably impressed the most for Hatayspor was the goalkeeper: Erce Kardeşler. His rating is 8.05. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Beşiktaş – Fenerbahçe – 0-0
• Konyaspor – Ümraniyespor – 1-0
• Sivasspor – Hatayspor – 1-2
• Alanyaspor – Giresunspor – 1-1