Super Lig: Trabzonspor defeats Altay 2-1
İSTANBUL. Trabzonspor defeated Altay to win 2-1.
İSTANBUL. Trabzonspor topped Altay to win 2-1. It was Trabzonspor to strike first with an own goal of I. Ozturk at the 19′. Then it was a goal in the 70′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, A. Nwakaeme gave the win to Trabzonspor in the 84′ minute with a penalty. Trabzonspor was vastly superior ball possession (67%) was among the key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı stadium in İstanbul on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Kadir Sağlam who was helped by Mustafa Sönmez and Candaş Elbil. The 4th official was Çağdaş Altay. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 21.9 degrees Celsius or 71.37 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 53%.
Match Statistics
Trabzonspor was in firm control of the ball 67% while Altay was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Trabzonspor was more aggressive with 77 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Trabzonspor won the match.
Trabzonspor shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Altay shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Trabzonspor received 1 yellow card (M. Hamsik). On the opposite side, No yellow cards were issued to Altay.
After this match, Trabzonspor will have 78 points to stay in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Altay will stay with 34 points to stay in the 18th place.
Match Events
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19'19'
I. Ozturk (OG)
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23'23'
D. Tokoz
S. Asan
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42'42'
M. Hamsik
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59'59'
E. Ozcam
C. Gulselam
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70'70'
M. Rodriguez
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72'72'
B. A. Ozdemir
M. Hamsik
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72'72'
H. Turkmen
V. Hugo
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72'72'
Djaniny
A. Omur
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79'79'
E. Erdogan
C. Karayel
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84'84'
A. Nwakaeme (Penalty)
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89'89'
B. Koita
A. Cornelius
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89'89'
E. Sarikaya
K. Karatas
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89'89'
N. Kucukdeniz
L. Kappel
Next match
Trabzonspor: Formation and Lineups
Trabzonspor started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Abdullah Mucip Avcı chose to play with the following team: Uğurcan Çakır , Serkan Asan , Ahmetcan Kaplan , Vitor Hugo , İsmail Köybaşı , Anastasios Bakasetas , Marek Hamšík , Edin Višća , Abdülkadir Ömür , Anthony Nwakaeme and Andreas Cornelius .
Substitutes
Trabzonspor made 5 changes: S. Asan for D. Tokoz (23′), M. Hamsik for B. A. Ozdemir (72′), V. Hugo for H. Turkmen (72′), A. Omur for Djaniny (72′) and A. Cornelius for B. Koita (89′).
Top player: Edin Višća
Probably the most impressive player in Trabzonspor was Edin Višća even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 59 passes (77% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 8 crosses.
Altay: Formation and Lineups
Altay started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the other side, Sefer Yılmaz played with: Cihan Topaloğlu , Khaly Thiam , İbrahim Öztürk , Eric Björkander , Cebrail Karayel , Thaciano , Ceyhun Gülselam , André Poko , Kâzımcan Karataş , Leandro Kappel and Martín Rodríguez .
Substitutes
Altay made 4 changes: C. Gulselam for E. Ozcam (59′), C. Karayel for E. Erdogan (79′), K. Karatas for E. Sarikaya (89′) and L. Kappel for N. Kucukdeniz (89′).
Top player: Martín Rodríguez
Probably the most impressive player in Altay was Martín Rodríguez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (47% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig
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