Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Kocaelispor 1st with 64 points, 1877 Alemdağspor 16th with 22, 42 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Kocaelispor 2.07 scored and 0.81 conceded per game, 1877 Alemdağspor 1.08 and 1.62, with the league averaging 1.2.
Kocaelispor came in having won five on the spin, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 15/15 points for Kocaelispor against 4/15 for 1877 Alemdağspor.
With 21 matches recorded and 0.7 yellow cards per game, M. Oğuz was the man in the middle. Kocaeli Stadyumu in Kocaeli staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,462. Kocaelispor led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-0 full-time score.