Match Report
The table gap was wide: 42 points between Kocaelispor (1st, 72 pts) and Adanaspor (19th, 30 pts). Kocaelispor had been under-performing their position — 13th on five-round form against 1st in the table. In league terms the two rates read 0.84/1.97 for Adanaspor and 1.79/1.08 for Kocaelispor (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.33.
Four consecutive defeats weighed on Adanaspor. Defeat had not touched Kocaelispor in 11 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Adanaspor win, 5 for Kocaelispor, 0 draws, at 2.5 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 67% of the meetings won by the home side. These meetings skew tight — only 33% saw more than two goals.
5 Ocak Fatih Terim Stadyumu in Adana, capacity 16,095, hosted the game. Kocaelispor led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-4 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Adanaspor: Daniel Candeias (49') · Kocaelispor: Marcão (5'), Oğulcan Çağlayan (35'), Rigoberto Rivas (44'), Ryan Mendes (90')