Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Gençlerbirliği 3rd with 20 points, Akhisar Belediyespor 78th with 0, 20 apart. Akhisar Belediyespor's recent output lagged their position: 2001st on form over five rounds while 78th in the table. Against a league average of 1.69 goals per team per game, Gençlerbirliği ran at 1.88 scored and 0.88 conceded, Akhisar Belediyespor at 2 and 3.5.
Akhisar Belediyespor's winless run stood at 6. Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for Gençlerbirliği, 2/15 for Akhisar Belediyespor.
12 meetings are on record — 4 won by Gençlerbirliği, 2 by Akhisar Belediyespor, 6 drawn, at 2.08 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Gençlerbirliği: Sefa Yilmaz (85'), Bogdan Stancu (79'), Mats Seuntjens (20') · Akhisar Belediyespor: A. Çeviker (50'), Sanney Geleya (4')