Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Göztepe 2nd with 70 points, Altay 17th with 10, 60 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Göztepe 1.76 scored and 0.59 conceded per game, Altay 0.47 and 2.24, with the league averaging 1.18.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Göztepe win, 2 for Altay, 1 draw, at 2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 25% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 25% of the meetings.
Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Stadı (İzmir) in Izmir, capacity 25,035, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Göztepe led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-0.