Match Report
Karşıyaka went into the game 3rd in the table on 55 points; Batman Petrolspor sat 1st on 60 — a 5-point gap. Per game in the league, Karşıyaka were scoring 2.04 and conceding 1.18, Batman Petrolspor 1.93 and 0.68, against a competition average of 1.22 goals per team per game.
Batman Petrolspor carried a 13-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 14 consecutive games.
The match was played at İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu in Izmir (capacity 15,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Batman Petrolspor led 1-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 1-5.