Match Report
The table read 15th (Bayrampaşaspor, 33 pts) against 13th (Niğde Belediyespor, 37 pts), 4 points apart. Bayrampaşaspor had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Against a league average of 1.37 goals per team per game, Bayrampaşaspor ran at 0.94 scored and 1.56 conceded, Niğde Belediyespor at 1.12 and 1.38.
Niğde Belediyespor carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Bayrampaşaspor 3/15, Niğde Belediyespor 13/15.
The match was played at Bayrampaşa Çetin Emeç Stadı in Istanbul (capacity 2,370). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Bayrampaşaspor led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.