Match Report
The table gap was wide: 47 points between Erzurumspor FK (1st, 81 pts) and Sakaryaspor (18th, 34 pts). On recent form Erzurumspor FK sat only 5th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Sakaryaspor were scoring 1.18 and conceding 1.89, Erzurumspor FK 2.16 and 0.71, against a competition average of 1.47 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Sakaryaspor — three in succession. From the last five rounds, Sakaryaspor held 1 points of 15 and Erzurumspor FK 12.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 1 Sakaryaspor win, 1 for Erzurumspor FK, 4 draws, at 1.5 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 17% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Sakarya Atatürk Stadı (capacity 28,154). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 0-1.
Goal scorers
Erzurumspor FK: Giovanni Crociata (61')
Key stats
Possession: Sakaryaspor 56% · Erzurumspor FK 44% · Total shots: 6-9 · On target: 2-2 · Corners: 0-3