Match Report
Bursaspor U21, 3rd with 71 points, sat 49 points above Sivasspor U21 (17th, 22). Sivasspor U21 had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 17th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Bursaspor U21 1.91 scored and 1.03 conceded per game, Sivasspor U21 0.65 and 1.47, with the league averaging 1.45.
Bursaspor U21 had not lost in 15 games. Bursaspor U21 had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Sivasspor U21, 4.
The match was played at Vakıfköy Orhan Özselek Tesisleri in Bursa (capacity 1,000). B. Altındaş officiated: 37 games logged, averaging 1.6 yellow cards each. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.