Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Ümraniyespor 2nd with 70 points, Bursaspor 17th with 44, 26 apart. The last five rounds placed Bursaspor 1st in the league for form — higher than their 17th in the standings. Per game in the league, Bursaspor were scoring 1.19 and conceding 1.47, Ümraniyespor 1.78 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Ümraniyespor, winners of their last three.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 3 for Bursaspor, 1 for Ümraniyespor and 0 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings. History points to goals: 75% of the meetings had three or more.
The match was played at Timsah Arena in Bursa (capacity 43,877). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-2.