Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between Kocaelispor (1st, 72 pts) and Çorum Belediyespor (10th, 54 pts). On recent form Kocaelispor sat only 13th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Kocaelispor were scoring 1.79 and conceding 1.08, Çorum Belediyespor 1.29 and 1.18, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 3 Kocaelispor wins, 2 for Çorum Belediyespor, 1 draw, at 2.33 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 33% of those meetings.
The venue was İsmetpaşa Stadyumu in Izmit, with room for 35,000 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Kocaelispor led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.
Goal scorers
Kocaelispor: Oğulcan Çağlayan (2'), Josip Vuković (71')