Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Göztepe 7th with 60 points, Denizlispor 18th with 23, 37 apart. Denizlispor ranked 11th in the league on five-round form, well above their 18th table position. Against a league average of 1.34 goals per team per game, Denizlispor ran at 0.97 scored and 1.86 conceded, Göztepe at 1.29 and 0.8.
Denizlispor had lost four in a row.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 1 for Denizlispor, 1 for Göztepe and 3 drawn, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. In 80% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu in Denizli staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,427. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Göztepe led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.