Match Report
The table gap was wide: 16 points between Konyaspor (4th, 20 pts) and Eskişehirspor (24th, 4 pts). Recent form told a different story for Eskişehirspor: only 2001st in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 24th. Per game in the league, Konyaspor were scoring 1 and conceding 0.62, Eskişehirspor 1.17 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.69 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Eskişehirspor — three in succession. Konyaspor had banked 10 of the last 15 points on offer; Eskişehirspor, 1.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 5 Konyaspor wins, 2 for Eskişehirspor, 1 draw, at 2.88 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 75% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu, capacity 42,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Konyaspor led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Konyaspor: M. Akçay (33')
Key stats
Possession: Konyaspor 63% · Eskişehirspor 37% · On target: 5-5 · Corners: 3-6