Match Report
7 points for Gençlerbirliği (3rd), 6 for Fenerbahçe (4th): a 1-point gap. Against a league average of 1.42 goals per team per game, Gençlerbirliği ran at 1.33 scored and 0.67 conceded, Fenerbahçe at 2 and 1.5.
Defeat had not touched Fenerbahçe in 10 games, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Gençlerbirliği against 13/15 for Fenerbahçe.
28 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Gençlerbirliği 4, draws 5, Fenerbahçe 19, at 3.29 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 75% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 64%. The last five meetings averaged 4.2 goals, well above the all-time 3.29.
O. Aksu took charge of the match — our records show 59 games refereed with an average of 2.2 yellow cards per game. The match was played at Eryaman Stadyumu (capacity 20,560). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Gençlerbirliği: Franco Tongya (37'), Oğulcan Ülgün (56') · Fenerbahçe: Talisca (13')
Key stats
Possession: Gençlerbirliği 29% · Fenerbahçe 71% · Total shots: 10-27 · On target: 3-11 · Corners: 1-12