Match Report
7 points for Gençlerbirliği (2nd), 6 for Fenerbahçe (4th): a 1-point gap. Against a league average of 1.45 goals per team per game, Gençlerbirliği ran at 1.33 scored and 0.67 conceded, Fenerbahçe at 2.33 and 1.33.
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