Match Report
Menemen Belediyespor went into the game 18th in the table on 38 points; Gençlerbirliği sat 13th on 48 — a 10-point gap. The last five rounds placed Gençlerbirliği 6th in the league for form — higher than their 13th in the standings. Per game in the league, Menemen Belediyespor were scoring 1.17 and conceding 1.58, Gençlerbirliği 1.22 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.32 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Menemen Belediyespor for 6 matches.
Menemen Kesik Sahası in Menemen staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 1-3.