Match Report
İstanbulspor, 20th on 16 points, faced a 34-point deficit to Rizespor (9th, 50). Rizespor had been under-performing their position — 19th on five-round form against 9th in the table. Against a league average of 1.4 goals per team per game, İstanbulspor ran at 0.71 scored and 2.11 conceded, Rizespor at 1.26 and 1.53.
İstanbulspor had gone 9 games without a win.
With 60 matches recorded and 1.8 yellow cards per game, A. Akarsu was the man in the middle. Bahçelievler İl Özel İdare Stadyumu in Istanbul, capacity 7,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rizespor led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-4.