Match Report
The table gap was wide: 21 points between Kocaelispor (1st, 72 pts) and Keçiörengücü (13th, 51 pts). Kocaelispor's recent output lagged their position: 13th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Kocaelispor 1.79 scored and 1.08 conceded per game, Keçiörengücü 1.58 and 1.39, with the league averaging 1.33.
Defeat had followed defeat for Kocaelispor — three in succession. Keçiörengücü had been beaten in three straight games.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Kocaelispor 4, draws 1, Keçiörengücü 0, at 2.4 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 60% of the meetings.
İsmetpaşa Stadyumu in İzmit staged the fixture, a ground that holds 34,829. On the scoreboard, Kocaelispor led 4-1 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 4-1 the final score.
Goal scorers
Kocaelispor: Oğulcan Çağlayan (30'), Ryan Mendes (28'), Oğulcan Çağlayan (36'), Oğulcan Çağlayan (45') · Keçiörengücü: Oğuzhan Ayaydın (43')