Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Kocaelispor 1st with 84 points, Sarıyer 15th with 42, 42 apart. In league terms the two rates read 1.92/0.74 for Kocaelispor and 1.21/1.5 for Sarıyer (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.26.
Defeat had not touched Kocaelispor in 6 games. Sarıyer's winless run stood at 6. From the last five rounds, Kocaelispor held 13 points of 15 and Sarıyer 1.
İsmetpaşa Stadyumu in Izmit, capacity 35,000, hosted the game. The referee was E. Aydın, with 44 matches in our database and 0.8 yellows per game on average. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Kocaelispor led 2-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.