Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Manisaspor 3rd with 58 points, Kuşadası 1923 Spor Kulübü 14th with 13, 45 apart. Per game in the league, Manisaspor were scoring 2.17 and conceding 0.72, Kuşadası 1923 Spor Kulübü 0.72 and 3.79, against a competition average of 1.54 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Manisaspor, winners of their last three, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Kuşadası 1923 Spor Kulübü had gone 13 games without a win. Recent form was uneven: 13/15 points for Manisaspor, 1/15 for Kuşadası 1923 Spor Kulübü.
The match was played at 19 Mayıs Stadyumu (capacity 16,597). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Manisaspor led 2-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 7-0.