Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Sivas Belediyespor 4th with 67 points, Mersin İdman yurdu 18th with 4, 63 apart. Per game in the league, Sivas Belediyespor were scoring 1.68 and conceding 0.85, Mersin İdman yurdu 0.56 and 3.91, against a competition average of 1.44 goals per team per game.
Nine consecutive defeats weighed on Mersin İdman yurdu. Over the last five, Sivas Belediyespor had taken 8 of 15 points to Mersin İdman yurdu's 0.
Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Stadyumu in Sivas, capacity 2,150, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.