Match Report
Yeni Malatyaspor, 19th on 16 points, faced a 62-point deficit to Samsunspor (1st, 78). Per game in the league, Yeni Malatyaspor were scoring 0.61 and conceding 2.25, Samsunspor 1.94 and 0.72, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Yeni Malatyaspor — four in succession. Momentum sat with Samsunspor, winners of their last three. The last-five ledger: Yeni Malatyaspor 3/15, Samsunspor 12/15.
Yeni Hatay Stadyumu, capacity 1,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-3.