Match Report
The table gap was wide: 34 points between Sivasspor (10th, 54 pts) and Yeni Malatyaspor (20th, 20 pts). Recent form flatters Sivasspor's table spot — 1st league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 10th. Scoring rates set the scale: Sivasspor 1.37 scored and 1.32 conceded per game, Yeni Malatyaspor 0.71 and 1.87, with the league averaging 1.4.
Yeni Malatyaspor's winless run stood at 10.
The sides have met 11 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Sivasspor, 2 draws and 3 for Yeni Malatyaspor, at 2.82 goals per meeting. The recent editions have closed up — 2 goals per game over the last five against 2.82 all-time.
The match was played at Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu (capacity 27,532). A. Kardeşler took charge of the match — our records show 85 games refereed with an average of 1.5 yellow cards per game. Yeni Malatyaspor led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Sivasspor: Olarenwaju Kayode (52'), F. Fajr (70') · Yeni Malatyaspor: K. Özer (31')
Key stats
Possession: Sivasspor 50% · Yeni Malatyaspor 50% · Total shots: 14-14 · On target: 5-5 · Corners: 6-2