Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Somaspor 1st with 69 points, Yalovaspor 17th with 22, 47 apart. Yalovaspor ranked 13th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Yalovaspor 0.81 scored and 1.63 conceded per game, Somaspor 2 and 0.94, with the league averaging 1.15.
Yalova Atatürk Stadyumu in Yalova, capacity 8,980, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.