ANKARA. Gençlerbirliği was after all too good for Altay with the goal of Buğra Çağıran (11′), Sambou Yatabaré (85′) and Mustapha Yatabaré (90′).
The match was played at the Eryaman Stadyumu stadium in Ankara on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was İlker Yasin Avcı with the assistance of Serdar Soydan and Serhat Sağır. The 4th official was Berkan Çetin. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 23.28 degrees Celsius or 73.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 29%.
Match Statistics
Gençlerbirliği
3 - 0
Altay
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 20 Total 3
- 9 On Target 1
- 10 Off Target 1
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 116 Attack 103
- 73 Dangerous attack 40
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 10 Total 9
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Gençlerbirliği was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Altay that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Gençlerbirliği was putting more pressure with 73 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gençlerbirliği won the match.
Gençlerbirliği shot 20 times, 9 on target, 10 off target. On the opposite side, Altay shot 3 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Gençlerbirliği received 1 yellow card (Mustapha Yatabaré). On the other side, Altay received 2 yellow cards (Sefa Özdemir and Zeki Yildirim).
Match Timeline
Standings
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After this encounter, Gençlerbirliği will have 17 points like Göztepe and Bodrumspor to hold in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Altay will stay with 5 points like Giresunspor to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 1. Lig, Gençlerbirliği will host BB Erzurumspor on the 20th of April with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Gençlerbirliği (1 draw).
Altay will play away agasint Keçiörengücü on the 11th of May with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Keçiörengücü (2 draws).
