Two behind at 62 minutes, Batman Petrolspor still won

Batman Petrolspor beat Esenler Erokspor 3-2 at home, with a penalty at 85 and a 90th-minute goal from Mickael Biron turning the game around.

Batman Petrolspor were two goals behind at 62 minutes and still won at home in the 1. Lig. Metehan Mert pulled one back at 69, Pedrinho converted a penalty at 85, and Mickael Biron scored the winner at 90. In between, Esenler Erokspor had a penalty of their own cancelled by VAR at 74, the sort of decision that can take the heart out of a side that is ahead.

Batman's chances are the first thing the numbers pick out. Their expected goals figure, which adds up how likely each shot was to go in, came to 2.04. That is well above the 1.39 they usually reach at home, and above the 1.25 an average side in the league creates. Their shots mostly came from close range, with 13 of their 16 efforts taken inside the box.

Esenler's chances were above their own level too, with 1.75 expected goals against an away average of 1.3. The more striking figure is what Batman's chances meant for them. Esenler usually concede 0.7 expected goals on the road, so Batman's total was close to three times that. Esenler still had only 48% of the ball, well short of the 57.7% they usually keep when they travel.

Goals were a different story from chances, because they were close to the usual pattern on both sides. Batman scored three, a little above their home average of 2, and conceded two, which is roughly their usual 1.8 at home. Esenler scored two, more than double their away average of 0.9, but they also conceded three, which is above their usual 1.2 on the road.

Biron was the player who settled it. He rated 8.3, the highest in the match, scored the winner and also set up Metehan Mert's goal at 69. Guélor Kanga, rated 8.0, scored Esenler's first goal and took four shots, three of them on target. Yusuf Erdoğan scored their second and had earlier set up Kanga, so the visitors' attack was spread across the team.

Esenler picked up five yellow cards to Batman's two, though neither side lost a player to a red card. The visitors were booked more often as the game tightened, with a yellow shown at 82 and another at 90, and that discipline sat alongside a penalty decision that went against them. Their five bookings were the most of any player group in the match.

Batman now sit fifth in the table on 20 points from 11 games, with six wins at home. Esenler are 15th on 12 points, with two wins from their 11 matches on the road.

Player of the matchM. Biron1 goal · 1 assist8.3

G. Kanga1 goal8.0

Y. Erdoğan1 goal · 1 assist7.9

Pedrinho1 goal7.8