A first-half penalty and two goals in a minute took Muğlaspor to 5-0

Muğlaspor beat İstanbulspor 5-0 at home after a VAR-confirmed penalty on 44 minutes, despite having much less of the ball.

The turning point came on 44 minutes, when a VAR review confirmed a penalty for Muğlaspor. An earlier spot kick, on 13 minutes, had been cancelled, so the decision that counted was the second one. Ibrahim Sissoko scored it on 45 minutes, and İ. Furat added another goal within the same minute, sending the home side in at half-time 3-0 up.

The visitors had most of the ball, which made the scoreline harder to read at first glance. İstanbulspor held 63% of possession, well above their away average of 41.2% over nine matches, while Muğlaspor were held to 37%, below their home average of 52.1% over seven. Possession did not carry the chances, though, and that gap is what the match turned on.

Chance quality is the clearer story. Expected goals, a measure that scores each shot by how likely it was to go in, put Muğlaspor at 1.99, above their home average of 1.56. İstanbulspor managed 1.04, below their away average of 1.21, despite taking more shots than usual. The home side took fewer shots than they typically do, but the ones they had were better, and that is how they got five goals from them.

İ. Furat was the difference. He scored twice, took four shots and put two of them on target, and his performance earned a rating of 9.4. Daniel Avramovski scored the opener on 8 minutes, and Bilal Ceylan set up two goals, with Sissoko creating four chances along the way. Ceylan's ratings and assists made him the second most influential home player on the day, but Furat was the one the scoreboard kept pointing to.

The away side had their moments without converting them. Their 12 shots included eight that missed the target entirely, and they won six corners to Muğlaspor's two. Elvin Mendy won seven one-on-one duels, the most of anyone on the pitch, and Alieu Cham created four chances. Two İstanbulspor players were booked, Abdullah Dijlan Aydin on 3 minutes and Ilian Iliev on 64, and their defence was breached five times in total.

The result leaves the two clubs in very different places. Muğlaspor are ninth in the table with 15 points from 11 matches, and this win takes them to 18. İstanbulspor sit 19th on five points, and their away record now reads one win and eight defeats from 11 matches. Their away goals against tally of 26 is the heaviest in the pair of records we hold for this match.

Player of the matchİ. Furat2 goals9.4

M. Diarra1 goal8.1

B. Ceylan2 assists8.0

D. Avramovski1 goal7.9