Trabzonspor won 2-0 and finished with ten men

A penalty from M. Salah, a Franculino Djú goal and a red card in the 90th minute, while Heart Of Midlothian's chances fell well short of their usual level.

Trabzonspor's win over Heart Of Midlothian ended with a player walking off. In the 90th minute S. Lopes Cabral picked up a second yellow card, and Trabzonspor saw out the closing moments with ten men. He had already been booked in the ninth minute, so the dismissal came after a warning and with the score already beyond doubt.

Both goals came in the first hour. M. Salah converted a penalty in the 32nd minute, then set up Franculino Djú for the second, scored in the 58th. Franculino's rating of 9 was the highest in the match, and it reflected two shots on target and five duels won.

Expected goals, or xG, measures how good a side's chances were rather than how many it took, by giving each shot a value based on how often that kind of chance goes in. Trabzonspor took 11 shots, a touch under the league average of 12.4 per side, but their xG of 1.49 was above the league average of 1.32, so their chances were better than the count suggests. They also had 61% of the ball and forced five shots on target, against one for Heart Of Midlothian.

Heart Of Midlothian had 39% of the ball, close to the 39.3% they usually hold on their travels, so the share of possession was typical for them. The shortfall came in the chances. This season they average an xG of 1.78 away from home and 1.7 goals a game, but here their xG was 0.64 and they failed to score. Beau Reus made three saves to keep the margin where it was, and Rogers Mato made six interventions and won six duels.

The reverse was true at the other end. Heart Of Midlothian usually concede 0.45 xG away from home, and Trabzonspor's chances on the day were far above that level. Their goals conceded were close to what Heart usually concede per game, so the scoreline looked ordinary for them even though the chances against them were not.

Scoring was low across the league too, where matches average 3.3 goals each, so this was a game with fewer goals than usual. For Trabzonspor the win came from chances that were better than their shot count, and for Heart Of Midlothian it came from chances that were far fewer than they normally create.

Trabzonspor sit fourth in the table after one game, with three points, and have won five of their last six matches. Heart Of Midlothian have one point and sit 18th.

Player of the matchFranculino Djú1 goal9.0

Mohamed Salah1 goal · 1 assist7.9

Batista Mendy3 duels won7.7

Cenk Özkaçar3 duels won7.2