Ballet hat-trick, then red card, as Amed's chances nearly tripled

Amed beat Eyüpspor on far better chances than usual, though Samuel Ballet's hat-trick ended with a red card.

Samuel Ballet scored three times for Amed at Diyarbakir Stadium, and then he was sent off. The red card came in the 90th minute, seven minutes after his penalty, so the last moments were played with ten Amed men, and every figure below has to be read with that in mind.

Expected goals, usually shortened to xG, gives each shot a value based on how often a chance like it goes in, judging by where it was taken from and how it was struck. A penalty scores high, a long speculative effort scores low. By that measure Amed's chances added up to 4.88, nearly triple the 1.74 they usually create in a match.

The shot count tells the same story. Amed took 20 attempts, 15 of them from inside the box, against their usual 14.9 a game. The league average is 12.8 shots per side, so this was above both their own norm and the division's. Eyüpspor managed five.

Amed had 56% of the ball, a little more than their usual 48%. Eyüpspor had 44%, down from their own 50.2%. Possession is the figure most people reach for first, but here it was the smaller part of the picture. Eyüpspor had less of the ball than they normally keep, yet still created 0.81 expected goals, slightly above their usual 0.52.

The more striking figure is what Eyüpspor gave up. They usually concede 1.77 expected goals per match, and this time they allowed nearly three times that. Their last six matches have all been defeats, with no goals scored, and one of those losses came after an eight-goal thrashing away from home. Their record away from home reads one win from nine.

Amed scored five, against a usual 2.2, and conceded one, close to their usual 1.1. So the defensive story is ordinary, while the scoring was anything but. Ballet's three came from six shots, Gift Orban scored and also set one up, and Rayan Lutin finished the day with two assists.

Amed's last six results read four wins and two draws, while Eyüpspor's read six defeats.

Player of the matchSamuel Ballet3 goals9.2

Ermal Krasniqi1 goal8.2

Gift Orban1 goal · 1 assist8.2

Rayan Lutin2 assists7.3