Bandırmaspor lost the ball, the chances and a man in a 0-3 defeat

Fatih Karagümrük beat Bandırmaspor 3-0 at the 17 Eylül Stadium, creating far more than they usually do away from home.

Bandırmaspor usually have most of the ball at home, close to 59% across their home games this season. Against Fatih Karagümrük at the 17 Eylül Stadium they had 46%, and the match had turned against them well before the final whistle. An own goal in the 11th minute gave the visitors the lead, and Yaya Onogo made it 2-0 at 22 minutes, so the home side were chasing the game from very early on.

Karagümrük's share of the ball was 54%, which is almost exactly their average of 54.1% in away games, so possession tells us little here. What stands out is what they did with it. They had 20 shots, 10 of them on target, against a usual 13.2 in away matches and a league average of 11.3 per side. Expected goals, a score that rates how good each chance was, came to 2.37 for the visitors, well above their usual 1.44 away from home.

Bandırmaspor, by contrast, managed only five shots at home, where they normally take around 13. Their own expected goals figure was 0.71, against a usual 1.14 in their home games. The chances they gave away were worth far more than the 0.8 they usually concede in expected goals at home, and they conceded three goals where they usually concede around 1.1. The problem was not one bad spell. It ran through the whole ninety minutes.

Enes Aydın was sent off in the 79th minute, which left Bandırmaspor with ten men for the last eleven minutes. Karagümrük's goals did not stop there. Baris Kalayci scored at 87 minutes, and Daniele Verde added a third at 90 minutes, a goal that was checked by VAR and confirmed. The home goalkeeper, F. Bekleviç, made seven saves, which kept the margin from being even wider, but he could not stop the last two goals arriving with a man fewer on the pitch.

Ahmed Traore was the visitors' most active forward in the sense that matters most for a reader: he had five shots, three of them on target, won nine duels and set up Onogo's goal. Karagümrük's keeper had to make only three saves all afternoon, which tells you how seldom Bandırmaspor really tested them. Kalayci and Onogo each scored, and both were rated among the best players on the pitch for their side's attacking work.

Karagümrük have now won two of their last six away matches, and this win moves them to 16 points, leaving them 12th in the table after thirteen games. Bandırmaspor remain 14th on 14 points, having had their lowest share of the ball in a home game in this run, and are now left looking at the table with fewer points and a player less than they started with.

Player of the matchY. Onogo1 goal8.2

Baris Kalayci1 goal8.2

Traore Ahmed1 assist7.7

Candan Baskale1 assist7.6