Çorum made the chances, Fenerbahçe took the goals in a 5-0 win

Fenerbahçe won at Çorum FK with fewer shots than they usually take, while the home side created far more than usual and went home with nothing.

Çorum FK had more of the chances and came away with nothing. They took 22 shots, more than double their home average of 10.9, and their expected goals (xG, a rough score for how good each chance was, based on where it was taken from and how it was struck) came to 2.00 against their usual 0.99. Fenerbahçe needed far fewer chances. Two of them went in before the 21st minute, and they finished the afternoon with five.

Mason Greenwood opened the scoring in the 12th minute, set up by Oğuz Aydın, and İrfan Can Kahveci doubled the lead nine minutes later from a pass by R. Lukaku. Both men scored again. Kahveci's second came in the 56th minute and Greenwood's in the 63rd, with Aydın adding a fifth in the 74th. Each of them ended with two goals, and the visitors' goalkeeper Ederson had plenty to do besides.

Fenerbahçe had 59% of the ball, above their away average of 53%, and passed with 90% accuracy. Those numbers describe a side that kept the ball well, but they do not explain the scoreline. Their 10 shots were fewer than their away average of 16, and their xG of 1.30 sat well below their usual 2.28. They created less than they normally do and still scored five.

The gap between chances and goals is the heart of this match. Fenerbahçe's six shots on target became five goals, far more than chances worth 1.30 would normally produce. Çorum, by contrast, had 14 of their 22 shots from inside the penalty area, and their eight on target brought them nothing. Finishing is a skill that comes and goes over a match, and here it went one way.

Çorum had 41% of the ball, below their home average of 53.2%, and completed 372 passes at 86% accuracy. They also won seven corners to Fenerbahçe's one, which shows they spent time pressing near the visitors' box. Their last six matches include four wins, so this was a sharp change in fortune rather than a settled slump.

Fenerbahçe sit eighth in the table on 16 points, one place above Çorum FK, who are ninth on the same total. Çorum's home record reads five wins, one draw and four defeats from ten matches, with 21 goals scored and 16 conceded. Fenerbahçe's away record is the same five wins, one draw and four defeats, but they have conceded just 10 in those ten matches while scoring 24.

Player of the matchİrfan Can Kahveci2 goals9.2

Mason Greenwood2 goals8.9

Ederson9 saves8.6

Oğuz Aydın1 goal · 1 assist8.3