In Istanbul, Samsunspor claimed one of the weekend’s most valuable results by beating Eyüpspor 2-1 in a match that had a direct impact on the teams near the top of the table. Eray Üreten was the man who settled the scoreline, as Samsunspor found the breakthrough late on to secure a hugely important win.
For Eyüpspor, the goal created by Berke Arda gave the home side hope. When Taylan Özdemir found the net, the crowd and the team were lifted, but that response was not enough to earn a point. Samsunspor, meanwhile, produced the clearer attacking moments through Ali Usta’s contribution and did not let the match slip away.
With this result, Samsunspor moved on to 38 points and climbed into third place. Eyüpspor remained on 30 points and dropped to sixth. Both sides came into the game in strong form, but Samsunspor edged it through sharper finishing in a match where they created fewer chances.
It was a fiercely contested encounter, with Eyüpspor registering 3 shots and Samsunspor 4. The visitors made 12 tackles to the home side’s 9, showing plenty of fight on the pitch; even so, Samsunspor were the calmer side at the key moments.
Eyüpspor line-up: Kerim Çankıroğlu, Caner Çıkrık, Kerim Bilik, Berke Arda, Toby Prescott, Şeref Topaloğlu, Taylan Özdemir, Jakub Muczka, Enes Mohammed Uysal, Matteo Pflumıo, Baran Deniz Güler
Samsunspor line-up: Batuhan Alyas, Efe Yılmaz, Atakan Yılmaz, Emir Güney, Ali Usta, Aziz Orhan, Kaan Mert, Serkan Mert, Arda Ayaz, Eray Üreten, Samet Karpuzoglu
Goals
- Eyüpspor: Taylan Özdemir
- Samsunspor: Eray Üreten (2)
Assists
- Eyüpspor: Berke Arda
- Samsunspor: Ali Usta
You can view the statistics from the Eyüpspor - Samsunspor match here.
