Konyaspor climb into top five with 3-1 win

Konyaspor beat Kocaelispor 3-1 in the third week of the league to move up to six points. The home side climbed from 13th to fourth, while Kocaelispor, who had finished the first two weeks top of the table, dropped to sixth.

Konyaspor’s three goals came from three different players: İbrahim Serhan Özuğurlu, Bartu Demir Sonaer and Onur Yalın Sonaer. Bartu and Onur also each provided an assist, playing a part in both the goals and the build-up to the win. Roman Şeker scored Kocaelispor’s only goal, assisted by Eyüphan Özen.

Both sides had six shots, but Konyaspor converted three of theirs. Home goalkeeper Emre Eymur also made five saves to help his side hold on to their advantage.

After losing to Kayserispor in their opening match, Konyaspor beat Gençlerbirliği and followed that up with a second consecutive league win. Kocaelispor, who had beaten Rams Başakşehir FK and İstanbulspor in the first two weeks, suffered their first defeat of the season.

Konyaspor starting XI: Metin Çelik, Alican Özdemir, Emre Eymur, Mustafa Kutay Yıldırım, Jake Thomas, İbrahim Serhan Özuğurlu, Volkan Kaya, Mehmet Can Arslan, Bartu Demir Sonaer, Onur Yalın Sonaer, Kerem Dinçler

Kocaelispor starting XI: Kevin Mehmet Yanakçı, Emre Yetkin, Nayir Kazarih, Eyüphan Özen, Roman Şeker, Eren Taşveren, Semih Yasin Kılıç, Yasin Bölükbaş, Abdelmalek Bounia, Alperen Zar, Ahmet Ayan

Goals

• Konyaspor: İbrahim Serhan Özuğurlu, Bartu Demir Sonaer, Onur Yalın Sonaer
• Kocaelispor: Roman Şeker

Assists

• Konyaspor: Bartu Demir Sonaer, Onur Yalın Sonaer
• Kocaelispor: Eyüphan Özen

You can find the stats from the Konyaspor-Kocaelispor match here.