Göztepe 0-1 Gençlerbirliği: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings
Süper Lig Matchday 2 · Sunday 23 August 2026 · Göztepe Gürsel Aksel Stadı (İzmir), İzmir · referee B. Kolak · full time
Full time: Göztepe 0-1 Gençlerbirliği
Gençlerbirliği won 1-0 away at Göztepe in Süper Lig Matchday 2 on Sunday 23 August 2026. The goals: Sékou Koïta 51'.
How Gençlerbirliği won it
Sékou Koïta put Gençlerbirliği ahead in the 51st minute, set up by Oğulcan Ülgün.
It was 0-0 at half-time, and the second half changed the result.
The referee, B. Kolak, showed 3 yellow cards: 1 to Göztepe and 2 to Gençlerbirliği. Malcom Bokele missed a penalty for Göztepe in the 50 minute.
Göztepe: S. Stoilov, 3-4-1-2 · Gençlerbirliği: M. Diyadin, 4-1-4-1.
Moneyball's prediction against the result
Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.
Why it went this way
On the day the expected goals were 1.46 for Göztepe and 1.68 for Gençlerbirliği.
Göztepe scored about 1.5 fewer than their chances were worth: poor finishing, or a goalkeeper at his best.
Göztepe had 6 shots on target, Gençlerbirliği 2.
Gençlerbirliği's goalkeeper made 6 saves.
Göztepe had 51% of the ball, but Gençlerbirliği took the points.
Where the two sides stood before this match
Göztepe came into it with 8 Süper Lig matches played, scoring 2.1 and conceding 2.0 a match, with 1.97 expected goals for and 1.83 against, and had won 25% of their matches.
Gençlerbirliği came into it with 9 Süper Lig matches played, scoring 0.8 and conceding 2.0 a match, with 1.15 expected goals for and 2.10 against, and had won 22% of their matches.
Göztepe vs Gençlerbirliği: the match in numbers
| Göztepe | Match statistics | Gençlerbirliği |
|---|---|---|
| 51% | Ball possession | 49% |
| 1.46 | Expected goals (xG) | 1.68 |
| 16 | Total shots | 10 |
| 6 | Shots on target | 2 |
| 2 | Big chances | 2 |
| 357 | Total passes | 359 |
| 73% | Pass accuracy | 74% |
| 6 | Corners | 5 |
| 15 | Fouls | 12 |
| 1 | Offsides | 1 |
| 14 | Tackles | 16 |
| 1 | Saves | 6 |
| 1 | Yellow cards | 2 |
Team statistics from Sportmonks.
Player ratings and man of the match
Man of the match: İrfan Can Eğribayat (Gençlerbirliği), rated 8.8 by Sportmonks.
Göztepe
- Arda Okan Kurtulan 7.9
- Janderson 7.2
- Allan Godói 7.1
- Novatus Miroshi 7.0
- Efkan Bekiroğlu 6.9
Gençlerbirliği
- İrfan Can Eğribayat 8.8
- Adama Traoré 7.4
- Dimitrios Goutas 7.3
- Sékou Koïta 7.2 1 goal
- Oğulcan Ülgün 7.1 1 assist
The lowest-rated starter was Alex Matos at 6.3. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.
What comes next
- Göztepe: Göztepe vs Çorum FK Sunday 25 October 2026 · Süper Lig
- Gençlerbirliği: Gençlerbirliği vs Alanyaspor Monday 2 November 2026 · Süper Lig
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Questions about Göztepe vs Gençlerbirliği
What was the score in Göztepe vs Gençlerbirliği?
Göztepe 0-1 Gençlerbirliği (half-time 0-0), Süper Lig, Sunday 23 August 2026.
Who scored in Göztepe vs Gençlerbirliği?
Sékou Koïta 51'.
Did Moneyball predict Göztepe vs Gençlerbirliği correctly?
Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.
Who was man of the match in Göztepe vs Gençlerbirliği?
İrfan Can Eğribayat, rated 8.8 by Sportmonks.
Who refereed Göztepe vs Gençlerbirliği?
B. Kolak.
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