Amed vs Konyaspor 1-0

Amed beat Konyaspor 1-0 after M. Diagne struck in the 86th minute, with D. Saba providing the assist. The goal settled a tight game that had stayed level for most of the afternoon.

The first half produced no goals, with Konyaspor’s M. Ibrahimoglu booked in the 18th minute and D. Turuc cautioned on 37 minutes before Amed’s F. Soyalp was shown yellow in the 51st minute. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Amed made two changes on 63 minutes, taking off Soyalp and R. Lutin for G. Gul and A. T. Bulbul, while Konyaspor also changed once with J. Muleka replaced by Mostafa Mohamed. Diagne, who had come on in the 72nd minute, then scored on 86 minutes to make it 1-0. Konyaspor responded with two more changes on 74 minutes, sending on J. Dompe and E. Colley for D. Turuc and D. Goncalves, before E. Bardhi replaced Ibrahimoglu on 80 minutes. Amed finished with two more substitutions on 89 minutes, when A. Cisse and C. Ustundag came on for E. Krasniqi and Saba, protecting the lead through the closing moments.

The numbers backed the home win. Amed had 51% of the ball, 433 passes to Konyaspor’s 406, and 82% pass accuracy to their visitors’ 80%, while also leading 13 shots to 5, 4 on target to 2, 6 corners to 2 and 1.28 expected goals to 0.25. Konyaspor, though, saved more often, with 4 saves to Amed’s 2.

Discipline was mostly on Konyaspor’s side, with M. Ibrahimoglu and D. Turuc booked in the first half and A. Masuaku cautioned in the 88th minute. Amed’s only yellow card went to F. Soyalp on 51 minutes.