Başakşehir vs Samsunspor 5-2

Başakşehir beat Samsunspor 5-2 at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium after going ahead in the 10th minute and turning a quick first-half spell into a 3-1 lead. Samsunspor pulled one back late on, and Başakşehir added two more to finish it off.

E. Shomurodov opened the scoring in the 10th minute from I. Brnic's pass, before T. Coulibaly levelled for Samsunspor on 22 minutes, assisted by M. Bayo. A. Skov Olsen restored Başakşehir's lead three minutes later from S. Kharebashvili's assist, and E. Bayram made it 3-1 on 41 minutes, set up by J. Kaluzinski. Başakşehir were 3-1 up at half-time.

Samsunspor made a change on 46 minutes and later sent on J. Assoumou and S. Onur together on 71 minutes, while Başakşehir made a single change on 67 minutes and then three more on 78 minutes. O. Ba struck on 75 minutes from another Kaluzinski pass to make it 4-1, before E. Tavsan came off the bench to score on 84 minutes from Assoumou's assist, having come on in the 46th minute. Başakşehir then sealed it in stoppage time when A. Fayzullaev, who had come on in the 78th minute, scored on 90+1 minutes from Kharebashvili's pass.

The numbers backed the result. Başakşehir had 58% of the ball, 483 passes to Samsunspor's 351, and 85% pass accuracy compared with 79%. They also finished with more shots, 18 to 9, more on target, 6 to 4, more corners, 6 to 2, and a higher xG figure, 2.93 to 1.04. Saves were level at 2-2, while Başakşehir were caught offside twice and Samsunspor four times.

A. Sekongo was booked in the 4th minute for Samsunspor, and S. Erakovic went into the book on 85 minutes. Başakşehir did not receive a booking.