Samsunspor vs Amed 1-2

Amed came from behind to win 2-1 at Samsun Yeni 19 Mayıs Stadyumu after two second-half incidents swung the match. Samsunspor led at the break, but Amed equalised from the spot on 73 minutes and D. Saba struck the winner on 84 minutes.

Samsunspor took the lead in the 21st minute when L. Tomasson finished from T. Coulibaly, making it 1-0. That stayed the score at half-time, although the home side were already down to ten men after A. Sousa was sent off on 37 minutes, having earlier been booked in the 36th minute.

Amed changed the match after the interval. It made two substitutions on 46 minutes, with F. Soyalp replaced by M. Diagne and M. Khalil replaced by A. T. Bulbul, then Diagne was sent off on 61 minutes. Even so, G. Orban converted a penalty on 73 minutes to level at 1-1, and he then set up Saba for the winner on 84 minutes. Samsunspor made several changes around that spell, but could not recover despite moving back through their bench in the 71st, 72nd, 79th, 84th and 85th minutes.

The numbers backed Amed’s comeback. They had 53% of the ball, 425 passes to Samsunspor’s 390 and 86% pass accuracy, compared with 81% for the home side. Amed also had 21 shots to 6, 5 on target to 2, 8 corners to none and an xG of 1.51 to 0.74. Samsunspor made 3 saves to Amed’s 1 and the sides were level on fouls, yellow cards and red cards at 15-13, 5-5 and 1-1 respectively.

D. Saba was booked in the 3rd minute and later scored the winner. A. Sousa was booked in the 36th minute and sent off on 37 minutes, while B. Bayazit and Y. E. Cift were also booked for Samsunspor. Amed’s cautions went to F. Soyalp in the 45th minute, L. Dellova in the 48th minute, M. Diagne twice on 61 minutes before his red card, and E. Tavsan in the 89th minute.