Samsunspor vs Trabzonspor 0-3

Trabzonspor won 3-0 at Samsunspor after three first-half goals settled it before the break. E. Muci, C. Nwaiwu and Franculino scored before half-time, and Trabzonspor then had to see out the match with 10 men after M. Kabasakal was sent off in the 43rd minute.

Samsunspor had already had L. Tomasson booked in the 7th minute when the scoring started in the 28th. M. Eskihellac set up E. Muci for the opener, C. Nwaiwu made it 0-2 in the 39th minute, and Franculino, assisted by M. Salah, made it 0-3 a minute later. Samsunspor were 3-0 down at the interval.

The second half brought no further goals, though both sides changed things at the break. Samsunspor replaced A. Sekongo with F. Kaya, while Trabzonspor took off E. Muci, who had scored in the 28th minute, and brought on O. Tufan. Samsunspor made two changes in the 66th minute, with E. Watt and T. Coulibaly going off for O. Ohlenschlaeger and E. Tavsan, and Trabzonspor made two in the 71st minute, with M. Eskihellac and Franculino replaced by S. Lopes Cabral and C. Ozkacar. Later substitutions saw J. Mendes make way for A. Sousa in the 79th minute and A. Simsir replaced by T. Jabol-Folcarelli in the 84th. Despite the red card, Trabzonspor kept the clean sheet and protected the three-goal lead to the end.

Samsunspor had 52% of the possession, 386 passes to Trabzonspor's 373 and 82% pass accuracy to 80%, but they still finished with fewer shots on target, 5 to 6, and a lower xG of 1.04 to 1.64. They also had 5 corners to Trabzonspor's 4 and 18 fouls to 4, while Trabzonspor had 5 saves to Samsunspor's 3.

There were two bookings for Samsunspor, L. Tomasson in the 7th minute and T. Fink in the 41st. Trabzonspor's only dismissal was M. Kabasakal's red card in the 43rd minute. E. Watt was also booked for Samsunspor in the 44th minute.