İstanbulspor vs Esenler Erokspor 0-1

Esenler Erokspor beat İstanbulspor 1-0 after Guélor Kanga’s 20th-minute goal settled the match. Mikail Okyar supplied the assist, and the visitors kept that lead from there.

Kanga opened the scoring in the 20th minute, turning in Okyar’s pass for 1-0. That was the only goal before half-time, with Esenler Erokspor leading 1-0 at the break.

İstanbulspor made two changes on 59 minutes, sending on Mamadou Fall and Alieu Cham, while Esenler Erokspor answered with two switches on 61 minutes, including Kanga coming off after his goal and Pape Habib Gueye making way for Yusuf Erdoğan. The visitors made two more changes on 70 minutes, then İstanbulspor used a three-man window on 77 minutes as they chased the equaliser, but they did not find one. Esenler Erokspor finished the game with the lead intact after Ferhat Yazgan replaced Mikail Okyar on 87 minutes.

Esenler Erokspor had 56% of possession and 572 passes to İstanbulspor’s 447, with 11 shots to 8 and 3 on target to 2. İstanbulspor had 4 corners to 6, 9 fouls to 11, and both sides finished with 2 saves. The expected goals figures were 1.12 for Esenler Erokspor and 0.58 for İstanbulspor, and the hosts were offside once while the visitors were not.

İstanbulspor received two yellow cards, for Yusuf Ozer on 58 minutes and Elvin Mendy on 69 minutes. Esenler Erokspor had no bookings and no red cards were shown.