Prior to the game, Malatyaspor were leading Genclerbirligi in the standings by just 3 points. Gencler entered as underdogs but managed a brilliant victory in Malatya.

Match Details:

Stadium: Inonu

Referees: Fýrat Aydýnus xx, Ismail Köse xx, Ozgür Çetiner xx

Malatyaspor: Fevzi x (Min. 65 Bora x), Omer x, Serkan Bensol xx, Mert Korkmaz x, Schuman Bah xx, Bülent Akýn x (Min. 65 M'Bayo x), Ayman xx, Mkalele x (Min. 46 Bilal x), Murat x, Atilla Birlik x, Yunus x

Gençlerbirligi: Omer xxx, Erkan Ozbey xx, Baki xxx, Umit Bozkurt xxx, El Saka xx, Filip xxx, Ali Tandogan xx, Mehmet Nas xx (Min. 66 Mustafa Gürsel x), Skoko xx, Boliç xx (Min. 71 Mustafa Ozkan x), Youla xxx (Min. 90 Nihat?)

Goals: Min. 34 Youla, Min. 60 Baki

Yellow cards: Min. 26 Ayman (Malatyaspor), Min. 52 Umit Bozkurt (Gençlerbirligi)

Match Highlights:

The game saw sleety and snowy conditions on the sides, and the pitch was not an easy one to master for the two teams.

Gencler started the game in an attacking fashion, despite being the visitors, and they applied much pressure.

Early on, Josip Skoko took a brilliant strike but the Malatya keeper managed to save it.

In the 12th minute, Ayman Abdelaziz almost scored as he took a strong shot from just outside the penalty area, but it went just off target by a small distance!

In the 34th minute, Gencler's Tandogan and Skoko were involved in a move which ended in a dangerous ball into the box. Youla managed to latch onto it and he scored the opener from close range. This gave Genclerbirligi an away lead.

The second half lacked as many chances, but Alkaralar managed to extend their lead.

On the hour mark, Skoko passed to Mercimek who got the ball on the edge of the area on the left. The defender hit a poor sliced shot which managed to deceive the keeper and roll into the far post! 2-0 to Gencler.

With quarter of an hour left on the clock, there was a moment of controversy. The Egyptian midfielder Ayman got the ball on the right and played a beautiful curling cross into the penalty area. The Gencler keeper jumped to catch and did so but fumbled the ball moments later as he was falling. The Malatya striker Yunus managed to tap the ball in and score what seemed to be a fine goal, but the referee ruled it out, much to the home side's frustration.

Malatyaspor surprisingly lost, and this was met by jeers from the crowd.

This win for El Saka's club levels them on points with Ayman's side, with Malatya in 6th and Gencler in 7th, 4 points behind the 4th and 5th placed teams.

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