Eyüpspor vs Gaziantep F.K. - Super Lig

Gaziantep F.K. came to Istanbul and ground out a professional 1-0 victory against Eyüpspor, with the match's defining sequence compressed into an extraordinary five-minute spell midway through the second half. The visitors were the more dangerous side statistically, generating eight shots to Eyüpspor's four and creating two big chances that they ultimately failed to convert — yet their clinical edge in front of goal, when Deian Sorescu broke the deadlock on the hour mark, proved enough. Eyüpspor had marginally more of the ball at 51 percent possession and completed 324 passes, but their inability to create a single big chance told the story of a blunt attacking display. The match turned irreversibly when Juninho Bacuna was shown a red card just four minutes after conceding, leaving Eyüpspor to chase the game with ten men and no real cutting edge, a task that proved beyond them. For Gaziantep, this is a timely away win that provides confidence and points in the early stages of the Super Lig campaign, while Eyüpspor will reflect on a passive attacking performance that never truly threatened to salvage anything.