Match Report
Kocaelispor edged past Konyaspor 2-1 on 29 August 2026. Banhie Tanguy Zoukrou (an own goal) opened the scoring in the 39th minute for Konyaspor to make it 1-0. Massadio Haïdara levelled it 72 minutes into the game for Kocaelispor, set up by Gonçalo Sousa, to make it 1-1. Metehan Altunbas put Kocaelispor in front late on, in the 86th minute, set up by Show, to make it 2-1. Enis Bardhi (48') was sent off. Mahamadou Susoho (10'), Selçuk İnan (11'), Daniel Agyei (36'), Matej Maglica (37'), İlhan Palut (73') and Rajmund Tóth (88') were booked. Our current Elo ratings make Konyaspor slightly the stronger side, by 62 rating points over Kocaelispor, even though it was Kocaelispor who won this one. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Kocaelispor only a 20.7% chance in this pairing, the least likely of the three outcomes.