Match Report
Kocaelispor edged past Samsunspor 1-0 on 6 September 2026. Florian Aye opened the scoring in the 26th minute for Kocaelispor to make it 1-0. Massadio Haïdara (28') was booked. Our current Elo ratings make Samsunspor clearly the stronger side, by 143 rating points over Kocaelispor, even though it was Kocaelispor who won this one. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Kocaelispor only a 26.3% chance in this pairing, less than one in three. Samsunspor's current recorded form ends with 4 consecutive defeats. Kocaelispor won this pairing for the first time in our records, after 2 meetings without a win.