Match Report
Before the match
Alanyaspor: two wins, two draws and one defeat over five games; five goals scored, six conceded. Fenerbahçe were their latest opponents, away on 17 October: a 3-0 defeat.
On 17 October, Fenerbahçe faced Alanyaspor in Süper Lig: Alanyaspor lost 0-3 away from home, having scored zero and conceded three. Süper Lig, 10 October brought a home meeting with Erzurumspor FK; Alanyaspor drew 0-0, a return of zero goals scored and zero conceded. Alanyaspor visited Çorum FK on 19 September (Süper Lig) and won 2-1; their goals totalled two, compared with one conceded. Göztepe travelled to face Alanyaspor (Süper Lig) on 12 September. For Alanyaspor, the score was 2-2: two goals scored, two allowed. 1-0 was Alanyaspor's result against Rizespor on 7 September (Süper Lig), playing away from home; Alanyaspor won, with one scored to zero conceded.
five goals for and five against accompanied Kocaelispor's two wins and three defeats across five outings. A 2-1 defeat at home to Göztepe (18 October) was their most recent result.
Göztepe travelled to face Kocaelispor (Süper Lig) on 18 October. For Kocaelispor, the score was 1-2: one goal scored, two allowed. 1-2 was Kocaelispor's result against Beşiktaş on 11 October (Süper Lig), playing away from home; Kocaelispor lost, with one scored to two conceded. The 19 September fixture (Süper Lig) paired Kocaelispor with Gaziantep FK. Kocaelispor won 2-0 at home, netting two goals while conceding zero. Playing away from home against Galatasaray (Süper Lig), Kocaelispor finished 0-1 on 13 September. Their score comprised zero goals, against one from the opposition. 6 September: Kocaelispor won 1-0 against Samsunspor at home in Süper Lig, scoring one goal and allowing zero.
The last two recorded meetings were a 5-0 home win for Alanyaspor on 18 March and a 2-0 home win for Kocaelispor on 25 October 2025.
After the match
Kocaelispor edged past Alanyaspor 2-1 on 23 October 2026. B. Kutlu opened the scoring in the 27th minute for Kocaelispor, set up by R. Rivas, to make it 1-0. M. Baku added to the tally in the 42nd minute for Kocaelispor, set up by F. Aye, to make it 2-0. Ruan pulled one back 52 minutes into the game for Alanyaspor, set up by E. Keskin, to make it 1-2. E. Ortakaya (46'), F. Aksoy (53'), B. Kutlu (81'), F. Aliti (90'), I. Celik (92') and Show (93') were booked. On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Kocaelispor only a 27% chance in this pairing, less than one in three. Expected goals put the gap at 0.27 to 1.54. Alanyaspor picked up three yellow cards. The substitution total for Alanyaspor was five. three yellow cards went to Kocaelispor. The substitution total for Kocaelispor was five.