04.05.2021 01:27
Yellow Canaries beat Erzurumspor 3 1 to secure 5 point gap against leaders Besiktas, but Super Lig set to end in 3 weeks.
Fenerbahce firmly cemented their status in the Turkish Super Lig's title race with a comfortable 3-1 victory Monday against Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor at home.
The Yellow Canaries finished the job early, scoring all their goals in the first half.
Fenerbahce midfielder Jose Sosa successfully converted a penalty in the sixth minute at Ulker Stadium to give his team a 1-0 lead.
Consecutive goals by forward Enner Valencia in the 12th minute and midfielder Dimitris Pelkas in the 14th minute made it 3-0 for Fenerbahce, with the Yellow Canaries leading the first half.
Erzurumspor's Ozgur Sert scored near the end of the match. The consolation goal made the result 3-1 for Fenerbahce.
Second-place Fenerbahce secured a five-point gap against leaders Besiktas, who have racked up 81 points in 37 weeks.
Erzurumspor are now in the relegation zone with 37 points.
The 2020-21 Super Lig season is set to end in three weeks as Besiktas have a major advantage for the title.
The other title contenders, Galatasaray, are now in third position with 75 points, a point behind archrivals Fenerbahce.
Both Fenerbahce and Galatasaray are looking for Besiktas to make mistakes in the next three weeks.
This weekend will see a critical derby between Galatasaray and Besiktas at the Turk Telekom Stadium, Galatasaray's home.
Super Lig results:
Besiktas - Atakas Hatayspor: 7-0
Yukatel Denizlispor - Caykur Rizespor: 0-1
Ittifak Holding Konyaspor - Fatih Karagumruk: 5-1
Fraport TAV Antalyaspor - Goztepe: 2-3
Genclerbirligi - Galatasaray: 0-2
Medipol Basaksehir - MKE Ankaragucu: 2-1
Helenex Yeni Malatyaspor - Hes Kablo Kayserispor: 1-1
Kasimpasa - Aytemiz Alanyaspor: 3-0
Fenerbahce - Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor: 3-1
Gaziantep - Demir Grup Sivasspor: 0-1
League table
Club
| P
| W
| D
| L
| GF
| GA
| +/-
| Pts
|
1.BESIKTAS
| 37
| 25
| 6
| 6
| 85
| 38
| 47
| 81
|
2.FENERBAHCE
| 37
| 23
| 7
| 7
| 67
| 37
| 30
| 76
|
3.GALATASARAY
| 37
| 23
| 6
| 8
| 70
| 33
| 37
| 75
|
4.TRABZONSPOR
| 37
| 17
| 13
| 7
| 45
| 34
| 11
| 64
|
5.DEMIR GRUP SIVASSPOR
| 37
| 14
| 16
| 7
| 50
| 41
| 9
| 58
|
6.AYTEMIZ ALANYASPOR
| 38
| 16
| 9
| 13
| 55
| 42
| 13
| 57
|
7.ATAKAS HATAYSPOR
| 37
| 16
| 9
| 12
| 60
| 51
| 9
| 57
|
8.GAZIANTEP
| 37
| 14
| 12
| 11
| 54
| 46
| 8
| 54
|
9.GOZTEPE
| 37
| 13
| 12
| 12
| 55
| 51
| 4
| 51
|
10.FATIH KARAGUMRUK
| 37
| 13
| 12
| 12
| 52
| 49
| 3
| 51
|
11.ITTIFAK HOLDING KONYASPOR
| 37
| 11
| 12
| 14
| 47
| 47
| 0
| 45
|
12.CAYKUR RİZESPOR
| 37
| 11
| 12
| 14
| 48
| 59
| -11
| 45
|
13.FRAPORT TAV ANTALYASPOR
| 38
| 9
| 16
| 13
| 40
| 53
| -13
| 43
|
14.MEDIPOL BASAKSEHİR
| 37
| 11
| 10
| 16
| 41
| 55
| -14
| 43
|
15.HELENEX YENI MALATYASPOR
| 37
| 9
| 14
| 14
| 43
| 49
| -6
| 41
|
16.KASIMPASA
| 37
| 10
| 10
| 17
| 42
| 54
| -12
| 40
|
17.HES KABLO KAYSERISPOR
| 37
| 9
| 12
| 16
| 34
| 50
| -16
| 39
|
18.MKE ANKARAGUCU
| 37
| 10
| 8
| 19
| 44
| 59
| -15
| 38
|
19.BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYE ERZURUMSPOR
| 38
| 9
| 10
| 19
| 41
| 65
| -24
| 37
|
20.GENCLERBIRLIGI
| 37
| 9
| 8
| 20
| 37
| 66
| -29
| 35
|
21.YUKATEL DENIZLISPOR
| 37
| 6
| 10
| 21
| 36
| 67
| -31
| 28
|
Next fixtures
All Super Lig matches to be played on Saturday are as follows:
Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor - Kasimpasa
Demir Grup Sivasspor - Medipol Basaksehir
Hes Kablo Kayserispor - Gaziantep
Caykur Rizespor - Helenex Yeni Malatyaspor
Atakas Hatayspor - Yukatel Denizlispor
Fatih Karagumruk - Genclerbirligi
Goztepe - Ittifak Holding Konyaspor
Trabzonspor - Fraport TAV Antalyaspor
MKE Ankaragucu - Fenerbahce
Galatasaray - Besiktas -