Kocaelispor vs Gaziantep FK — Süper Lig: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 24′Kocaelispor, substitution:off
- 37′Gaziantep FK, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time
- 56′Kocaelispor, goal:1–0assist
- 60′Gaziantep FK, substitution:off
- 60′Gaziantep FK, substitution:off
- 63′Kocaelispor, yellow card:Foul
- 63′Gaziantep FK, yellow card:Argument
- 70′Gaziantep FK, substitution:off
- 70′Gaziantep FK, substitution:off
- 74′Kocaelispor, substitution:off
- 74′Kocaelispor, substitution:off
- 76′Kocaelispor, goal:2–0assist
- 79′Gaziantep FK, substitution:off
- 87′Kocaelispor, substitution:off
- 87′Kocaelispor, substitution:off
- Full-time2 – 0
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Kocaelispor sink Gaziantep FK to climb into Süper Lig top three
Kocaelispor beat Gaziantep FK 2-0 at the Turka Arac Muayene Kocaeli Stadyumu in matchday six of the Süper Lig, moving to third in the table under Selcuk Inan while Orhan Ak's side stayed eighth. The game was goalless at half-time before the home side pulled clear in the second period.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Berkan Kutlu broke the deadlock in the 56th minute, converting after Gonçalo Santos Sousa's assist to put Kocaelispor ahead. Daniel Agyei doubled the lead in the 76th minute, with Kutlu turning provider this time, and the scoreline held at 2-0 through to the final whistle.
Kocaelispor edged possession at 52 percent to 48 and outshot their visitors 16 to 15, with four shots on target to Gaziantep's three, reflecting a tightly contested match that the hosts' clinical finishing ultimately decided. Referee Halil Umut Meler booked one Kocaelispor player and two from Gaziantep FK across the ninety minutes.
Berkan Kutlu scored the opening goal and set up Daniel Agyei's strike soon after, finishing with a match-high rating of 8.2 for Kocaelispor.
Kocaelispor's slight edge in possession, 52 percent to 48, mirrored a contest that was closely matched for long periods before their second-half goals told.
Kocaelispor beat Gaziantep FK 2–0 (half-time 0–0).
Kocaelispor met Gaziantep FK in the Süper Lig (Regular Season - 6). Kick-off was Saturday, 19 September 2026, 14:00 UTC at Turka Arac Muayene Kocaeli Stadyumu. Referee: Halil Umut Meler.
Team pages: Kocaelispor · Gaziantep FK · Süper Lig
Key moments
- 56' Goal: Berkan Kutlu (assist: Gonçalo Sousa) — 1–0
- 76' Goal: Dan Agyei (assist: Berkan Kutlu) — 2–0
Starting line-ups
Kocaelispor (4-3-3)
Gaziantep FK (4-1-4-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Kocaelispor 35%, the draw 34%, Gaziantep FK 31%. It finished Kocaelispor 2–0 Gaziantep FK.
Anyone's game — Gaziantep FK are the stronger side on our strength rating, and the early-season home fade is not enough to separate them. The draw at 34% is lifted by a low-scoring environment.
Why Kocaelispor at 35%?
Home ground, against the rating. Gaziantep FK sit 88 points higher on our strength rating — 1523 to 1611. Sides with a 50–100-point rating edge on the road won 33.0% of 10,648 such games.
Why only 35%?
Because Gaziantep FK are the stronger side on our strength rating. Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims Kocaelispor's column. Across 11,181 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.7% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Gaziantep FK win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 28.3%. These teams' recent games average 2.1 goals — a low-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 28.1% of 18,221. The goals environment adds 3.7 points to the draw. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Kocaelispor come into this after a busy window — 12 arrivals, 11 departures, and fewer of last season's regular starters still in the eleven. Squad turnover reads dramatic but hasn't moved results once the rating is controlled: the busiest windows landed within noise across 5,368 games, rebuilt elevens likewise across 5,446, and even losing the most regular starters showed nothing (5,336). Gaziantep FK are 1 game into a new manager (Orhan Ak), appointed 4 days ago. The famous new-manager bounce doesn't survive its receipt: sides with a new manager beat their rating by 0.9 points over 33,420 games — but sides on an equally bad run who kept their manager beat it by 2.4 over 31,777. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Kocaelispor vs Gaziantep FK final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Süper Lig fixture.
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