By Can Erozden
ANKARA (AA) – 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
