Erzurumspor beat Eyüpspor 2-0 in Turkish league

Erzurumspor secured an important 2-0 win over visitors Eyüpspor, in the match played as part of matchweek 8 of the Turkish Süper Lig for the 2026/27 season, which kicked off at 13:30 Damascus time.

Miguel Cardoso opened the scoring for Erzurumspor in the 19th minute, before Eren Tozlu added the second goal in the 47th minute at the start of the second half, allowing the home side to settle the match in their favour without reply from their visitors.

The match saw no red cards, while referee Erdem Mertoğlu only showed one yellow card, to a player from Eyüpspor.

Erzurumspor player Mustafa Yumlu was named man of the match with a rating of 7.6, having played the full 89 minutes and set up a goal for his team.

In terms of statistics, Eyüpspor dominated possession with 58 against 42 percent for Erzurumspor, and completed 518 passes with 90 percent accuracy compared to 369 passes with 80 percent accuracy for their hosts. Erzurumspor also recorded an expected goals rate of 1.23 against 0.38 for Eyüpspor, while shots came in at 7 against 8 in favour of the visitors, and Erzurumspor committed 18 fouls compared to just 3 for Eyüpspor.

With this result, Erzurumspor raised their tally to 8 points in 14th place after playing 7 matches, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 3, with a goal difference of 3 scored against 11 conceded. Meanwhile, Eyüpspor remained stuck on 3 points in 18th place after 7 matches, having achieved one win and lost 6 matches, scoring 2 goals and conceding 20.