Erzurumspor beat Gaziantep 3-1 in Turkish Süper Lig

Erzurumspor secured an important away win over Gaziantep by 3-1, in the match played as part of matchday 9 of the Turkish Süper Lig, on 24 October at 16:00 Saudi time.

Miguel Cardoso opened the scoring for Erzurumspor in the 53rd minute, before Amar Gerxhaliu added the second goal in the 64th minute. Kerim Çalhanoğlu pulled one back for Gaziantep in the 71st minute, before Erzurumspor settled the result with a third goal scored by Guram Giorbelidze in the 90+5th minute.

Despite Gaziantep dominating possession with 62 per cent compared to 38 for Erzurumspor, and their superiority in shots with 19 compared to 8, effectiveness favoured the visiting side, who made better use of their chances.

Miguel Cardoso was named man of the match with a rating of 8, after scoring a goal and playing 77 minutes.

The match saw no red cards, while one Gaziantep player received a yellow card. Referee Melik Dakan took charge of the match.

With this result, Erzurumspor moved up to 11 points in 11th place after 8 matches, having won 3, drawn 2 and lost 3, while Gaziantep remained on 8 points in 14th place after winning 2 matches, drawing 2 and losing 4.