Trabzonspor crush Samsunspor with three goals in Turkish league

Trabzonspor secured a big win over hosts Samsunspor, 3-0, in the match played as part of matchday seven of the Turkish Süper Lig for the 2026/27 season, at 16:00 Damascus time.

The winning side's goals were scored by Ernest Muçi in the 28th minute, Chibuike Godfrey Nwaiwu in the 39th minute, and Franculino Djú in the 40th minute, settling the result in the first half.

The match saw Melih Kabasakal sent off from Trabzonspor's ranks in the 43rd minute, leaving his team to finish the match with ten players after going 3-0 up.

In terms of statistics, Samsunspor dominated possession with 52 against 48 in favour of Trabzonspor, and the home side recorded 15 shots compared to 11 for their visitors, while Trabzonspor had the better expected goals rate with a difference of 1.64 against 1.04. Samsunspor also committed 18 fouls compared to just 4 for Trabzonspor.

The match was officiated by referee Oguzhan Cakir, and was broadcast on beIN SPORTS and TOD.

With this win, Trabzonspor rose to seventh place with 10 points from 6 matches, after achieving 3 wins, one draw and one defeat, scoring 13 goals and conceding 5. Meanwhile, Samsunspor's tally remained at 4 points in sixteenth place, after one win, one draw and four defeats, scoring 6 goals and conceding 12.