Elazığspor made light of Aliaga's resistance with a 5-0 win in the 2. Lig White Group, stage 3, on Saturday evening. The hosts opened their account inside twelve minutes and never looked back, a result that keeps them at the summit of the table. To be fair, the visitors arrived in decent form, having won their previous two league games, but this was a different story altogether. The scoreline tells the whole tale of a match where Elazığspor never really let off the gas.
M. Ornek gave the home side the lead twelve minutes in, and by then you could sense the shape of things to come. He doubled the advantage at the nineteenth minute, picking up two bookings in five minutes for the visitors as they tried to claw something back. Elazığspor's captain dragged them through it, keeping the tempo high when any side might have eased off. The crowd roared them on through the first half, and they deserved the 2-0 advantage at the break.
K. Ruzgar added a third at thirty-six minutes, and here's the thing about this team — they never got out of second gear. The visitors had picked one up last week where they showed more fight, but by then the damage was done. V. Cetin made it four at fifty-three, and the visitors were picked apart with some regularity. Elazığspor won a dangerous free-kick on the edge of the box, and Cetin didn't need much of an opportunity to finish.
B. Ekincier grabbed a fifth in stoppage time, and the statistics don't lie — one yellow card for the hosts against none for Aliaga tells you who controlled the game. The visitors had chances, but they kept knocking on the door without finding the woodwork. Elazığspor's passing was crisp, and they picked up two bookings in five minutes for the visitors as they tried to break down. A fourth straight win extends their unbeaten run, and by then Aliaga knew the result was beyond doubt.
Elazığspor remain top of the 2. Lig White Group with nine points from three games, a perfect record that includes wins over Adana Demirspor and Sebat Gençlikspor. Aliaga sit fourth with six points from three matches, their defeat ending a run of two consecutive victories. The gap between them is now three points, and the visitors will need to regroup quickly if they're to mount a challenge.
