Kasımpaşa claimed a narrow victory away to Yeni Çorumspor in the Süper Lig's second round of matches on Saturday, winning 1-0 thanks to an early strike from Adrian Benedyczak. The result moves Kasımpaşa up to eighth place with five points after three games, while the hosts remain rooted to sixteenth with just one point from their opening fixtures.
Benedyczak gave his side the lead in the sixth minute, and that proved to be enough on the night. To be fair, Kasımpaşa did not need much more than that to secure the three points, but Yeni Çorumspor's inability to convert their dominance into chances made the task straightforward for the visitors.
There was a moment of drama in the first half when a penalty was awarded to Yeni Çorumspor in the forty-fourth minute, only for the decision to be overturned by VAR. Mohammed Diomande was involved in the incident, and the cancellation kept the scoreline at one goal to nothing at the break.
The statistics told the story of the match. Yeni Çorumspor held seventy-five percent of possession and registered 149 attacks, yet they managed only two shots on target from ten attempts inside the penalty area. Kasımpaşa, with twenty-five percent possession, had one shot on target and required just two saves from their goalkeeper.
The hosts made several changes in the second half, bringing on Gökhan Sazdağı, Serdar Gurler, and Markus Karlsbakk together in the fifty-ninth minute. Kasımpaşa responded by introducing Fredy in the sixty-eighth and later replacing Benedyczak and Claudiu Winck in the eighty-fifth minute as they saw out the game.
Four yellow cards were shown in total, with Jakob Jessen, Matei Ilie, Ahmed Ildız, and Ayberk Karapo all receiving bookings. The visitors' discipline was slightly better at the back end of the match, though Yeni Çorumspor's Ahmed Ildız and Ayberk Karapo were both cautioned in the closing stages.
With this result, Kasımpaşa hold the tie in their own hands for future positioning, while Yeni Çorumspor continue their search for a first win of the season. The hosts have now lost two of three games and will need to find a way to turn possession into goals if they are to climb away from the bottom of the table.