Hatayspor beat Arnavutköy Belediyespor 2-0 in the 2. Lig White Group on Sunday. The hosts ended a barren spell with goals from A. Yildiz and T. Ozgun, while the visitors remain winless after four matches.
Yildiz opened the scoring in the 54th minute, a moment that shifted things for Hatayspor who had drawn and lost their previous three outings. To be fair, the pressure had been building since that goalless draw with Çorluspor 1947, and this was the breakthrough they needed.
Ozgun sealed it in the 80th minute, and then came the drama. By then B. Turan had picked up a yellow card, and seven minutes into stoppage time he was shown a second before being sent off. Was out-thought on the touchline, perhaps, but the red card leaves Arnavutköy with one less option for their next fixture.
The statistics tell a simple story: Hatayspor kept a clean sheet with no cards, while Arnavutköy ended with one red between them. Not many chances were created, but Hatayspor took theirs, which is often how these games are decided in the lower tiers.
Hatayspor move off zero points with their first victory, though they sit 17th. Arnavutköy remain bottom of the group at 15th with no wins, no draws, and four losses. The table goes out of the window in these games, but the gap between them is widening.
