Football: Sivasspor stunned but among title contenders

Fraport TAV Antalyaspor beat Demir Grup Sivasspor 1-0 in Monday's Turkish Super Lig game played behind closed doors

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Demir Grup Sivasspor were upset over Monday's 1-0 away loss to Fraport TAV Antalyaspor in a Turkish Super Lig match but still are four points behind leaders Trabzonspor, who have racked up 53 points in 26 weeks.

Home team Antalyaspor gained three points with a late winner scored by Turkish defender Veysel Sari.

Sari broke the deadlock in the 81st minute as the 31-year-old found the net with a close finish.

Sivasspor were down to 10 men in the 85th minute when Brazilian right-back Marcelo Goiano was sent off after a sliding tackle.

The visitors were unable to take advantage of the spectator-free stadium as this week's Super Lig games were played behind closed doors over coronavirus fears.

The decision to hold games without fans through the end of April was made last week.

Antalyaspor won the match 1-0 to take 11th place in the standings. They had 30 points.

Meanwhile Sivasspor were in the fourth spot with 49 points.

Despite the loss, Sivasspor are still among the title contenders in the league led by Trabzonspor, who earned 53 points.

- Week 26 results:

Kasimpasa - Goztepe: 2-0

MKE Ankaragucu - Caykur Rizespor: 2-1

Yukatel Denizlispor - Genclerbirligi: 1-0

Aytemiz Alanyaspor - Gaziantep FK: 1-0

Ittifak Holding Konyaspor - Fenerbahce: 1-0

Hes Kablo Kayserispor - BtcTurk Yeni Malatyaspor: 2-1

Trabzonspor - Medipol Basaksehir: 1-1

Galatasaray - Besiktas: 0-0

Fraport TAV Antalyaspor - Demir Grup Sivasspor: 1-0

- Standings:

	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
1.	TRABZONSPOR	26	15	8	3	59	28	31	53
2.	MEDIPOL BASAKSEHİR	26	15	8	3	50	25	25	53
3.	GALATASARAY	26	14	8	4	44	20	24	50
4.	DEMIR GRUP SIVASSPOR	26	14	7	5	47	29	18	49
5.	BESIKTAS	26	13	5	8	40	32	8	44
6.	AYTEMİZ ALANYASPOR	26	12	7	7	44	25	19	43
7.	FENERBAHCE	26	11	7	8	46	34	12	40
8.	GOZTEPE	25	9	7	9	29	30	-1	34
9.	GAZIANTEP FK	26	8	8	10	36	41	-5	32
10.	YUKATEL DENIZLISPOR	26	8	7	11	26	34	-8	31
11.	FRAPORT TAV ANTALYASPOR	26	7	9	10	29	43	-14	30
12.	GENCLERBİRLIGI	26	7	7	12	33	44	-11	28
13.	KASIMPASA	26	7	5	14	38	50	-12	26
14.	ITTIFAK HOLDING KONYASPOR	26	5	11	10	21	33	-12	26
15.	BTCTURK YENI MALATYASPOR	26	6	7	13	38	40	-2	25
16.	CAYKUR RIZESPOR	25	7	4	14	26	42	-16	25
17.	MKE ANKARAGUCU	26	5	8	13	23	45	-22	23
18.	HES KABLO KAYSERISPOR	26	5	7	14	28	62	-34	22