SAMSUN, Turkiye (Interstat) — Samsunspor defeated Goztepe 3-0 on Saturday at Yeni 19 Mayıs Stadyumu in the Süper Lig opener. Tanguy Coulibaly opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Elayis Tavsan doubled the lead in the 85th minute, and Marius Mouandilmadji added a third in the 89th minute. Coulibaly, Tavsan and Mouandilmadji each scored one goal. Assists were recorded by Rick van Drongelen, Ali Diabaté, Anthony Dennis, Arda Kurtulan, Antoine Makoumbou and Juan Santos. The match featured six yellow cards: Diabaté in the 30th minute, Santos in the 32nd, Makoumbou and Dennis in the 61st, van Drongelen in the 77th and Kurtulan in the 79th. Goztepe’s Héliton received a red card in the 81st minute. Samsunspor improved to 1-0 in all competitions, while Goztepe fell to 0-1.