IZMIT (Interstat) — Kocaelispor scored three unanswered goals and defeated Mazidagi 3-0 on Tuesday, turning a tight first half into a clear home result. Metehan Altunbas scored twice for Kocaelispor, Daniel Agyei added a goal and Berkan Kutlu recorded an assist. Mazidagi was held scoreless. The home side scored once before halftime and twice after the break.

Altunbas gave Kocaelispor the lead in the 45th minute, scoring just before the halftime whistle. The home side led 1-0 at halftime. Kocaelispor doubled the advantage in the 72nd minute when Agyei found the net. Altunbas then closed the scoring in the 80th minute with his second goal of the match, putting Kocaelispor ahead 3-0. Altunbas’s second goal came eight minutes after Agyei’s goal.

Kocaelispor’s key contributors all finished with 90 minutes played. Altunbas had two goals in his 90-minute statline, Agyei had one goal in 90 minutes and Kutlu had one assist in 90 minutes. The goals came in order for Kocaelispor, which scored once in first-half stoppage time and twice after the interval.

Mazidagi could not find a response over the final 10 minutes plus stoppage time. The visitors remained scoreless and dropped their first decision in the competition. Kocaelispor protected its home field and moved to 1-0 in the competition. Mazidagi’s season record in this competition is now 1-1, while its record across all competitions is 4-1-2. Kocaelispor’s record in this competition is now 1-0, and its record across all competitions is 6-4. The result was Mazidagi’s first loss across all competitions this season.

Kocaelispor’s three goals came in the 45th, 72nd and 80th minutes. The home side held a 1-0 lead at halftime and added two goals after the break. Mazidagi did not score in the first half or the second half. Kocaelispor scored three goals in total.

Kocaelispor had entered the match after a 2-1 win at Alanyaspor in its previous outing across all competitions. Before that, Kocaelispor had lost to Goztepe and Besiktas. Kocaelispor had lost three of its previous six matches across all competitions before the win. Earlier in the season, Kocaelispor had recorded wins over Gaziantep 2-0, Samsunspor 1-0, Konyaspor 2-1 and Amed Sportif 2-0, along with losses to Galatasaray 0-1 and Rams Basaksehir FK 0-2.

Mazidagi had been unbeaten in its previous six matches across all competitions, a run that included four wins and two draws. Those results included a 1-1 draw with Bitlis 1916, a 3-0 win at Yeni Malatyaspor, a 0-0 draw with Yozgat, a 1-0 win over Kirsehir SK, a 2-1 win at Adanaspor AS and a 4-1 win over Osmaniyespor. That form did not carry into the match, as Kocaelispor scored the only goals of the contest.

The result gave Kocaelispor a second consecutive win across all competitions. Mazidagi, which had been unbeaten in its previous six matches, was shut out. Kocaelispor’s defense kept the visitors off the scoreboard and allowed the home side to pull away after the first-half goal.

Kocaelispor is scheduled to host Rizespor, visit Eyupspor, host Fenerbahce, visit Corum, visit Erzurumspor, host Genclerbirligi SK, visit Trabzonspor and host Kasimpasa in upcoming Super Lig matches. The club will look to build on the home result. Mazidagi will seek a response in its next competition fixture.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Mazidagi 1, Kocaelispor 0. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Kocaelispor with a 76.4 percent probability to win. Kocaelispor had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -3. The total score of 3 went over the over-under line of 4.25. The simulator and ELO projections were made before kickoff.