How it happened
Trabzonspor won 3-0 at Samsunspor, and the match was effectively settled before half-time. Three goals in 13 minutes gave them a lead that a red card could not undo.
Muçi opened the scoring on 27 minutes. Chibuike Nwaiwu doubled the lead on 38, and Djú made it three on 40. Mustafa Eskihellaç, who played 71 minutes, provided an assist and finished with the best match rating on the pitch, 8.6.
Three minutes after the third goal, Kabasakal was sent off, leaving Trabzonspor to play the whole of the second half a man short. The score stayed at 3-0.
The numbers
Samsunspor controlled the volume: 23 shots to 13, 56% of possession to 44% and nine corners to five. Only six of their shots were on target, though, and André Onana saved all six. He earned a match rating of 8.4.
Trabzonspor put seven of their 13 shots on target and had the higher expected goals figure, 2.01 to 1.38. Nwaiwu, who scored, took 72 touches across 90 minutes and had an individual expected-goals figure of 0.45. His match rating was 8.5.
What it means
Trabzonspor were third on 13 points from seven games before this result, with a goal difference of plus 11. Samsunspor were 16th on four points and had conceded 15 goals in their seven games.
The scoreline matches the previous meeting in February, when Trabzonspor also won 3-0. The two clubs have met 48 times, nine of them draws.