Kasımpaşa beat Mersin 2-1 at the Mersin Arena to win their third consecutive game and move into joint third place alongside Galatasaray and Başakşehir on 29 points.
On-loan Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo started for the Istanbul minnows and put on yet another fine performance for the second best defensive side in the league who have conceded just 13 goals all season.
Omeruo won five aerial duals and also four important clearances as well as two tackles. The Nigerian international also made the second highest number passes in his team (47) in what was his 11th game of the season.
The 21-year-old is one of two on-loan Chelsea players in the Turkish Super League. Marko Marin who joined Trabzonspor on a temporary move provided an assist in the 3-0 win over Antalyaspor on Saturday.
MERSİN İDMANYURDU 1-2 KASIMPAŞA
Stadium: Mersin
Referee: Hüseyin Göçek, Orkun Aktaş, Ceyhun Sesigüzel
MERSİN İDMANYURDU: Muammer Zülfikar Yıldırım, Vederson, Servet Çetin, Mitrovic, Güven Varol, Sadiku, Murat Ceylan (min. 84 Sinan Kaloğlu), Mehmet Taş, Oktay Delibalta (min. 74 Tita), Nakoulma, Welliton
KASIMPAŞA: Ramazan Köse, Veysel Sarı, Omeruo, Titi, Bozhikov, Donk, Castro, Scarione (min. 66 Del Valle), Tunay Torun (min. 87 Veigneau), Adem Büyük (min. 74 Hakan Arslan), Eren Derdiyok
GOALS: min. 1 Servet Çetin (Mersin İdmanyurdu), min. 21 Eren Derdiyok, Dk. 90+4 Donk (Kasımpaşa)
RED CARDS: min. 84 Bozhikov (Kasımpaşa), min. 90+2 Mitrovic (Mersin İdmanyurdu)
YELLOW CARDS: min. 78 Donk (Kasımpaşa), min. 45 Nakoulma, min. 60 Oktay Delibalta, min. 63 Vederson, min. 76 Murat Ceylan (Mersin İdmanyurdu)
