The victory means third-placed Altay now has 28 points from eight wins, four draws and two losses and trails leader Konyaspor by three points and second-placed Kardemir Karabükspor by two.Striker Şehmus Özer scored the only goal of the match in the 83rd minute against Gaziantep Büyükşehir Belediyespor, which completed the game with 10 men after midfielder Bülent Tek was sent off by no-nonsense referee Özgür Yankaya in the 85th.
Konyaspor maintained first place in the 18-team league despite a goalless draw away with Adanaspor at the 5 Ocak Stadium on Sunday. The Konyans have 31 points from nine wins, four draws and just one loss in 14 outings.
Black Sea side Kardemir Karabükspor consolidated its second place with a resounding 5-1 away victory over relegation-bound cellar-dweller Kocaelispor.
İstanbul’s Kartalspor went down at Bolu, beaten 5-2 by the merciless Boluspor but nonetheless remained fourth in the standings. Aegean side Bucaspor was a 1-0 loser at Mersin İdmanyurdu but retained its number five position, while İzmir’s Karşıyaka won 2-0 at Black Sea side Çaykur Rizespor to move up to sixth.
In other Bank Asya League 1 matches it was: Samsunspor 1, Dardanelspor 2 and Hacettepe 0, Orduspor 3.
