Ekuban rankings as Trabzonspor’s name hopes blow up towards Onazi’s Denizlispor

Caleb Ekuban scored his 5th function of the season as Trabzonspor bowed 2-1 in Monday’s Turkish Tremendous Lig come across.

With Istanbul Basaksehir shedding 2-1 at Konyaspor, the Black Sea Hurricane wanted an away win to stay name hopes alive. On the other hand, they faltered on the Denizli Ataturk Stadium in spite of taking an early lead.

Benefiting from an overly vibrant get started, Ghana global Ekuban put Huseyin Cimsir’s males forward following an lend a hand from Abdulkadir Omur.

That function woke the hosts from their shut eye however they had been wasteful in entrance of function, thus, went into the half-time damage with a function deficit.

However, the levelled rankings a minute into the second-half via Mali global Hadi Sacko who put that ball previous goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir. That strike used to be the winger’s first in 2020 and 3rd in his maiden season at Denizlispor – a group he joined from Leeds United, albeit, finishing mortgage strikes Las Palmas and Ankaragucu.

Six mins into full-time, Hugo Rodallega’s alternative Oscar Estupinan secured all issues at stake for the Roosters after changing Olcay Sahan’s lend a hand.

Identical to Morocco’s Manuel da Costa, Ekuban noticed each minute of motion however used to be cautioned within the 90th minute, whilst on-loan Stoke Town midfielder Badou Ndiaye used to be presented for Jose Sosa within the 69th minute. Nigeria’s Anthony Nwakaeme used to be no longer indexed for the sport through Cimsir.

For Denizlispor, Ogenyi Onazi used to be introduced in for Radoslaw Murawski within the 46th minute whilst Sacko made means for Olcay Sahan with 12 mins left to play.

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Morocco’s Ismail Aissati used to be passed a starter’s position and got here out for Cameroon’s Kibong Mbamba within the first minute of overtime. Ghana’s Isaac Sackey noticed each minute of motion however that used to be no longer the case for Gambia’s Modou Barrow who used to be no longer indexed through caretaker supervisor Levent Kartop.

With two suits left, Trabzonspor path chief Istanbul Basaksehir through 4 issues who wish to defeat Kayserispor on Saturday to be topped as Tremendous Lig kings for the primary time of their 30-year historical past.

Nwakaeme’s Trabzonspor arrived as name challengers smartly forward of agenda and now will have to be certain that they tie up a top-two end to bag an automated spot within the Champions League subsequent season.