Fenerbahce secure home win to stay in league title race

Yellow Canaries beat Erzurumspor 3-1 to secure 5-point gap against leaders Besiktas, but Super Lig set to end in 3 weeks

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Fenerbahce firmly cemented their status in the Turkish Super Lig's title race with a comfortable 3-1 victory Monday against Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor at home.

The Yellow Canaries finished the job early, scoring all their goals in the first half.

Fenerbahce midfielder Jose Sosa successfully converted a penalty in the sixth minute at Ulker Stadium to give his team a 1-0 lead.

Consecutive goals by forward Enner Valencia in the 12th minute and midfielder Dimitris Pelkas in the 14th minute made it 3-0 for Fenerbahce, with the Yellow Canaries leading the first half.

Erzurumspor's Ozgur Sert scored near the end of the match. The consolation goal made the result 3-1 for Fenerbahce.

Second-place Fenerbahce secured a five-point gap against leaders Besiktas, who have racked up 81 points in 37 weeks.

Erzurumspor are now in the relegation zone with 37 points.

The 2020-21 Super Lig season is set to end in three weeks as Besiktas have a major advantage for the title.

The other title contenders, Galatasaray, are now in third position with 75 points, a point behind archrivals Fenerbahce.

Both Fenerbahce and Galatasaray are looking for Besiktas to make mistakes in the next three weeks.

This weekend will see a critical derby between Galatasaray and Besiktas at the Turk Telekom Stadium, Galatasaray's home.

- Super Lig results:

Besiktas - Atakas Hatayspor: 7-0

Yukatel Denizlispor - Caykur Rizespor: 0-1

Ittifak Holding Konyaspor - Fatih Karagumruk: 5-1

Fraport TAV Antalyaspor - Goztepe: 2-3

Genclerbirligi - Galatasaray: 0-2

Medipol Basaksehir - MKE Ankaragucu: 2-1

Helenex Yeni Malatyaspor - Hes Kablo Kayserispor: 1-1

Kasimpasa - Aytemiz Alanyaspor: 3-0

Fenerbahce - Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor: 3-1

Gaziantep - Demir Grup Sivasspor: 0-1

- League table

Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
1.BESIKTAS	37	25	6	6	85	38	47	81
2.FENERBAHCE	37	23	7	7	67	37	30	76
3.GALATASARAY	37	23	6	8	70	33	37	75
4.TRABZONSPOR	37	17	13	7	45	34	11	64
5.DEMIR GRUP SIVASSPOR	37	14	16	7	50	41	9	58
6.AYTEMIZ ALANYASPOR	38	16	9	13	55	42	13	57
7.ATAKAS HATAYSPOR	37	16	9	12	60	51	9	57
8.GAZIANTEP	37	14	12	11	54	46	8	54
9.GOZTEPE	37	13	12	12	55	51	4	51
10.FATIH KARAGUMRUK	37	13	12	12	52	49	3	51
11.ITTIFAK HOLDING KONYASPOR	37	11	12	14	47	47	0	45
12.CAYKUR RİZESPOR	37	11	12	14	48	59	-11	45
13.FRAPORT TAV ANTALYASPOR	38	9	16	13	40	53	-13	43
14.MEDIPOL BASAKSEHİR	37	11	10	16	41	55	-14	43
15.HELENEX YENI MALATYASPOR	37	9	14	14	43	49	-6	41
16.KASIMPASA	37	10	10	17	42	54	-12	40
17.HES KABLO KAYSERISPOR	37	9	12	16	34	50	-16	39
18.MKE ANKARAGUCU	37	10	8	19	44	59	-15	38
19.BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYE ERZURUMSPOR	38	9	10	19	41	65	-24	37
20.GENCLERBIRLIGI	37	9	8	20	37	66	-29	35
21.YUKATEL DENIZLISPOR	37	6	10	21	36	67	-31	28