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 |
- Next fixtures
All Super Lig matches to be played on Saturday are as follows:
Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor - Kasimpasa
Demir Grup Sivasspor - Medipol Basaksehir
Hes Kablo Kayserispor - Gaziantep
Caykur Rizespor - Helenex Yeni Malatyaspor
Atakas Hatayspor - Yukatel Denizlispor
Fatih Karagumruk - Genclerbirligi
Goztepe - Ittifak Holding Konyaspor
Trabzonspor - Fraport TAV Antalyaspor
MKE Ankaragucu - Fenerbahce
Galatasaray - Besiktas