Ballet brace drives Antalyaspor rise after fast start | OneFootball

Antalyaspor beat Samsunspor 3-1 on Friday in Antalya to climb from 14th to 11th in the Süper Lig.

Samuel Ballet opened the scoring in the sixth minute, finishing a Ramzi Safuri through ball on the counter.

Ballet doubled the lead with a left-footed strike from outside the box (22.), set up by Dogukan Sinik.

After an injury forced Safuri off, substitute Nikola Storm stepped in and swept home from range (72.), created by fellow sub Samet Karakoç.

Storm later had another effort ruled out by VAR (90.). Cherif Ndiaye then won a penalty after a foul by Lautaro Gianetti, and Olivier Ntcham converted in the sixth minute of second half stoppage time.

Julián Cuesta made smart saves as Samsunspor pushed, including denying Carlo Holse during a strong away spell.

Antalyaspor recorded five shots on target from 13 attempts. Samsunspor controlled 65.2% possession and earned 10 corners.

Next, Antalyaspor visit Kayserispor in the Süper Lig. Samsunspor travel to Shkëndija in the UEFA Conference League.