11 April 2016•Update: 12 April 2016
ANKARA
Turkish Spor Toto Super Lig leaders Besiktas notched up their first victory at home in their newly completed stadium, the Vodafone Arena, as they edged out Bursaspor 3-2 late on Monday.
The narrow win sees the Istanbul club increase the point gap to six against the title contenders and city rivals Fenerbahce.
Besiktas are at the top the league on 66 points. Fenerbahce have a game in hand as they will meet archrivals Galatasaray in an Istanbul Super Lig derby on Wednesday this week.
The Black Eaglers’ German striker Mario Gomez scored Besiktas' first home goal at the Vodafone Arena, putting two past Bursaspor. Besiktas’s third came from Spanish center back Alexis.
Visitors' Bursaspor Malian midfielder Bakaye Traore and Slovakian winger Miroslav Stoch scored for the visitors.
Sunday’s inauguration of the Vodafone Arena was attended by dignitaries including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and former president Abdullah Gul, as well as club president Fikret Orman and hundreds of supporters.
The Vodafone Arena is the latest in a line of new football stadia being built which Turkey hopes will allow it to host international sporting tournaments.
The Black Eagles' new stadium has a 42,000-seating capacity.
Results:
Gaziantepspor-Medicana Sivasspor: 0-1
Osmanlispor-Eskisehirspor: 0-0
Galatasaray-Caykur Rizespor: 1-1
Torku Konyaspor-Fenerbahce: 2-1
Mersin Idmanyurdu-Genclerbirligi: 1-3
Kayserispor-Antalyaspor: 0-0
Trabzonspor-Medipol Basaksehir: 1-1
Akhisar Belediyespor-Kasimpasa: 0-1
Besiktas-Bursaspor: 3-2
League table
Spor Toto Super Lig |
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
| --------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
1. | BESIKTAS | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 61 | 28 | 33 | 66 |
2. | FENERBAHCE | 27 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 21 | 23 | 60 |
3. | TORKU KONYASPOR | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 53 |
4. | MEDIPOL BASAKSEHIR | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 43 | 31 | 12 | 45 |
5. | KASIMPASA | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 43 |
6. | OSMANLISPOR | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 41 |
7. | GALATASARAY | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 41 | 13 | 40 |
8. | AKHISAR BELEDIYESPOR | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 40 |
9. | BURSASPOR | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 36 | 44 | -8 | 38 |
10. | TRABZONSPOR | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 38 | -5 | 37 |
11. | GENCLERBIRLIGI | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 31 | 35 | -4 | 35 |
12. | ANTALYASPOR | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 45 | -5 | 33 |
13. | GAZIANTEPSPOR | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 38 | -12 | 32 |
14. | CAYKUR RIZESPOR | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 37 | -2 | 31 |
15. | KAYSERISPOR | 28 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 27 | -8 | 26 |
16. | MEDICANA SIVASSPOR | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 39 | -14 | 24 |
17. | ESKISEHIRSPOR | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 55 | -23 | 23 |
18. | MERSIN IDMANYURDU | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 50 | -23 | 21 |
Top scorers:
Mario Gomez (Besiktas) 21 goals
Samuel Eto'o (Antalyaspor) 17 goals
Hugo Rodallega (Akhisar Belediyespor) 16 goals
Upcoming fixtures:
April 16, Saturday:
Eskisehirspor vs Torku Konyaspor
Caykur Rizespor vs Osmanlispor
Antalyaspor vs Galatasaray
Medicana Sivasspor vs Besiktas
April 17, Sunday:
Kasimpasa vs Kayserispor
Medipol Basaksehir vs Gaziantepspor
Bursaspor vs Akhisar Belediyespor
Fenerbahce vs Mersin Idmanyurdu
April 18, Monday:
Genclerbirligi vs Trabzonspor
