Turkey: Lot of recovery matches today – Galatasaray down Spor Toto in big match, Ziraat record 13th win in row and the others…

Galatasaray HDI Sigorta prevailed over Spor Toto in today’s big match of the 2020/21 Turkish AXA Sigorta Efeler Ligi regular season.
In a delayed match of Round 13, they bounced back from 1-2 in sets against Spor Toto and became the vice-leaders in the charts: 3-2 (25:13, 23:25, 13:25, 25:18, 16:14). Puerto Rican Maurice Torres (26 points, including 6 aces) and Burutay Subaşı (21 points, including 6 aces; 70 % attack) led the Istanbul side to the 9th successive win in Efelerligi. Galatasaray are now just 2 points behind the leaders Fenerbahçe HDI Sigorta (50 vs 48).
On the other matches of the day Ziraat Bankkart recorded the 13th victory in a row and settled at fourth place in the standings. Thanks to the Dutchman Wouter Ter Maat (19 points) and his compatriot Maarten van Garderen (16 points and 71 % attack), they swept Tokat Belediye Plevne.
Led by Moldovan Dmitrii Bahov (15 points; 71 % reception), İnegöl Bld. beat Bursa B.şehir Bld. (without Ghafour registered after the original match date) in the derby in a delayed match of Round 18 in straight sets and extended their winning streak to 5 games, while the reserves of Halkbank walked against the last-placed Arhavi. Close the picture Arkas’ straight sets win on tje field of Haliliye and TFL Altekma’s 3-1 against Istanbul BBSK.

📌| 2020/21 Turkish AXA Sigorta Efeler Ligi regular season | January 20

| Round 13
• Ziraat Bankkart Ankara – Tokat Belediye Plevne 3-0 (25:19, 25:21, 25:22)
Top Scorers: Ter Maat 19, Van Garderen 16, Yucel 10, Bulbul 7; Geraldo Graciano Da Silva Filho 16, Cam 9, Kvalen 9, Aydin 7.

• Galatasaray HDI Sigorta – Spor Toto Ankara 3-2 (25:13, 23:25, 13:25, 25:18, 16:14)
Top Scorers: Torres 26, Subasi 21, Siratca 10, Ulu 7; Leonardo Ferreira Do Nascimento “Leozinho” 19, Wallace Souza 15, Nicolas Bruno 14, Kayhan 11.

| Round 15
• Haliliye Bld. – Arkas Spor Izmir 0-3 (22:25, 18:25, 23:25)
Top Scorers: Atli 10, Tetik 9, Bisset 6; Mandiraci 13, Gulmezoglu 13, Gungor 11, Koc 7.

| Round 18
• Bursa BBSK – Inegol Bld. Bursa 0-3 (20:25, 21:25, 23:25)
Top Scorers: Alisson Melo 15, Dalgic 12, Husaj 9, Zambak 4; Bahov 15, Gjorgiev 14, Valchev 11, Ondes 7.

| Round 20
• Arhavi – Halkbank Ankara 0-3 (13:25, 19:25, 14:25)
Top Scorers: Saglik 7, Yilmaz 5; Firincioglu 13, Gokgoz 12, Karakaya 11, Ugur 9.

| Round 21
• Istanbul BBSK – TFL Altekma Izmir 1-3 (25:27, 22:25, 25:23, 16:25)
Top Scorers: Coskun 21, Yalcin 13, Hayirli 9, Gunes 6; Tarakci 16, Hugo Hamacher 15, Daniel Muniz De Oliveira 13, Tayaz 10, Tumer 10.

📄| Standings
Fenerbahce HDI Sigorta 50
Galatasaray HDI Sigorta 48
Arkas Spor Izmir 47
Ziraat Bankkart Ankara 44
Halkbank Ankara 43
Spor Toto Ankara 40
Inegol Bld. Bursa 36
TFL Altekma Izmir 30
Tokat Belediye Plevne 29
Sorgun Bld. 28
Solhan Spor Bingol 24
Istanbul BBSK 19
Haliliye Bld. 18
Bursa BBSK 17
Afyon Bld. Yuntas 15
Arhavi 1