59' Soyuncu clips Depay’s heels and the away side win another free-kick on the edge of the hosts’ penalty area.
58' NOT FAR AWAY! Berghuis quickly takes on the resulting free-kick and curls it inches wide of the near post. Cakir was not ready as he was still arranging his wall.
57' Depay shows quick feet to turn away from Yokuslu before being clipped by the Turkish midfielder. The away side have a free-kick a few yards outside of Turkey’s box.
56' Celik advances down the right flank and looks to play a pass inside for Tufan. De Jong spots the danger and gets across to make the interception.
54' De Boer’s team have had 67 per cent of the possession thus far in the second half.
48' WIDE! De Ligt rises to meet Berghuis’ corner and heads it wide to the right of Cakir’s goal from the centre of the box.
46' We are back underway! Oliver, the referee, blows his whistle and Turkey get the second half kicked off.
Gunes will be delighted by his team’s performances so far, and will be looking for more of the same after the restart. Turkey have defended resolutely, limiting Netherlands to very few clear-cut chances. In attack, they have been ruthless, and now the visitors have a mountain to climb. De Boer, on the other hand, will expect more from his side in the second half. The Oranje have seen plenty of the ball but have lacked a cutting edge. They will need to get runners in behind the hosts’ backline if they are to cause problems after the break.
After an action-packed first half, Turkey take a two-goal lead in at the break. Both Depay and Malen squandered a couple of half chances in the opening 10 minutes, and Yilmaz made the visitors pay when his long-range strike deflected past Krul off De Ligt after 14 minutes. The Turkish striker added his second from the spot just after the half-hour mark, before De Ligt saw a header steered off the line on the brink of half-time.
45' + 4' HALF TIME: TURKEY 2-0 NETHERLANDS
45' + 2' Yokuslu attempts to find Yilmaz with a throughball, although the referee’s assistant raises their flag for offside.
45' There will be three minutes of added time at the end of the first half.
44' OFF THE LINE! Following Netherlands’ corner from the right, Berghuis' set-piece is steered towards goal in the centre of the box by De Ligt. The defender’s header cannons against the post before being headed off the line by Yokuslu.
44' Tufan and Celik are now back to their feet and able to continue.
42' Malen drives down the left flank and wins a corner off Celik. De Roon’s left-footed delivery is not dealt with, and Tufan steers the ball behind for another set-piece, although he is down and in need of treatment after being caught by Wijnaldum. Celik is also receiving medical attention.
40' CLOSE! Blind's lofted pass to the back post is steered across the box by De Roon. Soyuncu gets a slight touch on the ball, and the defender’s flick beats his goalkeeper and lands on the roof of the net.
38' Each of Turkey’s two shots have found the back of the net.
34' PENALTY TO TURKEY! After some neat play down the right flank, Malen gets the wrong side of Yokuslu and brings him to the ground. The referee immediately points to the spot. Yilmaz will take it...
32' Depay stands over the free-kick, and this time his curling strike takes a slight deflection off the walls and sails over the bar.
31' Turkey have everyone inside their own half at present. The Oranje are knocking the ball around neatly, but everything is currently in front of the home side.
29' Depay’s out-swinging corner from the right is nodded away by Yokuslu, who conceded the set-piece.
27' SAVED! Depay opts to take on the resulting set-piece, and his driven, long-range effort is held by Cakir in the centre of the goal.
26' Blind picks out Depay a few yards outside of the home side’s penalty area, and the attacker uses his strength to win a free-kick off Kabak.
24' Netherlands are happy to stand off the home side when they have possession inside their own half and force them to come out.
22' De Jong is too eager to regain possession from Karaman and concedes a free-kick deep inside the Turkey half.
21' Malen attempts to play a quick one-two with Wijnaldum on the edge of the hosts’ box to open the space. Yokuslu spots the danger and makes a timely interception.
19' CLOSE! The away side are almost instantly back on level terms, but Malan’s stinging effort from the centre of the box is well held by Cakir who was quickly down to his right.
17' Since that opening goal, Turkey have been on the front foot. Karaman breaks down the right, although his low cross is blocked by Wijndal.
13' Depay switches the play over to the right flank and Meras takes no chances, knocking the ball out for a corner. The resulting set-piece is easily dealt with.
11' De Roon sends a throughball beyond the hosts’ defence for Depay to chase. The attacker gets to the pass first before Soyuncu comes across to intercept.
9' The hosts are enjoying a good spell of possession at present. Celik looks to advance down the right but is unable to control Cakir’s flighted pass.
7' OVER! Wijnaldum looks to skip beyond Tufan but is brought down by the Turkish midfielder in a dangerous central area. Depay steps up to take the resulting free-kick and sends a right-footed effort over the bar.
5' Depay attempts to play in Berghuis, although the winger just made his run a fraction too early and the flag goes up for offside.
4' Netherlands are seeing plenty of the ball in the opening exchanges. Depay drifts across and gets in behind down the right-hand side of the box before lofting a cross into the area. Kabak watches it well and clears the danger.
2' CHANCE! The visitors get off to a bright start as Malen drives to the edge of the box and fires a shot straight at Cakir after being picked out by Depay.
1' Kick-off! The referee, Michael Oliver, blows his whistle and Netherlands get the game underway.
Cillessen has picked up an injury in the warm up. Krul comes in to start.
The teams are out, and kick-off will soon be upon us here at Ataturk Olimpiyat.
These two sides last met for a European Championship Qualifier at the Konya Buyuksehir Stadium on September 16th, 2015. Turkey secured a three-goal win thanks to goals from Arda Turan, Oguzhan Ozyakup and Yilmaz.
In their last twelve outings, Gunes’ side have only lost on two occasions, and both of those defeats came against Hungary. During that time, the hosts have kept six clean sheets, and conceded just five home goals. De Boer’s team have also suffered two defeats in their previous 12 matches. The Oranje have not been free-scoring on the road of late, scoring just five goals on their travels.
Senol Gunes makes seven changes from the starting line-up that lost to Hungary in their last outing. Cakir, Celik, Soyuncu, Meras, Yokuslu, Yazici and Yilmaz come into the team in place of Gunok, Nazim Sangare, Merih Demiral, Erkin, Mahmut Tekdemir, Irfan Kahveci and Tosun. Frank de Boer, meanwhile, makes six alterations to the Holland side that beat Poland in their previous match. Cillessen, Tete, De Ligt, Wijndal, De Roon and Berghuis start ahead of Krul, Hans Hateboer, Stefan de Vrij, Van Aanholt, Klaassen and Stengs.
NETHERLANDS SUBS: Tim Krul, Maarten Stekelenburg, Denzel Dumfries, Joel Veltman, Patrick van Aanholt, Ryan Gravenberch, Davy Klaassen, Donny van de Beek, Ryan Babel, Steven Bergwijn, Calvin Stengs, Luuk de Jong.
TURKEY SUBS: Altay Bayindir, Fehmi Mert Gunok, Mert Muldur, Kaan Ayhan, Caner Erkin, Taylan Antalyali, Dorukhan Tokoz, Orkun Kokcu, Enes Unal, Emre Kilinc, Deniz Turuc, Cenk Tosun.
NETHERLANDS (4-3-3): Jasper Cillessen; Kenny Tete; Matthijs de Ligt, Daley Blind, Owen Wijndal; Marteen de Roon, Frenkie de Jong, Georgino Wijnaldum; Steven Berghuis, Donyell Malen, Memphis Depay.
TURKEY (4-1-4-1): Ugurcan Cakir; Mehmet Zeki Celik, Ozan Kabak, Caglar Soyuncu, Umut Meras; Okay Yokuslu; Kenan Karaman, Ozan Tufan, Hakan Calhanoglu, Yusuf Yazici; Burak Yilmaz.
Because no matches have been scheduled, neither side have played an international game since November 18th, 2020. In their final Nations League game, the hosts lost 2-0 away against Hungary. Netherlands, on the other hand, beat Poland 2-1 at Silesian Stadium.
Hello and welcome to live match coverage of the World Cup Qualifier in Group G between Turkey and Netherlands at Ataturk Olimpiyat.
