Isparta 32 Spor vs Fethiyespor Match Recap - Oct 19, 2025

Hakan Kaya’s Last-Gasp Heroics Lift Isparta 32 Spor Past Fethiyespor in Dramatic 2-1 Win

On a crisp October evening at the Isparta Atatürk Şehir Stadyumu, with the weight of a tightly contested 2. Lig campaign pressing on both sides, Isparta 32 Spor found their match-winner not in the avalanche of early promise but in the searing tension of stoppage time. Hakan Kaya, the club’s talisman for much of this fledgling season, stamped his authority on the clash, striking twice—the second coming in the 90th minute—to overturn an early deficit and secure a vital 2-1 victory for the hosts over Fethiyespor.

Both sides entered Sunday’s contest with contrasting recent fortunes and aspirations carefully balanced on the knife-edge of mid-table proximity. Isparta arrived on the back of consecutive draws, their climb up the table slowing but not stalling, while Fethiyespor had just demolished Adanaspor 7-0, a result that telegraphed danger to any would-be complacent opponent.

If Isparta’s game plan was to weather an early storm, that plan was torn apart almost before the stands had fully filled. Fethiyespor’s opener arrived in just the sixth minute, underscoring the visitors’ confidence as they sliced through the Isparta back line, the goal scorer’s name lost to faulty match records but not the surgical precision of the move itself. The air, tinged with apprehension among the home supporters, might have thickened further had Fethiyespor capitalized on their early ascendancy. Instead, the match found its rhythm in the midfield trenches, chance and counter-chance, nerves and tactical fouls coloring an increasingly taut affair.

Isparta’s equalizer emerged from this tension in the 24th minute, and it felt less like a bolt from the blue than a reward for clarity of purpose. Hakan Kaya, already with three goals in his previous four league starts, ghosted into space and turned a hopeful build-up into a decisive strike. His finish, low and unerring, drew level the contest and breathed life into Isparta’s chase, punctuating the match with a reminder that leads against this side are ever fragile.

From there, the encounter settled into a war of attrition. Fethiyespor, for all their attacking verve on show just a week ago, found Isparta’s defensive spine firmer with every passing minute. The home side, bolstered by the urgency of their pursuit, pressed, but not recklessly, keen on exploiting Fethiyespor’s inevitable fatigue. Tackles crunched with the sound of stakes being raised, yellow cards flashed, tempers frayed but never quite snapped enough to see red.

The 7,000 in attendance were forced to wait until the contest’s dying embers for its decisive moment. With the digital clock ticking toward full time, Isparta worked the ball wide, probing for one final crack in the Fethiyespor armor. It was again Kaya, moving with the predatory patience that marks a true match-winner, who latched onto a flicked header amid a scramble inside the six-yard box. He lashed the ball home, setting off a frenzy across the stands and on the bench—a finish as composed as it was cathartic.

In the immediate aftermath, Kaya’s double not only earned him the adulation of the home faithful but propelled Isparta 32 Spor up to seventh in the standings, now sitting on 15 points from eight matches with a record that whispers of resilience: just one defeat, and a knack for late drama. For Fethiyespor, the reverse was bitter. Their recent attacking explosion receded under Isparta’s late pressure, leaving them marooned in eleventh on 11 points, their campaign now a study in inconsistencies—brilliant one week, undone the next.

While these two clubs have not forged a particularly fierce rivalry—recent years see them largely passing in respective pursuits—the stakes of this latest meeting were not lost on either side. Isparta’s ability to grind out results, particularly on home turf, has become a signature under manager pressure, and Kaya’s form gives them a focal point as league play thickens. Fethiyespor, meanwhile, must reckon with a straightforward truth: for all their ability to overwhelm lesser opponents, consistent performances against top-half contenders remain elusive.

Looking ahead, Isparta’s next fixtures offer both challenge and opportunity, with form-building momentum now squarely on their side. If their defense continues to harden and Kaya’s finishing endures, a push toward the promotion places is well within reach. Fethiyespor, by contrast, will need to recalibrate quickly, lest the middle of the table become a ceiling rather than a springboard for their ambitions.

In a season where margins are already razor-thin, Sunday’s finale in Isparta may yet prove a turning point. For now, the evening belongs to Hakan Kaya and the supporters who roared him on—proof, yet again, that sometimes the finest victories are the hardest won.