Defeating Atakaş Hatayspor 1-0 away in Spor Toto Super League, Altay protected his hopes of staying in the league, albeit a little, mathematically, after one of their rivals, Çaykur Rizespor, defeated Göztepe 7-1 away. Having reached 33 points with 3 games left, the black and white team entered the triple average calculations with Gaziantep Football Club and Çaykur Rizespor in order to hold on to the league. Altay, who is behind Gaziantep FK in double goal difference and trailing behind his opponent by 9 points, finished the 35th week with Çaykur Rizespor in the 17th step with 33 points.
During the season, the black-and-whites got a total of 4 points from Çaykur Rizespor, lost 4-1 away to Gaziantep FK, but beat their opponent 3-2 at Alsancak Mustafa Denizli Stadium, and collected 7 points from both teams. Gaziantep FK, which will face Çaykur Rizespor in the last week of the league, scored 6 points from the representatives of Altay and Rize. Çaykur Rizespor, on the other hand, got only 1 point from Altay and Gaziantep FK. In order for Altay to stay in the league, Gaziantep FK will have to win 3 matches together with Rizespor and lose all their matches.
If Altay and Rize make 3 out of 3 and Gaziantep FK can’t collect points from any of their matches, İzmir team and Gaziantep will stay in the league. Even if Gaziantep FK gets 1 point in 3 games, both Altay and Çaykur Rizespor will be officially relegated to the Super League. Rizespor’s only chance to stay in the league will be double average with Gaziantep FK, which they will host in the last week. While Altay will host GZT Giresunspor this week, Gaziantep FK will play with Yukatel Kayserispor at home. Çaykur Rizespor will fight against Yeni Malatyaspor away from Öznur Kablo, who was relegated weeks ago.