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Akintola, meanwhile, was also handed his 15th league start in the encounter and gave a good account of himself but could not save Omer Erdogan’s side from their sixth defeat of the campaign.
The game started with both sides aiming to find the back of the net but despite their efforts, the first half ended 0-0.
After the restart of the game, following the half-time break, Zeki Yavru broke the deadlock, hitting his effort beyond the reach of goalkeeper Akin Alkan to give Yeni Malatyaspor the lead.
Adem Buyuk then doubled the lead for Hamza Hamzaoglu’s men in the 77th minute, converting his effort from the penalty spot.
Nigerian winger Akintola and Algeria international Ghezzal also gave good accounts of themselves in the encounter.
Aboubakar opened the scoring in the sixth minute of the game after receiving a sumptuous assist from Ghezzal, who made his 11th league appearance in the match.
Hatayspor levelled proceedings almost immediately when Boupendza fired his effort past goalkeeper Ersin Destanoglu after benefitting from Akintola’s assist.
In the 23rd minute, Boupendza gave his side the lead for the first time in the encounter after he was set up by Mesut Caytemel.
With four minutes before the first-half break, Ghezzal was again involved when he sent a timely pass to Cyle Larin, who hit his effort into the back of the net.
Four minutes later, the Gabon international grabbed his first career hat-trick and Akintola made it 4-0 in the 35th minute after benefitting from an assist from Senegal s Mame Diouf.
Towards the end of the first-half, Boupendza linked up with his Nigerian teammate and made it 5-0 for Hatayspor while Mirkan Aydin completed the emphatic win for the visitors on the stroke of full-time.
Tuesday s heroics took Boupendza s tally to seven goals after 12 league appearances which made the 24-year-old the second-highest African goalscorer in the Turkish Super Lig after Cameroon s Vincent Aboubakar, who has eight goals to his name at Besiktas.