İSTANBUL. Galatasaray prevails over Antalyaspor with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Feghouli (45′) and a goal from K. Akturkoglu (52′).
The match was played at the Vodafone Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Ali Şansalan with the help of Volkan Ahmet Narinç and Samet Çavuş. The 4th official was Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.9 degrees Celsius or 51.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 19 Total 11
- 7 On Target 5
- 12 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 98 Attack 105
- 39 Dangerous attack 49
- 101 Ball safe 93
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 18 Total 15
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
The overall ball possession was just identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Galatasaray was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Antalyaspor that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Antalyaspor was more pushing with 49 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Galatasaray managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Galatasaray shot 19 times, 7 on target, 12 off target. On the opposite side, Antalyaspor shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Galatasaray received 4 yellow cards (A. Kara, Marcao, K. Akturkoglu and O. Caglayan). On the other side, Antalyaspor received 3 yellow cards (Naldo, V. Sari and D. Milosevic).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Galatasaray will have 27 points like Alanyaspor to remain in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Antalyaspor will stay with 22 points like Giresunspor to sit in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will host Giresunspor on the 8th of January with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Galatasaray (0 draws).
Antalyaspor will play away agasint Göztepe on the 9th of January with a 5-3 head to head statistic in favor of Göztepe (1 draw).
Galatasaray – Formation
Galatasaray started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Fatih Terim decided to play with the following team: İsmail Çipe
, Oğulcan Çağlayan , Victor Nelsson , Marcão , Patrick van Aanholt , Sofiane Feghouli , Aytaç Kara , Berkan Kutlu , Kerem Aktürkoğlu , Halil Dervişoğlu and Mostafa Mohamed .The home team had on the bench: Gustavo Assunção, Alpaslan Öztürk
, Barış Alper Yılmaz , Olimpiu Moruțan , DeAndre Yedlin, Işık Kaan Arslan, A. Babacan, Fatih Öztürk, Emre Kılınç and Ömer Bayram.Substitutions
Galatasaray made 5 changes: H. Dervisoglu for O. Morutan (74′), S. Feghouli for E. Kilinc (74′), A. Kara for A. Ozturk (86′), K. Akturkoglu for B. Yilmaz (86′) and B. Kutlu for A. Babacan (90′).
Best player: Mostafa Mohamed
The player that probably impressed the most for Galatasaray was Mostafa Mohamed even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 27 passes (66% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 19. He hit the woodwork once times.Antalyaspor – Formation
Antalyaspor started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Alfons Groenendijk played with: Ruud Boffin
, Veysel Sarı , Naldo , Fedor Kudryashov , Sherel Floranus , Bünyamin Balcı , Fredy , Güray Vural , Amilton da Silva , Doğukan Sinik and Paul Omo Mukairu .The following players were sitting on the bench: Houssameddine Guecha
, Haji Wright , Enzo Crivelli , B. Öztürk, Gökdeniz Bayrakdar , Deni Milošević , D. Özkan, H. Özmert, N. Şahin and E. Albayrak.Substitutions
Antalyaspor made 5 changes: V. Sari for E. Crivelli (64′), Amilton for H. Ghacha (64′), P. Mukairu for H. Wright (64′), D. Sinik for G. Bayrakdar (72′) and S. Floranus for D. Milosevic (81′).
Best player: Sherel Floranus
The most impressive player for Antalyaspor was Sherel Floranus.
His rating is
with 38 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 8.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Giresunspor – Hatayspor – 0-1
- Kasımpaşa – Altay – 2-0
- Galatasaray – Antalyaspor – 2-0
- Trabzonspor – İstanbul Başakşehir – 0-0