İSTANBUL. Galatasaray had an adventurous win over İstanbul Başakşehir. The hero of the match was who scored in the 14th, 44th, 45th, 59th, 65th, 87th and 88th minute. İstanbul Başakşehir lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Atilla Karaoğlan who was helped by Ceyhun Sesigüzel and Serkan Ok. The 4th official was Ali Şansalan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.3 degrees Celsius or 59.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

İstanbul Başakşehir was in firm control of the ball 60% while Galatasaray was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

İstanbul Başakşehir was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Galatasaray found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

İstanbul Başakşehir shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Galatasaray shot 16 times, 10 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

İstanbul Başakşehir received 2 yellow cards (Y. Ndayishimiye and D. Aleksic). On the other side, Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards (M. Rashica and F. Muslera).

Standings

After this match, İstanbul Başakşehir will stay with 24 points like Adana Demirspor to soar in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Galatasaray will have 27 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

İstanbul Başakşehir – Formation

İstanbul Başakşehir started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Emre Belözoğlu decided to play with the following team: Muhammed Şengezer (5.2), Junior Caiçara (5.8), Léo Duarte (5.5), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (5.1), Hasan Ali Kaldırım (5.9), Lucas Biglia (6.8), Bertrand Traoré (7.0), Mahmut Tekdemir (6.1), Berkay Özcan (6.2), Mounir Chouiar (6.4) and Philippe Keny (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Danijel Aleksić (6.3), Stefano Okaka, Ömer Ali Şahiner, Patryk Szysz (6.2), Deniz Türüç (6.2), Muhammet Arslantaş, Ahmed Touba, Serdar Gürler (6.4), Volkan Babacan and Şener Özbayraklı.

Substitutions

İstanbul Başakşehir made 5 changes: L. Biglia for D. Aleksic (46′), B. Ozcan for D. Turuc (46′), B. Traore for P. Szysz (64′), M. Chouiar for S. Gurler (64′) and P. P. Keny for S. Okaka (82′).

Best player: Bertrand Traoré​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for İstanbul Başakşehir was Bertrand Traoré.

His rating is (7.0) with 22 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.

Galatasaray – Formation

Galatasaray started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Okan Buruk played with: Fernando Muslera (7.1), Sacha Boey (7.4), Victor Nelsson (6.2), Abdülkerim Bardakcı (7.8), Emre Taşdemir (6.5), Lucas Torreira (7.2), Sérgio Oliveira (7.1), Milot Rashica (7.4), Dries Mertens (7.2), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (9.4) and Mauro Icardi (8.7).

They had on the bench: Kâzımcan Karataş (7.0), Okan Kocuk, Berkan Kutlu (6.5), Léo Dubois, Juan Mata (6.4), Barış Alper Yılmaz (6.2), Haris Seferović, Fredrik Midtsjø (6.8), Bafétimbi Gomis and Emin Bayram.

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: E. Tasdemir for K. Karatas (23′), L. Torreira for B. Kutlu (72′), D. Mertens for J. Mata (72′), M. Rashica for B. Yilmaz (80′) and S. Oliveira for F. Midtsjo (80′).

Best player: Kerem Aktürkoğlu​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Galatasaray was Kerem Aktürkoğlu.

His rating is (9.4) with 3 goals, 28 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.​

• Fenerbahçe – Giresunspor – 1-2
• İstanbul Başakşehir – Galatasaray – 0-7
• Sivasspor – Ümraniyespor – 2-2