İSTANBUL. Galatasaray was able to reverse the score against Ankaragücü to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Ankaragücü to strike first with an early goal of Taylan Antalyali at the 7′. Then it was a goal in the 16′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Bafétimbi Gomis gave the win to Galatasaray in the 30′ minute. Ankaragücü lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the NEF Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Zorbay Küçük who had the assistance of Kerem Ersoy and Abdullah Bora Özkara. The 4th official was Burak Şeker. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.5 degrees Celsius or 50.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 12 Total 7
- 5 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 103 Attack 124
- 71 Dangerous attack 66
- 92 Ball safe 117
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 4
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 17 Total 15
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Ankaragücü was in firm control of the ball 56% while Galatasaray was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Galatasaray was more pushing with 71 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Galatasaray won the match.
Galatasaray shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Ankaragücü shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards (Fredrik Midtsjö and Baris Yilmaz). Regarding the opposition, Ankaragücü received 3 yellow cards (Ghayas Zahid, Lamine Diack and Yasin Güreler).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Galatasaray will have 36 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Ankaragücü will stay with 16 points like Antalyaspor and Hatayspor to sit in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will play away with Fenerbahçe on the 8th of January with a 17-7 head to head stats in favor of Fenerbahçe (12 draws).
Ankaragücü will host Kayserispor on the 8th of January with a 9-6 head to head in favor of Kayserispor (6 draws).
Galatasaray – Formation
Galatasaray
90'
71'
16'
Galatasaray started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Okan Buruk decided to play with the following team: Fernando Muslera , Léo Dubois , Victor Nelsson , Abdülkerim Bardakçı , Patrick van Aanholt , Berkan Kutlu , Fredrik Midtsjø , Barış Alper Yılmaz , Dries Mertens , Milot Rashica and Bafetimbi Gomis .
The home team had on the bench: Juan Mata, Baran Aksaka, Yusuf Demir, Okan Kocuk, Kerem Aktürkoğlu , Hamza Akman, Emin Bayram, Haris Seferović, Yunus Akgün and Metehan Baltacı.
Substitutions
Galatasaray made 5 changes: Bafétimbi Gomis for Kerem Aktürkoglu (71′), Milot Rashica for Yunus Akgün (83′), Dries Mertens for Yusuf Demir (83′), Fredrik Midtsjö for Haris Seferovic (90′) and Baris Yilmaz for Özgür Baran Aksaka (90′).
Best player: Berkan Kutlu
The most impressive player for Galatasaray was Berkan Kutlu even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 44 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 11 duels out of 13.
Ankaragücü – Formation
Ankaragücü
Ankaragücü started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Ömer Erdogan played with: Bahadır Han Güngördü , Kévin Malcuit , Uroš Radaković , Nihad Mujakić , Marlon , Lamine Diack , Emre Kılınç , Taylan Antalyalı , Ghayas Zahid , Anastasios Chatzigiovanis and Ali Sowe .
These were the players on the bench: Pêpê, Oğuz Ceylan , Federico Macheda, Pedrinho , Nurullah Aslan, Şahverdi Çetin, Giorgi Beridze , Firatcan Üzüm, Atakan Cankaya and Yasin Güreler.
Ankaragücü could not rely on the presence of Oguz Ceylan (injured).
Substitutions
Ankaragücü made 5 changes: Anastasios Chatzigiovanis for Giorgi Beridze (58′), Kévin Malcuit for Oguz Ceylan (75′), Taylan Antalyali for Pedrinho (80′), Ali Sowe for Federico Macheda (81′) and Ghayas Zahid for Pêpê (81′).
Best player: Kévin Malcuit
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ankaragücü was Kévin Malcuit.
His rating is with 26 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Kayserispor – Fatih Karagümrük – 2-4
- Konyaspor – Sivasspor – 2-2
- Kasımpaşa – Alanyaspor – 4-1
- Galatasaray – Ankaragücü – 2-1
