İSTANBUL. Galatasaray destroys Hatayspor 4-0 with goals of Kerem Aktürkoglu (9′), Juan Mata (45′), Juan Mata (45′) and Bafétimbi Gomis (77′). Galatasaray was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the NEF Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Kadir Sağlam with the support of Murat Altan and Ogün Kamacı. The 4th official was Sarper Barış Saka. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 9.7 degrees Celsius or 49.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 24 Total 11
- 11 On Target 5
- 13 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 3
- 111 Attack 95
- 82 Dangerous attack 49
- 108 Ball safe 104
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 10
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Galatasaray had a superior ball possession 66% while Hatayspor was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Galatasaray was more pushing with 82 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Galatasaray won the match.
Galatasaray shot 24 times, 11 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Hatayspor shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Galatasaray will have 42 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Hatayspor will stay with 17 points like Antalyaspor to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will play away against Gaziantep F.K. on the 13th of February with a 5-1 head to head record in favor of Galatasaray (1 draw).
Hatayspor will play away agasint Gaziantep F.K. on the 1st of February with a 5-3 head to head in favor of Gaziantep F.K. (3 draws).
Galatasaray – Formation
Galatasaray
71'
45', 45'
Galatasaray adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Okan Buruk decided to play with the following team: Fernando Muslera , Sacha Boey , Victor Nelsson , Abdülkerim Bardakçı , Léo Dubois , Lucas Torreira , Sérgio Oliveira , Barış Alper Yılmaz , Juan Mata , Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Mauro Icardi .
The home team had on the bench: Berkan Kutlu , Milot Rashica , Emre Taşdemir, Emin Bayram, Yusuf Demir, Fredrik Midtsjø, Okan Kocuk, Bafetimbi Gomis , Haris Seferović and Yunus Akgün .
Substitutions
Galatasaray made 5 changes: B. Yılmaz for Yunus Akgün (71′), Juan Mata for Berkan Kutlu (71′), Kerem Aktürkoglu for Bafétimbi Gomis (71′), Sérgio Oliveira for Milot Rashica (71′) and Lucas Torreira for Fredrik Midtsjö (87′).
Best player: Juan Mata
The most impressive player for Galatasaray was Juan Mata.
His rating is with 2 goals, 39 passes (92% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6.
Hatayspor – Formation
Hatayspor
Also Hatayspor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Volkan Demirel played with: Erce Kardeşler , Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi , Ognjen Vranješ , Recep Burak Yılmaz , Sam Adekugbe , Mehdi Boudjemaa , Rayane Aabid , Ayoub El Kaabi , Rúben Ribeiro , Saba Lobjanidze and Bertuğ Yıldırım .
They had on the bench: Christian Atsu , Musa Çağıran , Muhammed Mert, Dylan Saint-Louis, Sadik Bas, Engin Aksoy, Abdullah Yiğiter, Onur Ergun , Kaan Kanak and Kerim Alıcı.
Substitutions
Hatayspor made 5 changes: Rayane Aabid for Kaan Kanak (63′), Mehdi Boudjemaa for Musa Cagiran (64′), Ayoub El Kaabi for Christian Atsu (80′), Rúben Ribeiro for Onur Ergün (80′) and Saba Lobjanidze for Sadik Bas (89′).
Best player: Onur Ergun
The most impressive player for Hatayspor was Onur Ergun.
His rating is with 6 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 80′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Kayserispor – Sivasspor – 4-1
- Galatasaray – Hatayspor – 4-0
