İSTANBUL. Galatasaray beats Kasımpaşa 1-0 after N. Zaniolo scored just 1 goal (57′). Galatasaray was truly better in terms of ball possession (65%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the NEF Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Atilla Karaoğlan assisted by Ceyhun Sesigüzel and Kerem Ersoy. The 4th official was Burak Şeker. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 12.7 degrees Celsius or 54.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Galatasaray had a strong ball possession 65% while Kasımpaşa was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Galatasaray had a more offensive attitude with 97 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Galatasaray won the match​.

Galatasaray shot 16 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Kasımpaşa shot 7 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Galatasaray received 3 yellow cards (Lucas Torreira, Victor Nelsson and Nicolò Zaniolo). On the opposite side, Kasımpaşa received 2 yellow cards (Mickaël Malsa and Mickaël Tirpan).

Standings

After playing this match, Galatasaray will have 60 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Kasımpaşa will stay with 25 points like Gaziantep F.K. to soar in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will play away against Konyaspor on the 17th of March with a 20-2 head to head statistic in favor of Galatasaray (7 draws).

Kasımpaşa will host Ümraniyespor on the 18th of March with a 1-1 head to head stats.

Galatasaray – Formation

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 (6.8), Sacha Boey (6.8), Victor Nelsson (6.8), Abdülkerim Bardakçı (6.4), Sam Adekugbe (6.8), Lucas Torreira (6.8), Sérgio Oliveira (8.0), Yunus Akgün (6.3), Juan Mata (6.4), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (7.1) and Mauro Icardi (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Nicolò Zaniolo (6.1), Barış Alper Yılmaz (6.2), Berkan Kutlu (6.4), Emin Bayram, Bafétimbi Gomis, Léo Dubois, Kaan Ayhan, Milot Rashica (7.1), Kâzımcan Karataş and Okan Kocuk.

Galatasaray could not rely on the presence of Berkan Kutlu (injured).

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: Juan Mata for Milot Rashica (22′), Yunus Akgün for Nicolò Zaniolo (46′), Kerem Aktürkoglu for Barış Yılmaz (71′), Lucas Torreira for Berkan Kutlu (72′) and Mauro Icardi for Bafetimbi Gomis (90′).

Best player: Sérgio Oliveira​

The player that probably impressed the most for Galatasaray was Sérgio Oliveira even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.0) with 75 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 13 duels out of 19. He performed 4 crosses.

Kasımpaşa – Formation

Kasımpaşa started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Selçuk İnan played with: Günay Güvenç (6.5), Fabiano Silva (6.8), Ryan Donk (6.6), Papy Djilobodji (6.8), Yasin Özcan (6.9), Mamadou Fall (6.8), Mickael Tirpan (6.4), Mickaël Malsa (7.0), Haris Hajradinović (8.0), Bengali-Fodé Koita (6.8) and Mounir Chouiar (6.9).

These were the players on the bench: Florent Hadergjonaj (6.8), Berat Kalkan, Gökhan Gül, Ali Gholizadeh (6.9), Tunay Torun, Tarkan Serbest, Ali Sühan Demirel, Aytaç Kara, Ahmet Engin and Erdem Canpolat.

Substitutions

Kasımpaşa made 5 changes: Mickaël Malsa for Ali Gholizadeh (72′), Yasin Özcan for Florent Hadergjonaj (72′), Fodé Koita  for Ali Demirel (82′), Mickaël Tirpan for Aytaç Kara (82′) and Mounir Chouiar for Ahmet Engin (90′).

Best player: Haris Hajradinović​

The most impressive player for Kasımpaşa was Haris Hajradinović.

His rating is (8.0) with 23 passes (69% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Antalyaspor – Kayserispor – 4-0
• Galatasaray – Kasımpaşa – 1-0