İSTANBUL. Galatasaray tops Gaziantep F.K. with a 2-0 win with a goal from K. Akturkoglu (73′) and a goal from O. Morutan (45′). Galatasaray took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Vodafone Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu with the help of İbrahim Çağlar Uyarcan and Serkan Çimen. The 4th official was Turgut Doman. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.7 degrees Celsius or 56.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Galatasaray was in firm control of the ball 58% while Gaziantep F.K. was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Galatasaray was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Galatasaray won the match​.

Galatasaray shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Gaziantep F.K. shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Galatasaray received 1 yellow card (V. Nelsson). On the other side, Gaziantep F.K. received 3 yellow cards (E. Ersoy, A. Maxim and F. Soyalp).

Standings

After this match, Galatasaray will have 20 points like Beşiktaş and Konyaspor to stay in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, Gaziantep F.K. will stay with 12 points like Sivasspor, İstanbul Başakşehir and Yeni Malatyaspor to stay in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will play away with Yeni Malatyaspor on the 28th of November with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Galatasaray (1 draw).

Gaziantep F.K. will host Konyaspor on the 28th of November with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Gaziantep F.K. (3 draws).

Galatasaray – Formation

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

The manager Fatih Terim decided to play with the following team: Fernando Muslera (7.1), DeAndre Yedlin (7.3), Victor Nelsson (6.8), Marcão (8.2), Patrick van Aanholt (7.1), Olimpiu Moruțan (7.8), Berkan Kutlu (7.3), Alexandru Cicâldău (7.3), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (7.5), Halil Dervişoğlu (6.8) and Barış Alper Yılmaz (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Mostafa Mohamed (6.4), Fatih Öztürk, Taylan Antalyalı (6.8), Sofiane Feghouli (6.8), Christian Luyindama, Mbaye Diagne, Alpaslan Öztürk, Emre Kılınç (6.2), Ryan Babel and Ömer Bayram.

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: B. Yilmaz for S. Feghouli (46′), H. Dervisoglu for E. Kilinc (74′), O. Morutan for T. Antalyali (74′), K. Akturkoglu for Mostafa Mohamed (82′) and P. van Aanholt for O. Bayram (87′).

Best player: Marcão​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Galatasaray was Marcão even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 70 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 16 duels out of 20.

Gaziantep F.K. – Formation

Gaziantep F.K. started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Regarding the opposition, Erol Bulut played with: Günay Güvenç (6.5), Oğuz Ceylan (6.4), Ertuğrul Ersoy (7.1), Steven Caulker (6.7), Papy Djilobodji (7.0), Alin Toșca (6.6), Alexander Merkel (6.8), Doğan Erdoğan (6.7), Alexandru Maxim (6.9), Muhammet Demir (6.8) and Nouha Dicko (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Recep Niyaz (6.4), Mustafa Burak Bozan, Mirza Cihan, Joao Figueiredo (6.3), Halil Ibrahim Pehlivan, Cenk Şahin, Furkan Soyalp (6.2), Ahmed El Messaoudi, Ulaş Zengin and Stelios Kitsiou (6.4).

Substitutions

Gaziantep F.K. made 4 changes: A. Merkel for R. Niyaz (67′), O. Ceylan for S. Kitsiou (67′), N. Dicko for F. Soyalp (77′) and A. Maxim for J. Figueiredo (77′).

Best player: Ertuğrul Ersoy​

The player that probably impressed the most for Gaziantep F.K. was Ertuğrul Ersoy.

His rating is (7.1) with 38 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

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

• Galatasaray – Gaziantep F.K. – 2-0
• Alanyaspor – Göztepe – 2-2
• Kayserispor – Fatih Karagümrük – 2-1