İSTANBUL. Galatasaray overcomes Trabzonspor 2-0 after M. Icardi scores a double.

The match was played at the NEF Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 9:45 pm local time. The referee was Atilla Karaoğlan with the collaboration of Ceyhun Sesigüzel and Mehmet Emin Tuğral. The 4th official was Çağdaş Altay. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was hot at 29.54 degrees Celsius or 85.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Galatasaray was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Trabzonspor that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Galatasaray was more aggressive with 39 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Galatasaray won the match​.

Galatasaray shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Trabzonspor shot 5 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Galatasaray received 5 yellow cards (Okan Buruk, Mauro Icardi, Sérgio Oliveira, Angeliño and Fernando Muslera). On the opposite side, Trabzonspor received 3 yellow cards (Dimitrios Kourbelis, Enis Bardhi and Eren Elmalı).

Standings

After playing this match, Galatasaray has 4 points to occupy the 3rd place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Trabzonspor stays with 3 points (10th).

Next matches

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 (6.9), Sacha Boey (7.5), Victor Nelsson (7.2), Abdülkerim Bardakçı (7.1), Angeliño (6.6), Sérgio Oliveira (7.2), Lucas Torreira (7.2), Barış Alper Yılmaz (6.6), Dries Mertens (6.9), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (7.8) and Mauro Icardi (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Léo Dubois, Fredrik Midtsjø, Kerem Demirbay, Yunus Akgün (7.1), Günay Güvenc, Halil Dervişoğlu, Berkan Kutlu, Kaan Ayhan, Kâzımcan Karataş and Cédric Bakambu.

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: Barış Alper Yılmaz for Yunus Akgün (64′), Kerem Aktürkoğlu for Cédric Bakambu (82′), Dries Mertens for Kerem Demirbay (82′), Lucas Torreira for Berkan Kutlu (83′) and Sérgio Oliveira for Kaan Ayhan (90′).

Best player: Kerem Aktürkoğlu​

The most impressive player for Galatasaray was Kerem Aktürkoğlu even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 21 passes (0% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 8 crosses.

Trabzonspor – Formation

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

Nenad Bjelica played with: Uğurcan Çakır (7.0), Jens Stryger Larsen (6.6), Filip Benković (6.7), Stefano Denswil (6.7), Eren Elmalı (7.0), Dimitrios Kourbelis (6.6), Abdülkadir Ömür (6.7), Anastasios Bakasetas (6.6), Enis Bardhi (6.3), Mahmoud Trezeguet (6.7) and Umut Bozok (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Rayyan Baniya, Kerem Şen, Maximiliano Gómez, Göktan Gürpüz, Doğucan Haspolat, Mehmet Aydin, Muhammet Taha Tepe, Arif Boşluk, Tonio Teklić (6.7) and Enis Destan.

Trabzonspor could not rely on the presence of Tonio Teklić (injured).

Substitutions

Trabzonspor made 4 changes: Mahmoud Trezeguet for Tonio Teklić (53′), Abdülkadir Ömür for Enis Destan (72′), Stefano Denswil for Rayyan Baniya (81′) and Dimitrios Kourbelis for Doğucan Haspolat (81′).

Best player: Uğurcan Çakır​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Trabzonspor was the goalkeeper: Uğurcan Çakır. His rating is 7.04. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Rizespor – Alanyaspor – 0-0
• Galatasaray – Trabzonspor – 2-0
• Hatayspor – Kasımpaşa – 0-0