İSTANBUL. Galatasaray beats İstanbulspor 1-0 after M. Icardi scored just 1 goal (42′). Galatasaray was truly superior in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Kerem Aktürkoğlu squandered a penalty (37′) for Galatasaray.​

The match was played at the Bahçelievler İl Özel İdare Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Tuesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdulkadir Bitigen assisted by Volkan Ahmet Narinç and Mustafa Savranlar. The 4th official was Yiğit Arslan. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.99 degrees Celsius or 76.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 59%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Galatasaray had a strong ball possession 71% while İstanbulspor was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Galatasaray had a more offensive attitude with 68 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Galatasaray won the match.​

İstanbulspor shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Galatasaray shot 16 times, 9 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

İstanbulspor received 1 yellow card (Eduart Rroca). On the opposite side, Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards (Abdülkerim Bardakçı and Kaan Ayhan).

Standings

After playing this match, İstanbulspor stays with 2 points to occupy the 19th place in the standings. On the opposite side, Galatasaray has 16 points (1st).

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, İstanbulspor will play away with Fenerbahçe on the 19th of May with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Fenerbahçe (2 draws).

Galatasaray will host Fenerbahçe on the 12th of May with a 17-9 head to head stats in favor of Fenerbahçe (12 draws).

İstanbulspor – Formation

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

The manager Fatih Tekke decided to play with the following team: David Jensen (8.7), Demeaco Duhaney (6.7), Okan Erdogan  (6.3), Mehmet Yesil (6.7), Ali Yasar  (7.3), Alassane Ndao (7.0), Florian Loshaj (7.0), Eduart Rroca (6.8), Valon Ethemi (6.4), Mendy Mamadou (6.7) and Djakaridja Junior Traoré (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Eslem Öztürk, David Sambissa (7.0), Vefa Temel, Ibrahim Yilmaz (6.6), Kubilay Köylü, Berkay Tekke, Emir Kaan Gültekin, Muammer Sarikaya (6.4), Alp Arda and Jackson (6.7).

İstanbulspor could not rely on the presence of Ibrahim Yilmaz (injured) and Muammer Sarikaya (injured).

Substitutions

İstanbulspor made 5 changes: Mendy Mamadou for Ibrahim Yilmaz (61′), Alassane Ndao for David Sambissa (61′), Valon Ethemi for Jackson (72′), Djakaridja Junior Traoré for Muammer Sarikaya (72′) and Florian Loshaj for Eslem Öztürk (90′).

Best player: David Jensen​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for İstanbulspor was the goalkeeper: David Jensen. His rating is 8.67. He performed 7 saves.

Galatasaray – Formation

Galatasaray started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Okan Buruk played with: Fernando Muslera (7.7), Sacha Boey (8.5), Kaan Ayhan (7.5), Abdülkerim Bardakçı (7.3), Angeliño (7.5), Lucas Torreira (7.7), Kerem Demirbay (7.3), Tetê (7.5), Dries Mertens (7.5), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (8.4) and Mauro Icardi (7.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Wilfried Zaha (7.0), Günay Güvenc, Halil Dervişoğlu, Victor Nelsson (6.4), Sérgio Oliveira (6.7), Barış Alper Yılmaz (7.0), Ali Yeşilyurt, Ali Turap Bülbül, Hamza Akman and Cédric Bakambu (6.8).

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: Dries Mertens for Wilfried Zaha (56′), Kerem Aktürkoğlu for Barış Alper Yılmaz (78′), Lucas Torreira for Victor Nelsson (84′), Tetê for Cédric Bakambu (78′) and Kerem Demirbay for Sérgio Oliveira (78′).

Best player: Sacha Boey​

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

His rating is (8.5) with 73 passes (92% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• İstanbulspor – Galatasaray – 0-1