İSTANBUL. Alanyaspor snatched a late win Galatasaray 1-0 after D. Candeias scored just 1 goal (87′). Galatasaray lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Türk Telekom Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdulkadir Bitigen who was helped by Esat Sancaktar and Mustafa Savranlar. The 4th official was Kutluhan Bilgiç. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27.3 degrees Celsius or 81.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Galatasaray started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up. On the opposite side, Alanyaspor adopted a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Galatasaray – Formation
Galatasaray
73'
The manager Fatih Terim decided to play with the following team: Fernando Muslera , DeAndre Yedlin , Christian Luyindama , Victor Nelsson , Patrick van Aanholt , Taylan Antalyalı , Olimpiu Moruțan , Berkan Kutlu , Alexandru Cicâldău , Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Halil Dervişoğlu .
The home team had on the bench: Fatih Öztürk, Sofiane Feghouli , Alpaslan Öztürk, Oğulcan Çağlayan, Gustavo Assunção, Işık Kaan Arslan, Mostafa Mohamed , Emre Kılınç , Ryan Babel and Ömer Bayram .
Best player: Alexandru Cicâldău
The player that probably impressed the most for Galatasaray was Alexandru Cicâldău.
His rating is with 39 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 10 crosses.
Alanyaspor – Formation
Alanyaspor
83'
87'
On the opposite side, Bülent Korkmaz played with: Serkan Kırıntılı , Juanfran , Chidozie Awaziem , Nemanja Milunović , Cristian Borja , Fatih Aksoy , Umut Güneş , Efecan Karaca , Emre Akbaba , Davidson and Famara Diédhiou .
They had on the bench: Khouma Babacar , Daniel Candeias , João Novais, Yusuf Karagoz, Marafona, Tayfur Bingöl, Miha Mevlja, Wilson Eduardo, Efkan Bekiroğlu and Ahmed İldiz.
Best player: Chidozie Awaziem
The player that probably impressed the most for Alanyaspor was Chidozie Awaziem even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 39 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 16 Total 8
- 3 On Target 2
- 13 Off Target 6
- 6 Shots blocked 0
- 88 Attack 77
- 94 Dangerous attack 63
- 79 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 13 Corners 3
Fouls
- 6 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Galatasaray was in firm control of the ball 59% while Alanyaspor was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Galatasaray was more aggressive with 94 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Alanyaspor found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Galatasaray shot 16 times, 3 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Alanyaspor shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Galatasaray didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Alanyaspor received 5 yellow cards (E. Akbaba, F. Diedhiou, F. Aksoy, S. Kirintili and E. Karaca).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Galatasaray will stay with 8 points to stay in the 9th place. On the other side, Alanyaspor will have 9 points to stay in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will play away with Kayserispor on the 22nd of September with a 18-2 head to head record in favor of Galatasaray (10 draws).
Alanyaspor will host Kasımpaşa on the 23rd of September with a 5-5 head to head statistic.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Giresunspor – Konyaspor – 0-0
- Galatasaray – Alanyaspor – 0-1
- İstanbul Başakşehir – Fenerbahçe – 2-0
- Hatayspor – Kayserispor – 2-1
