KAYSERI. Kayserispor was eventually too good for Galatasaray. M. Thiam was the key of the match after he scored in the 39th and 53rd minute. M. Thiam (39′), E. Bassan (45′) and M. Thiam (53′ pen). It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the Kadir Has Şehir Stadı stadium in Kayseri on Wednesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu who was helped by Serkan Çimen and Ali Saygın Ögel. The 4th official was Kadir Sağlam. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14 degrees Celsius or 57.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Both teams adopted the same 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Kayserispor – Formation
Kayserispor
75'
87'
45'
The manager Hikmet Karaman decided to play with the following team: Silviu Lung Jr. , Onur Bulut , Dimitris Kolovetsios , Majid Hosseini , Lionel Carole , İbrahim Akdağ , Joseph Attamah , Emrah Başsan , Miguel Cardoso , Mame Thiam and Bernard Mensah .
The home team had on the bench: Olivier Kemen , Carlos Mané , Nurettin Korkmaz, Yasir Subaşı , İlhan Parlak, Mustafa Pektemek, Ramazan Civelek, Emre Demir, Manuel Fernandes and Cenk Gönen.
Best player: Mame Thiam
The player that probably impressed the most for Kayserispor was Mame Thiam.
His rating is with 2 goals, 31 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 13.
Galatasaray – Formation
Galatasaray
On the other side, Fatih Terim played with: Fernando Muslera , DeAndre Yedlin , Victor Nelsson , Alpaslan Öztürk , Patrick van Aanholt , Taylan Antalyalı , Gustavo Assunção , Emre Kılınç , Sofiane Feghouli , Oğulcan Çağlayan and Mostafa Mohamed .
They had on the bench: Atalay Babacan , Olimpiu Moruțan , Kerem Aktürkoğlu , Mbaye Diagne , Ömer Bayram , Aytaç Kara, Fatih Öztürk, Işık Kaan Arslan, Ryan Babel and Christian Luyindama.
Best player: Patrick van Aanholt
The player that probably impressed the most for Galatasaray was Patrick van Aanholt.
His rating is with 16 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 6 crosses.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 12 Total 28
- 4 On Target 2
- 8 Off Target 26
- 5 Shots blocked 12
- 118 Attack 117
- 55 Dangerous attack 75
- 112 Ball safe 113
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 9
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 11
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Galatasaray was in firm control of the ball 63% while Kayserispor was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Galatasaray was more aggressive with 75 dangerous attacks and 28 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Kayserispor was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Kayserispor shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Galatasaray shot 28 times, 2 on target, 26 off target.
Cards
Kayserispor received 2 yellow cards (M. Hosseini and S. J. Lung). On the other side, Galatasaray received 4 yellow cards (O. Caglayan, G. A. Assuncao, M. Diagne and M. Diagne).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Kayserispor will have 10 points to stay in the 9th place. On the other side, Galatasaray will stay with 8 points like Gazişehir Gaziantep to stay in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Kayserispor will play away against Giresunspor on the 26th of September with a 0-0 head to head.
Galatasaray will host Göztepe on the 26th of September with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Galatasaray (0 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Gazişehir Gaziantep – İstanbul Başakşehir – 1-0
- Kayserispor – Galatasaray – 3-0
- Göztepe – Hatayspor – 0-2
