RIZE. Galatasaray tops Rizespor 1-0 after S. Oliveira scored just 1 goal (68′). Galatasaray was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Çaykur Didi Stadyumu stadium in Rize on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Kadir Sağlam assisted by Esat Sancaktar and İbrahim Bozbey. The 4th official was Çağdaş Altay. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was hot at 29.4 degrees Celsius or 84.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Galatasaray had a superior ball possession 62% while Rizespor was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Galatasaray had a more offensive attitude with 75 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Galatasaray won the match.​

Rizespor shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Galatasaray shot 21 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Rizespor received 3 yellow cards (Muhammet Taha Şahin, Gustavo Sauer and Altin Zeqiri). On the other side, Galatasaray received 3 yellow cards (Hakim Ziyech, Davinson Sánchez and Günay Güvenc).

Standings

After this contest, Rizespor will stay with 14 points like Hatayspor to hold in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Galatasaray will have 28 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Rizespor will play away with Beşiktaş on the 28th of April with a 14-2 head to head record in favor of Beşiktaş (6 draws).

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

Rizespor – Formation

Rizespor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager İlhan Palut decided to play with the following team: Gökhan Akkan (7.5), Eray Korkmaz (6.8), Attila Mocsi (7.5), Emirhan Topçu (7.5), Halil Ibrahim Pehlivan (7.5), Mithat Pala (6.6), Jonjo Shelvey (7.0), Gustavo Sauer (7.1), Ibrahim Olawoyin (7.0), Altin Zeqiri (7.0) and Martin Minchev (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Husniddin Alikulov, Casper Höjer (6.8), Benhur Keser (6.6), Dal Varešanović (6.3), Adolfo Gaich (6.6), Seyfettin Anil Yasar, Janne-Pekka Laine, Mame Mor Faye, Zafer Görgen and Muhammet Taha Şahin (6.4).

Substitutions

Rizespor made 5 changes: Martin Minchev for Benhur Keser (67′), Mithat Pala for Dal Varešanović (78′), Eray Korkmaz for Muhammet Taha Şahin (78′), Altin Zeqiri for Adolfo Gaich (82′) and Halil Ibrahim Pehlivan for Casper Höjer (82′).

Best player: Halil Ibrahim Pehlivan​

The most impressive player for Rizespor was Halil Ibrahim Pehlivan.

His rating is (7.5) with 20 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Galatasaray – Formation

Also Galatasaray adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Okan Buruk played with: Fernando Muslera (8.4), Sacha Boey (7.9), Davinson Sánchez (7.9), Abdülkerim Bardakçı (7.7), Angeliño (6.7), Lucas Torreira (8.1), Kerem Demirbay (7.1), Wilfried Zaha (7.3), Dries Mertens (6.7), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (7.5) and Mauro Icardi (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Günay Güvenc, Tetê (7.0), Halil Dervişoğlu, Hakim Ziyech (7.0), Kaan Ayhan (7.0), Victor Nelsson, Sérgio Oliveira (7.7), Barış Alper Yılmaz (7.0), Kâzımcan Karataş and Cédric Bakambu.

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: Kerem Aktürkoğlu for Barış Alper Yılmaz (87′), Wilfried Zaha for Tetê (67′), Kerem Demirbay for Sérgio Oliveira (46′), Angeliño for Kaan Ayhan (46′) and Dries Mertens for Hakim Ziyech (46′).

Best player: Fernando Muslera​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Galatasaray was the goalkeeper: Fernando Muslera. His rating is 8.36. He performed 3 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Rizespor – Galatasaray – 0-1
• Adana Demirspor – Konyaspor – 3-0
• Alanyaspor – Sivasspor – 1-2