Galatasaray conquers Ankaragücü 3-0

ANKARA. Galatasaray was after all too strong for Ankaragücü.

February 19, 2024

ANKARA. Galatasaray was finally too much to handle for Ankaragücü with the goal of Kerem Demirbay (13′), Davinson Sánchez (14′) and Mauro Icardi (39′ pen). Galatasaray capitalized on its superior ball possession (60%).

The match was played at the Eryaman Stadyumu stadium in Ankara on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Ali Şansalan who was helped by Serkan Ok and Samet Çiçek. The 4th official was Mert Güzenge. The weather was light snow. The temperature was quite cold at 5.67 degrees Celsius or 42.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.

Match Statistics

Ankaragücü

0 - 3

Galatasaray

40 Ball Possession 60

Shots

8 Total 27
3 On Target 11
4 Off Target 5
1 Shots blocked 11

82 Attack 101
36 Dangerous attack 61
93 Ball safe 112

0 Penalties 1
3 Corners 16

Fouls

5 Total 16
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Galatasaray had a superior ball possession 60% while Ankaragücü was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Galatasaray was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Galatasaray won the match.

Ankaragücü shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Galatasaray shot 27 times, 11 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Ankaragücü received 1 yellow card (Stelios Kitsiou). Regarding the opposition, Galatasaray received 1 yellow card (Derrick Köhn).

Match Timeline

13'

Kerem Demirbay(goal)Dries Mertens

14'

Davinson Sánchez(goal)Barış Alper Yılmaz

39'

Mauro Icardi(penalty)

Tolga Ciğerci - sub ->Kâzımcan Karataş

46'

Olimpiu Moruţan- sub ->Riccardo Saponara

46'

Mert Çetin - sub ->Efkan Bekiroğlu

46'

59'

Derrick Köhn- Yellow

61'

Sérgio Oliveira- sub ->Dries Mertens

61'

Wilfried Zaha- sub ->Kerem Demirbay

Anastasios Chatzigiovanis- sub ->Renaldo Cephas

67'

77'

Eyüp Aydın- sub ->Kerem Aktürkoğlu

77'

Carlos Vinícius- sub ->Davinson Sánchez

Christian Bassogog- sub ->Pedrinho

78'

Stelios Kitsiou- Yellow

79'

83'

A. Bülbül- sub ->Barış Alper Yılmaz

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Ankaragücü stays with 29 points like Hatayspor, Kayserispor and Alanyaspor to sit in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Galatasaray will has 69 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Ankaragücü will play away against Kayserispor on the 25th of February with a 9-9 head to head stats.

Galatasaray will host Antalyaspor on the 25th of February with a 16-4 head to head stats in favor of Galatasaray (11 draws).

Ankaragücü – Formation

Ankaragücü

Bahadır Güngördü 99.Turkey

8.7

Nihad Mujakic 18.Bosnia and Herzegovina

7.3

Uros Radakovic 26.Serbia

6.7

K. Karataş 35.Turkey

6.0

46'

Stelios Kitsiou 70.Greece

7.0

79'

Pedrinho 8.Portugal

6.6

78'

Efkan Bekiroğlu 10.Germany

6.4

46'

Ali Kaan Güneren 23.Turkey

7.3

Riccardo Saponara 17.Italy

6.4

46'

Ali Sowe 22.Gambia

6.7

Renaldo Cephas 29.Jamaica

7.0

67'

Substitutes

Ertaç Özbir 25.Turkey

A. Ünyay 27.Turkey

Mert Çetin 45.Turkey

7.5

46'

A. Çankaya 4.Turkey

Anastasios Chatzigiovanis 7.Greece

7.1

67'

Alexis Flips 19.France

Tolga Ciğerci 30.Turkey

6.4

46'

Olimpiu Moruţan 80.Romania

6.7

46'

Riad Bajic 9.Bosnia and Herzegovina

Christian Bassogog 13.Cameroon

6.8

78'

Ankaragücü started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Emre Belözoğlu decided to play with the following team: Bahadır Han Güngördü (8.7), Stelios Kitsiou (7.0), Uroš Radaković (6.7), Nihad Mujakic (7.3), Kâzımcan Karataş (6.0), Ali Kaan Güneren (7.3), Pedrinho (6.6), Efkan Bekiroğlu (6.4), Renaldo Cephas (7.0), Ali Sowe (6.7) and Riccardo Saponara (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Atakan Cankaya, Anastasios Chatzigiovanis (7.1), Riad Bajić, Christian Bassogog (6.8), Alexis Flips, Ertaç Özbir, Arda Unyay, Tolga Ciğerci (6.4), Mert Çetin (7.5) and Olimpiu Moruţan (6.7).

Substitutions

Ankaragücü made 5 changes: Efkan Bekiroğlu for Mert Çetin (46′), Kâzımcan Karataş for Tolga Ciğerci (46′), Riccardo Saponara for Olimpiu Moruţan (46′), Renaldo Cephas for Anastasios Chatzigiovanis (67′) and Pedrinho for Christian Bassogog (78′).

Player of the match: Bahadır Han Güngördü

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Ankaragücü was the goalkeeper: Bahadır Han Güngördü. His rating is 8.67. He performed 8 saves.

Galatasaray – Formation

Galatasaray

Fernando Muslera 1.Uruguay

7.5

Davinson Sánchez 6.Colombia

7.7

77'

14'

Derrick Köhn 17.Germany

7.5

59'

Victor Nelsson 25.Denmark

7.7

Barış Alper Yılmaz 53.Turkey

7.7

83'

Kerem Aktürkoğlu 7.Turkey

7.8

77'

Kerem Demirbay 8.Germany

8.2

61'

13'

Dries Mertens 10.Belgium

8.2

61'

Berkan Kutlu 18.Turkey

7.1

Tetê 20.Brazil

7.0

Mauro Icardi 9.Argentina

7.3

39'

Substitutes

Günay Güvenç 19.Germany

A. Yeşilyurt 58.Turkey

A. Bülbül 72.Turkey

6.4

83'

Eyüp Aydın 5.Germany

6.4

77'

Sérgio Oliveira 27.Portugal

7.3

61'

Lucas Torreira 34.Uruguay

H. Akman 81.Turkey

Wilfried Zaha 14.Ivory Coast

7.1

61'

B. Demiroğlu 56.Turkey

Carlos Vinícius 95.Brazil

6.7

77'

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

Okan Buruk played with: Fernando Muslera (7.5), Barış Alper Yılmaz (7.7), Davinson Sánchez (7.7), Victor Nelsson (7.7), Derrick Köhn (7.5), Berkan Kutlu (7.1), Kerem Demirbay (8.2), Tetê (7.0), Dries Mertens (8.2), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (7.8) and Mauro Icardi (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Eyüp Aydin (6.4), Wilfried Zaha (7.1), Günay Güvenc, Sérgio Oliveira (7.3), Lucas Torreira, Baran Demiroğlu, Ali Yeşilyurt, Ali Turap Bülbül (6.4), Hamza Akman and Carlos Vinícius (6.7).

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: Dries Mertens for Sérgio Oliveira (61′), Kerem Demirbay for Wilfried Zaha (61′), Barış Alper Yılmaz for Ali Turap Bülbül (83′), Davinson Sánchez for Carlos Vinícius (77′) and Kerem Aktürkoğlu for Eyüp Aydin (77′).