İSTANBUL. Galatasaray defeated Antalyaspor to win 2-1. K. Aktürkoğlu was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Galatasaray to strike first with a penalty of Kerem Aktürkoğlu at the 12′. Then it was a goal in the 33′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Kerem Aktürkoğlu gave the win to Galatasaray in the 45′ minute with a goal scoring a double.
Kerem Aktürkoğlu squandered a penalty (59′) for Galatasaray.
The match was played at the Rams Global Stadium stadium in İstanbul on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdulkadir Bitigen who was helped by Mustafa Savranlar and Anıl Usta. The 4th official was Direnç Tonusluoğlu. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 13.31 degrees Celsius or 55.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 14 Total 15
- 8 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 6
- 106 Attack 92
- 39 Dangerous attack 40
- 92 Ball safe 72
- 2 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 6
- 6 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Galatasaray was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Antalyaspor that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Antalyaspor was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Galatasaray was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Galatasaray shot 14 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Antalyaspor shot 15 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards (Kaan Ayhan and Lucas Torreira). Regarding the opposition, Antalyaspor received 4 yellow cards (Erdogan Yesilyurt, Veysel Sari, Güray Vural and Adam Buksa).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Galatasaray has 72 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Antalyaspor will stays with 35 points like Kayserispor to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will play away with Beşiktaş on the 3rd of March with a 19-14 head to head record in favor of Galatasaray (6 draws).
Antalyaspor will host Gaziantep F.K. on the 3rd of March with a 5-4 head to head statistic in favor of Antalyaspor (6 draws).
Galatasaray – Formation
Galatasaray
12', 45'
80'
45'
Galatasaray started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Okan Buruk decided to play with the following team: Fernando Muslera , Barış Alper Yılmaz , Davinson Sánchez , Victor Nelsson , Derrick Köhn , Kerem Demirbay , Lucas Torreira , Tetê , Dries Mertens , Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Carlos Vinícius .
The home team had on the bench: Eyüp Aydin, Wilfried Zaha , Berkan Kutlu , Günay Güvenc, Kaan Ayhan , Sérgio Oliveira, Abdülkerim Bardakcı , Baran Demiroğlu, Ali Yeşilyurt and Hamza Akman.
Substitutions
Galatasaray made 5 changes: Kerem Demirbay for Berkan Kutlu (80′), Carlos Vinícius for Wilfried Zaha (70′), Tetê for Kaan Ayhan (46′), Lucas Torreira for Abdülkerim Bardakcı (87′) and Dries Mertens for Eyüp Aydin (88′).
Player of the match: Kerem Demirbay
The player that probably impressed the most for Galatasaray was Kerem Demirbay even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 43 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.
Antalyaspor – Formation
Antalyaspor
Antalyaspor started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Ali Rıza Sergen Yalçın played with: Helton Leite , Erdogan Yesilyurt , Veysel Sari , Bahadir Öztürk , Güray Vural , Jakub Kaluzinski , Sander van de Streek , Dario Saric , Ufuk Akyol , Sam Larsson and Adam Buksa .
These were the players on the bench: Erdal Rakip, Bünyamin Balci, Ramzi Safuri , Deni Milosevic, Ömer Toprak, Ataberk Dadakdeniz, Mert Yilmaz, Naldo, Emre Uzun and Britt Assombalonga.
Substitutions
Antalyaspor made 2 changes: Ufuk Akyol for Ramzi Safuri (77′) and Sam Larsson for Emre Uzun (73′).
Player of the match: Helton Leite
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Antalyaspor was the goalkeeper: Helton Leite. His rating is 7.75. He performed 6 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
