İSTANBUL. Galatasaray beats Hatayspor 1-0 after M. Icardi scored just 1 goal (12′). Galatasaray took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Rams Global Stadium stadium in İstanbul on Tuesday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Ali Şansalan with the collaboration of Aleks Taşçıoğlu and Mehmet Kısal. The 4th official was Mehmet Türkmen. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22.67 degrees Celsius or 72.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 19 Total 9
- 2 On Target 3
- 11 Off Target 5
- 6 Shots blocked 2
- 104 Attack 98
- 83 Dangerous attack 65
- 86 Ball safe 77
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 5
Fouls
- 16 Total 8
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Galatasaray was in firm control of the ball 59% while Hatayspor was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Galatasaray was more pushing with 83 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Galatasaray won the match.
Galatasaray shot 19 times, 2 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Hatayspor shot 9 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards (Carlos Vinícius and Victor Nelsson). On the opposite side, Hatayspor received 2 yellow cards (Rigoberto Rivas and Ö. Beyaz).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Galatasaray has 84 points to sit in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Hatayspor will stays with 33 points like Konyaspor to sit in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will play away with Alanyaspor on the 7th of April with a 10-3 head to head in favor of Galatasaray (3 draws).
Hatayspor will host İstanbulspor on the 7th of April with a 4-1 head to head in favor of Hatayspor (1 draw).
Galatasaray – Formation
Galatasaray
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84'
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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 , Victor Nelsson , Abdülkerim Bardakcı , Derrick Köhn , Lucas Torreira , Kerem Demirbay , Hakim Ziyech , Dries Mertens , Wilfried Zaha and Mauro Icardi .
The home team had on the bench: Eyüp Aydın, Davinson Sánchez, Kerem Aktürkoğlu , Berkan Kutlu , Tetê , Kaan Ayhan , J. Yılmaz, Tanguy Ndombélé, Serge Aurier and Carlos Vinícius .
Substitutions
Galatasaray made 5 changes: Kerem Demirbay for Berkan Kutlu (84′), Dries Mertens for Carlos Vinícius (88′), Hakim Ziyech for Kaan Ayhan (68′), Wilfried Zaha for Kerem Aktürkoğlu (67′) and Barış Alper Yılmaz for Tetê (84′).
Player of the match: Dries Mertens
The most impressive player for Galatasaray was Dries Mertens even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 9. He performed 9 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Hatayspor – Formation
Hatayspor
Hatayspor started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
Volkan Demirel played with: Erce Kardeşler , Kerim Alıcı , G. Kilama , Nikola Maksimović , Faouzi Ghoulam , Massanga Matondo , Halil Dervişoğlu , Fisayo Dele-Bashiru , Ö. Beyaz , Rigoberto Rivas and Carlos Strandberg .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Görkem Sağlam, Abdulkadir Parmak, Mehdi Boudjemaa, Renat Dadashov , Visar Bekaj, Rui Pedro , Burak Yılmaz, Cengiz Demir, Oğuzhan Matur and Joelson Fernandes .
Substitutions
Hatayspor made 4 changes: Carlos Strandberg for Rui Pedro (77′), Ö. Beyaz for Renat Dadashov (77′), Halil Dervişoğlu for Joelson Fernandes (68′) and Rigoberto Rivas for Mehdi Boudjemaa (90′).
Player of the match: G. Kilama
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Hatayspor was G. Kilama.
His rating is with 29 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Gaziantep F.K. – Alanyaspor – 0-3
- İstanbulspor – Rizespor – 0-4
- Antalyaspor – Ankaragücü – 1-1
- Galatasaray – Hatayspor – 1-0
