İSTANBUL. Giresunspor beats Galatasaray 1-0 after B. Sainz scored just 1 goal (77′). Galatasaray was truly better in terms of ball possession (66%).
The match was played at the NEF Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 9:45 pm local time. In front of 44,516 spectators. The referee was Kadir Sağlam with the collaboration of Abdullah Bora Özkara and Mustafa Savranlar. The 4th official was Adnan Deniz Kayatepe. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.5 degrees Celsius or 76.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 14 Total 6
- 3 On Target 4
- 11 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 138 Attack 89
- 116 Dangerous attack 36
- 99 Ball safe 106
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 11
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Galatasaray had a strong ball possession 66% while Giresunspor was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Galatasaray was putting more pressure with 116 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Giresunspor managed to find the solution to win this match.
Galatasaray shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Giresunspor shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Galatasaray received 3 yellow cards (S. Oliveira, P. van Aanholt and K. Akturkoglu). On the opposite side, Giresunspor received 2 yellow cards (B. Sainz and A. Uludag).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Galatasaray stays with 3 points to occupy the 5th place in the table. On the opposite side, Giresunspor has 0 points (15th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will play away against Ümraniyespor on the 19th of August with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Galatasaray (0 draws).
Giresunspor will host Kasımpaşa on the 20th of August with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Kasımpaşa (2 draws).
Galatasaray – Formation
Galatasaray
78'
39'
Galatasaray adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Okan Buruk decided to play with the following team: Fernando Muslera , Sacha Boey , Victor Nelsson , Abdülkerim Bardakcı , Patrick van Aanholt , Fredrik Midtsjø , Sérgio Oliveira , Yunus Akgün , Emre Akbaba , Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Haris Seferović .
The home team had on the bench: Bafetimbi Gomis , Lucas Torreira , Kâzımcan Karataş , Okan Kocuk, Dries Mertens , Emre Kılınç, Metehan Baltacı, Hamza Akman , Barış Alper Yılmaz and Berkan Kutlu.
Substitutions
Galatasaray made 5 changes: E. Akbaba for B. Gomis (46′), S. Oliveira for L. Torreira (61′), Y. Akgun for D. Mertens (78′), P. van Aanholt for K. Karatas (78′) and F. Midtsjo for H. Akman (83′).
Best player: Victor Nelsson
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Galatasaray was Victor Nelsson.
His rating is with 74 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 6.
Giresunspor – Formation
Giresunspor
77'
Also Giresunspor adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Hakan Keleş played with: Onurcan Piri , Hayrullah Bilazer , Sergen Piçinciol , Alexis Pérez , Alper Uludağ , Hamidou Traoré , Robert Mejía , Serginho , Vukan Savićević , Borja Sainz and Riad Bajić .
These were the players on the bench: Erol Can Akdag, Mert Kurt, Rahmetullah Berisbek , Talha Ülvan, Murat Cem Akpinar , Sahin Dik, Doğan Can Davas , Kadir Seven, Ferhat Kaplan and Ramón Arias .
Substitutions
Giresunspor made 4 changes: V. Savicevic for M. Akpinar (63′), B. Sainz for R. Berisbek (82′), R. Bajic for R. Arias (87′) and Serginho for D. Can Davas (87′).
Best player: Alexis Pérez
The player that probably impressed the most for Giresunspor was Alexis Pérez even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 24 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Galatasaray – Giresunspor – 0-1
- Kayserispor – İstanbulspor – 1-0
- Adana Demirspor – Sivasspor – 3-0
