İSTANBUL. Galatasaray prevails over Konyaspor 1-0 after M. Mohamed scored just 1 goal (4′). Konyaspor lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Vodafone Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Sunday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Arda Kardeşler who had the assistance of Abdullah Bora Özkara and Volkan Ahmet Narinç. The 4th official was Burak Şeker. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.8 degrees Celsius or 56.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 9 Total 10
- 5 On Target 3
- 4 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 89 Attack 86
- 63 Dangerous attack 100
- 92 Ball safe 82
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 15 Total 8
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Konyaspor had a strong ball possession 56% while Galatasaray was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Konyaspor was more aggressive with 100 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Nevertheless, Galatasaray managed to find the solution to win this match.
Galatasaray shot 9 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Konyaspor shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Galatasaray received 3 yellow cards (R. Babel, T. Antalyali and E. Kilinc). On the opposite side, Konyaspor received 3 yellow cards (Z. Bytyqi, I. Palut and I. Sehic).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Galatasaray has 17 points to occupy the 5th place in the standings. while Konyaspor stays with 14 points (8th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will host Gazişehir Gaziantep on the 31st of October with a 3-0 head to head stats in favor of Galatasaray (1 draw).
Konyaspor will host Kayserispor on the 23rd of October with a 9-8 head to head stats in favor of Konyaspor (8 draws).
Galatasaray – Formation
Galatasaray started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Fatih Terim decided to play with the following team: Fernando Muslera , DeAndre Yedlin , Alpaslan Öztürk , Victor Nelsson , Patrick van Aanholt , Taylan Antalyalı , Alexandru Cicâldău , Olimpiu Moruțan , Halil Dervişoğlu , Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Mostafa Mohamed .
The home team had on the bench: Barış Alper Yılmaz , Ryan Babel , Christian Luyindama, Mbaye Diagne, Sofiane Feghouli, Fatih Öztürk, Ömer Bayram, Emre Kılınç , Gustavo Assunção and Oğulcan Çağlayan.
Substitutions
Galatasaray made 5 changes: T. Antalyali for G. A. Assuncao (46′), K. Akturkoglu for B. Yilmaz (61′), O. Morutan for R. Babel (61′), H. Dervisoglu for E. Kilinc (61′) and Mostafa Mohamed for M. Diagne (87′).
Best player: Mostafa Mohamed
The most impressive player for Galatasaray was Mostafa Mohamed.
His rating is with 1 goal, 28 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 11.
Konyaspor – Formation
Konyaspor started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the opposite side, İlhan Palut played with: Ibrahim Šehić , Nejc Skubic , Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık , Abdulkerim Bardakçı , Guilherme Haubert Sityá , Serdar Gürler , Oğulcan Ülgün , Amir Hadžiahmetović , Endri Çekiçi , Amar Rahmanović and Zymer Bytyqi .
They had on the bench: Barış Yardımcı, Ekrem Kayılıbal, Nafican Yardimci, Erten Ersu, Soner Dikmen , Alper Uludağ, Marin Aničić, Konrad Michalak , Ahmet Karademir and Adil Demirbağ.
Substitutions
Konyaspor made 4 changes: Z. Bytyqi for K. Michalak (74′), O. Ulgun for S. Dikmen (80′), N. Skubic for A. Karademir (90′) and E. Cekici for A. Demirbag (90′).
Best player: Guilherme Haubert Sityá
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Konyaspor was Guilherme Haubert Sityá.
His rating is with 40 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 12 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Trabzonspor – Fenerbahçe – 3-1
- Kasımpaşa – Göztepe – 1-2
- Galatasaray – Konyaspor – 1-0
- Altay – Fatih Karagümrük – 0-1