İSTANBUL. Galatasaray overcame Konyaspor to win 2-1. It was Galatasaray to strike first with an early goal of S. Oliveira at the 1′. Then it was a goal in the 15′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, F. Calvo gave the win to Galatasaray in the 82′ minute with an own goal.
I. Šehić received a red card (89′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Konyaspor lost the match.
The match was played at the NEF Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Abdulkadir Bitigen with the support of Volkan Ahmet Narinç and Hakan Yemişken. The 4th official was Neslihan Muratdağı. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 24.7 degrees Celsius or 76.51 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 21 Total 17
- 7 On Target 6
- 14 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 81 Attack 67
- 49 Dangerous attack 34
- 56 Ball safe 80
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 14 Total 13
- 4 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Galatasaray had a superior ball possession 55% while Konyaspor was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Galatasaray was more pushing with 49 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Galatasaray won the match.
Galatasaray shot 21 times, 7 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Konyaspor shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Galatasaray received 4 yellow cards (K. Akturkoglu, M. Icardi, M. Icardi and F. Midtsjo). On the other side, Konyaspor received 3 yellow cards (F. Calvo, O. Ulgun and I. Sehic).
Also, Konyaspor didn’t end the match with 11 players after I. Šehić (Konyaspor) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (89′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Galatasaray will have 16 points like Adana Demirspor to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Konyaspor will stay with 14 points like Beşiktaş to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will play away against Adana Demirspor on the 1st of October with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Galatasaray (0 draws).
Konyaspor will play away agasint Antalyaspor on the 8th of October with a 8-4 head to head in favor of Konyaspor (11 draws).
Galatasaray – Formation
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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: F. Muslera
, S. Boey , V. Nelsson , E. Bayram , P. van Aanholt , L. Torreira , Sérgio Oliveira , Y. Akgün , D. Mertens , K. Aktürkoğlu and B. Gomis .The home team had on the bench: M. Icardi, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Okan Kocuk, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Milot Rashica, Y. Demir, F. Midtsjø, L. Dubois, Haris Seferović and B. Kutlu.
Substitutions
Galatasaray made 5 changes: B. Gomis for M. Icardi (62′), D. Mertens for Y. Demir (63′), P. van Aanholt for L. Dubois (78′), S. Oliveira for F. Midtsjo (87′) and K. Akturkoglu for B. Kutlu (87′).
Best player: S. Boey
The most impressive player for Galatasaray was S. Boey even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 5 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 2.Konyaspor – Formation
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Konyaspor started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
İlhan Palut played with: I. Šehić
, A. Oğuz , A. Demirbağ , F. Calvo , Guilherme , A. Hadžiahmetović , E. Çekiçi , Bruno Paz , Bruno Paz , S. Dikmen and Z. Bytyqi , M. Demir .The following players were sitting on the bench: Yasir Subaşı, Uche Ikpeazu, O. Ülgün, Uğurcan Yazğılı, Ahmet Karademir, Kahraman Demirtaş, M. Diouf, Erhan Erentürk, C. Karayel and D. Pavičić.
Konyaspor could not rely on the presence of C. Karayel (injured).
Substitutions
Konyaspor made 4 changes: E. Cekici for C. Karayel (30′), B. Paz for D. Pavicic (65′), C. Karayel for O. Ulgun (81′) and M. Demir for M. Diouf (81′).
Best player: Z. Bytyqi
The most impressive player for Konyaspor was Z. Bytyqi.
His rating is
with 5 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 1 cross.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Hatayspor – Kayserispor – 0-4
- Galatasaray – Konyaspor – 2-1