Galatasaray overcomes Konyaspor 2-1

İSTANBUL. Galatasaray beat Konyaspor to win 2-1.

September 18, 2022

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

Galatasaray

2 - 1

Konyaspor

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

Sérgio Oliveira(goal)S. Boey

15'

Kerem Aktürkoğlu- Yellow

21'

30'

Cebrail Karayel- sub ->E. Cekici

Mauro Icardi- sub ->B. Gomis

62'

63'

65'

68'

78'

81'

Oğulcan Ülgün- sub ->C. Karayel

81'

82'

84'

Oğulcan Ülgün- Yellow

86'

Berkan Kutlu- sub ->Kerem Aktürkoglu

87'

Mauro Icardi- Yellow

89'

Mauro Icardi- Yellow

89'

Fernando Muslera - Yellow

89'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

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

Galatasaray

Fernando Muslera 1.Uruguay

6.8

89'

Patrick van Aanholt 3.Netherlands

7.0

78'

Victor Nelsson 25.Denmark

6.9

Sacha Boey 93.France

7.3

E. Bayram 40.Turkey

6.7

Sérgio Oliveira 27.Portugal

7.2

87'

Lucas Torreira 5.Uruguay

6.9

Kerem Aktürkoğlu 7.Turkey

6.4

87'

21'

Dries Mertens 10.Belgium

6.6

63'

Bafétimbi Gomis 18.France

6.4

62'

Yunus Akgün 11.Turkey

6.6

Substitutes

Okan Kocuk 34.Turkey

Abdülkerim Bardakcı 42.Turkey

Léo Dubois 2.France

78'

Milot Rashica 26.Kosovo

F. Midtsjø 6.Norway

87'

90'

Berkan Kutlu 22.Turkey

87'

Mauro Icardi 99.Argentina

62'

89'

Barış Alper Yılmaz 53.Turkey

Y. Demir 30.Austria

63'

H. Seferović 9.Switzerland

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 (6.8), S. Boey (7.3), V. Nelsson (6.9), E. Bayram (6.7), P. van Aanholt (7.0), L. Torreira (6.9), Sérgio Oliveira (7.2), Y. Akgün (6.6), D. Mertens (6.6), K. Aktürkoğlu (6.4) and B. Gomis (6.4).

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 (7.3) with 5 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 2.

Konyaspor – Formation

Konyaspor

Ibrahim Sehic 13.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.3

86'

Guilherme 12.Brazil

6.4

Francisco Calvo 15.Costa Rica

6.3

68'

Ahmet Oğuz 22.Turkey

6.4

Adil Demirbağ 4.Turkey

6.6

Bruno Paz 80.Angola

6.4

65'

E. Çekiçi 23.Albania

6.1

30'

15'

Zymer Bytyqi 7.Kosovo

6.8

Soner Dikmen 14.Turkey

6.2

Amir Hadziahmetovic 18.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.6

B. de Almeida 80.Portugal

6.4

Muhammet Demir 9.Turkey

6.2

81'

Substitutes

E. Erentürk 1.Turkey

Yasir Subaşı 3.Turkey

Kahraman Demirtaş 20.Turkey

Cebrail Karayel 90.Turkey

30'

Oğulcan Ülgün 35.Turkey

81'

84'

Uğurcan Yazğılı 5.Turkey

Ahmet Karademir 88.Turkey

Domagoj Pavicic 10.Croatia

65'

Uche Ikpeazu 29.Uganda

Mame Diouf 99.Senegal

81'

Konyaspor started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

İlhan Palut played with: I. Šehić (6.3), A. Oğuz (6.4), A. Demirbağ (6.6), F. Calvo (6.3), Guilherme (6.4), A. Hadžiahmetović (6.6), E. Çekiçi (6.1), Bruno Paz (6.4), Bruno Paz (6.4), S. Dikmen (6.2) and Z. Bytyqi (6.8), M. Demir (6.2).

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).