KAYSERI. Kayserispor bested Galatasaray to win 2-1. A goal from B. Yilmaz was decisive in the 86min. It was Kayserispor to strike first with a goal of M. Gavranovic at the 22′. Then O. Bulut scored again for Kayserispor in the 35′ minute. Eventually, B. Yilmaz reduced the distance for Galatasaray (86′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Galatasaray was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Kadir Has Şehir Stadı stadium in Kayseri on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Arda Kardeşler with the assistance of Aleks Taşçıoğlu and Bahtiyar Birinci. The 4th official was Kadir Sağlam. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10 degrees Celsius or 50.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 17 Total 12
- 6 On Target 5
- 11 Off Target 7
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 71 Attack 107
- 50 Dangerous attack 96
- 85 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 15
Fouls
- 11 Total 10
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Galatasaray was in firm control of the ball 61% while Kayserispor was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Galatasaray was more pushing with 96 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyhow, Kayserispor managed to find the solution to win this match.
Kayserispor shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Galatasaray shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Kayserispor received 2 yellow cards (O. Kemen and M. Cardoso). Talking about the opposition, Galatasaray received 1 yellow card (S. Boey).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Kayserispor will have 16 points to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Galatasaray will stay with 17 points like Fenerbahçe, İstanbul Başakşehir and Trabzonspor to sit in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Kayserispor will play away with Gaziantep F.K. on the 6th of November with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Kayserispor (5 draws).
Galatasaray will play away agasint İstanbul Başakşehir on the 12th of November with a 13-7 head to head record in favor of Galatasaray (8 draws).
Kayserispor – Formation

Kayserispor started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Çagdas Atan decided to play with the following team: Bilal Bayazit
, Onur Bulut , Majid Hosseini , Dimitris Kolovetsios , Lionel Carole , Gustavo Campanharo , Ramazan Civelek , Olivier Kemen , Bernard Mensah , Miguel Cardoso and Mario Gavranović .The home team had on the bench: Gökhan Sazdağı, Carlos Mané, Andrea Bertolacci, Mustafa Pektemek, Ali Karimi
, Hayrullah Erkip, Abdulkadir Tasdan, Mame Thiam , Emrah Başsan and İlhan Parlak.Substitutions
Kayserispor made 5 changes: O. Kemen for A. Karimi (67′), M. Cardoso for M. Thiam (76′), M. Gavranovic for M. Pektemek (82′), R. Civelek for E. Bassan (83′) and B. Mensah for A. Bertolacci (83′).
Best player: Onur Bulut
The player that probably impressed the most for Kayserispor was Onur Bulut.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 35 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.Galatasaray – Formation

Galatasaray started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Okan Buruk played with: Fernando Muslera
, Sacha Boey , Victor Nelsson , Abdülkerim Bardakcı , Kâzımcan Karataş , Lucas Torreira , Fredrik Midtsjø , Yunus Akgün , Juan Mata , Dries Mertens and Mauro Icardi .These were the players on the bench: Berkan Kutlu, Bafetimbi Gomis
, Emin Bayram, Sérgio Oliveira , Léo Dubois, Haris Seferović, Milot Rashica , Okan Kocuk, Barış Alper Yılmaz and Kerem Aktürkoğlu.Substitutions
Galatasaray made 5 changes: Y. Akgun for S. Oliveira (46′), F. Midtsjo for M. Rashica (46′), D. Mertens for B. Yilmaz (46′), J. Mata for B. Gomis (75′) and L. Torreira for K. Akturkoglu (87′).
Best player: Barış Alper Yılmaz
The most impressive player for Galatasaray was Barış Alper Yılmaz.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 14 passes (71% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 4 crosses.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Konyaspor – Gaziantep F.K. – 0-1
- Kayserispor – Galatasaray – 2-1
- Kasımpaşa – Adana Demirspor – 1-4
- Fatih Karagümrük – Hatayspor – 3-0