Super Lig: Galatasaray recovers a 0-1 deficit to prevail over Gaziantep F.K. 2-1

İSTANBUL. Galatasaray managed to turn the table against Gaziantep F.K. to win 2-1.

İSTANBUL. Galatasaray succeeded in turn the table against Gaziantep F.K. to win 2-1. It was Gaziantep F.K. to strike first with a goal of A. Sagal at the 28′. Then it was a goal in the 37′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, S. Kitsiou gave the win to Galatasaray in the 90′ minute with an own goal. Galatasaray took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).

Galatasaray remained in 10 people after A. Bardakci received a double yellow card in the 45′. Anyway, Galatasaray still was able to win this encounter competing only with 10 players​.

B. Gomis missed a penalty (71′) for Galatasaray.​

The match was played at the NEF Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Monday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu who was helped by Ali Saygın Ögel and Alpaslan Dedeş. The 4th official was Çağdaş Altay. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant around 19.5 degrees Celsius or 67.01 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 56%.​

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  Galatasaray

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  Gaziantep F.K.

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  5 Sep 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Galatasaray was in firm control of the ball 58% while Gaziantep F.K. was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Galatasaray was more aggressive with 87 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 10 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Galatasaray won the encounter.

Galatasaray shot 18 times, 10 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Gaziantep F.K. shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Galatasaray received 4 yellow cards (A. Bardakci, S. Oliveira, L. Torreira and O. Buruk). On the other side, Gaziantep F.K. received 5 yellow cards (G. Guvenc, A. Maxim, M. Eskihellac, F. Soyalp and S. Kitsiou).

A. Bardakci (Galatasaray) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (45′).

After playing this contest, Galatasaray will have 7 points to stay in the 8th place. On the other side, Gaziantep F.K. will stay with 10 points like Fenerbahçe, İstanbul Başakşehir, Adana Demirspor and Trabzonspor to stay in the 5th place.

Match Events

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Galatasaray: Formation and Lineups

Galatasaray started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Okan Buruk chose to play with the following team: Fernando Muslera (6.5), Sacha Boey (7.1), Victor Nelsson (6.8), Abdülkerim Bardakcı (6.8), Patrick van Aanholt (7.1), Sérgio Oliveira (7.2), Lucas Torreira (7.0), Yunus Akgün (7.0), Dries Mertens (7.4), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (6.1) and Bafetimbi Gomis (7.1).

Substitutes

Galatasaray made 5 changes: K. Akturkoglu for E. Bayram (46′), D. Mertens for B. Yilmaz (76′), B. Gomis for H. Seferovic (76′), S. Oliveira for B. Kutlu (77′) and L. Torreira for E. Akbaba (86′).

Top player: Dries Mertens

The player who no doubt impressed Galatasaray the most was Dries Mertens even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 35 passes (88% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.

Gaziantep F.K.: Formation and Lineups

Gaziantep F.K. started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).

On the opposite side, Erol Bulut played with: Günay Güvenç (9.3), Stelios Kitsiou (7.2), Ertuğrul Ersoy (6.6), Papy Djilobodji (7.0), Matěj Hanousek (6.4), Ángelo Sagal (7.1), Marko Jevtović (6.8), Abdulkadir Parmak (7.1), Mustafa Eskihellaç (6.4), Alexandru Maxim (7.1) and João Figueiredo (6.6).

Substitutes

Gaziantep F.K. made 4 changes: M. Eskihellac for L. Markovic (59′), J. Figueiredo for T. Pekhart (59′), A. Parmak for F. Soyalp (77′) and A. Sagal for V. Veliu (82′).

Best player: Günay Güvenç

The player that probably impressed the most for Gaziantep F.K. was the goalkeeper: Günay Güvenç. His rating is 9.32. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 9 saves.