Leader Galatasaray will host its closest follower Samsunspor in the 12th week of Trendyol Super League.
The match to be held at RAMS Park will start at 16.00. The referee Halil Umut Meler will manage the match.
The yellow-reds, the only team that did not lose in the remaining part of the Super League, had 9 wins and 1 draw. Galatasaray entered the week in the leadership seat with 28 points.
The Black Sea representative had 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in 11 matches. The red-whites are in second place in the points table after Galatasaray with 25 points.
2 MISSING IN GALATASARAY
Galatasaray’s Argentinian star Mauro Icardi and his experienced player Kaan Ayhan will not be able to play in the match.
Icardi, who suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the UEFA Europa League match against Tottenham, will not be able to play on the field for a long time. Kaan, who is suspended for a yellow card, will not be able to compete against Samsunspor.
Left back Ismail Jakobs, who has recovered from his injury, will return to the field with the Samsunspor match if coach Okan Buruk assigns him the task.
DAVINSON SANCHEZ ON THE BORDER
Davinson Sanchez, the defensive leader of the yellow-reds, is on the yellow card penalty limit.
The Colombian defender, who was punished with a yellow card 3 times in the remaining part of the league, will be suspended if he receives a card in the Samsunspor match.
LAST 12 MATCHES UNDEFEATED
Galatasaray was undefeated in the last 12 official competitions.
The yellow-red team, which suffered its last defeat against the Swiss representative Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League play-off round rematch, played 8 Super League and 4 UEFA Europa League matches until the Tottenham match.
Until this match, Galatasaray had 7 wins and 1 draw in the Super League, and 3 wins and 1 draw in Europe.
ALSO A LEADER IN STATISTICS
Galatasaray is the team that scores the most goals and concedes the least goals in the Super League.
The yellow-reds, who scored 29 times in the remaining 10 competitions in the league, stand out as the top scorer among the 19 teams. Allowing 9 goals to its opponents, “Cimbom” became one of the two teams that conceded the fewest goals in the league, along with Fenerbahçe, one of its followers.
FAST START FROM OSIMHEN
Galatasaray’s Nigerian star Victor Osimhen attracts attention with his form.
The 25-year-old center forward, who was surprisingly loaned from Italy’s Napoli team at the beginning of the season, enjoyed goals in 4 of the last 5 official competitions. Osimhen scored 6 times in total in the matches in question.
Victor Osimhen, who shook the net in all the last 3 matches he played in the Super League, scored 2 goals against Kasımpaşa and one goal each against Onvo Antalyaspor and Beşiktaş.
Osimhen will be Galatasaray’s most important goal scorer in the absence of Mauro Icardi.
YUNUS AKGÜN SHINED
Yunus Akgün, a winger from Galatasaray infrastructure, is appreciated for his performance.
Yunus was one of the players who played a leading role in the good progress of the yellow-red team with his performance on the left wing this season.
The 24-year-old football player, who scored in 6 of the last 10 official matches he played, does not make the absence of Kerem Aktürkoğlu, who was transferred to Benfica, felt.
Yunus enjoyed scoring a goal 6 times in total, 2 in 10 matches in the Super League and 4 in 4 competitions in the UEFA Europa League.
SAMSUNSPOR WANTS TO CLOSE THE DIFFERENCE
The Black Sea representative wants to close the point gap by beating Galatasaray. The red and white team, which is 3 points behind Galatasaray with 8 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in 11 matches, is trying to narrow the gap.
THERE ARE 2 MISSING IN SAMSUNSPOR
Ercan Kara and Celil Yüksel, who are still injured in the Samsun team, will not be able to play against Galatasaray.
REMARKABLE STATISTICS
Galatasaray won the last 6 matches between the two teams.
Galatasaray scored at least 2 goals in the last 6 matches played between the two teams.
There were over 3.5 goals in 4 of the last 5 matches between the two teams.
POSSIBLE 11’S
Galatasaray: Muslera, Jelert, Sanchez, Abdülkerim, Jakobs, Torreira, Sara, Barış Alper, Mertens, Yunus, Osimhen.
Samsunspor: Okan, Zeki Yavru, Drongelen, Satka, Marc Bola, Bennasser, Ntcham, Emre Kılınç, Holse, Dimata, Mouandilmadji.
CHAMPION ODDS
This exciting match will be played in Misli with Champion Odds. In the critical match, Galatasaray’s win rate stands out as 1.44, with Turkey’s highest odds. While the odds for a draw in this match are given as 4.46, Samsunspor’s victory is shown as 5.72.
38% of Misli members who bet on the match are leaning towards Galatasaray’s victory.
