Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk made 2 mandatory changes against Samsunspor compared to the starting eleven of the last Tottenham match.
Galatasaray will face Samsunspor at home in the 12th week of Trendyol Super League. Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk made 2 changes against the red-whites compared to the 11 of the last Tottenham match. Buruk assigned Ismail Jakobs and Roland Sallai to replace the yellow-card suspended Kaan Ayhan and the injured Mauro Icardi. Yusuf Demir was not included in the squad by the decision of the technical committee.
Ismail Jakobs in the starting 11 after 3 matches
Senegalese left-back Ismail Jakobs, who last took part in the away match against Antalyaspor in the 9th week of the Super League and could not continue due to injury, returned to the field after 3 matches. Jakobs, who recovered from his injury, started the Samsunspor match in the 11th minute.
Change in the system
Coach Okan Buruk returned to the 4-2-3-1 system they used to play in the Samsunspor match. The yellow-reds played with four forwards in defense and one striker in attack, with Nigerian football player Victor Osimhen at the forward end. Aslan started their last match against Tottenham with a 3-5-2 system.
Barış Alper Yılmaz played at right-back
Barış Alper Yılmaz, the wild card player of the yellow-reds, took part in defense in the absence of Kaan Ayhan. Okan Buruk, who used Yılmaz in many regions, started him in the right-back position against Samsunspor. The national football player also played left back in the Beşiktaş derby.
Galatasaray's 11
Yellow-reds, Samsunspor match; Fernando Muslera, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Davinson Sanchez, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Ismail Jakobs, Lucas Torreira, Gabriel Sara, Roland Sallai, Dries Mertens, Yunus Akgün and Victor Osimhen started with the 11th.
Günay Güvenç, Eyüp Aydın, Kerem Demirbay, Berkan Kutlu, Hakim Ziyech, Elias Jelert, Victor Nelsson, Michy Batshuayi, Efe Akman and Metahan Baltacı waited in the reserves.
The stands are full
Galatasaray fans, who did not leave their team alone in home matches, also took their place in the Samsunspor match. The yellow-red fans who filled the stands of the match played at RAMS Park supported the players with cheers before the match. Samsunspor fans also filled the away stands.
