In a weekend match on Sunday Nov 28th, in week 14, Galatasaray will travel to Novi Pazar to battle Yeni Malatyaspor in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Yeni Malatyaspor recorded a 0-1 loss against Giresunspor. Fousseni Diabaté scored the first goal for Giresunspor in the 70th minute on a penalty kick, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Yeni Malatyaspor couldn’t manage to score, and Giresunspor took the shutout win. Yeni Malatyaspor looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Galatasaray, recorded a 1-2 loss against Fenerbahçe. Muhammed Aktürkoğlu scored the first goal for Galatasaray in the 16th minute, then Mesut Özil tied it up for Fenerbahçe in the 31st minute on a feed from İrfan Can Kahveci Finally they completed the comback victory in the 94th minute on a goal by Miguel Crespo to cap off a wild match. Galatasaray is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Galatasaray won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Galatasaray’s most prolific scorer has been Muhammed Aktürkoğlu. The Turkish midfielder has netted two goals over the last five matches. Benjamin Tetteh has been the most prolific scorer on Yeni Malatyaspor in his last 5 matches with two goals
Marius Ninel Şumudică’s Yeni Malatyaspor squad will be without Benjamin Tetteh, Damlu and Nuri Aydin, while Galatasaray will be without Omar Elabdellaoui.