In a weekend match on Sat Jan 8th, in week 20, Galatasaray hosts Giresunspor at Türk Telekom Stadyumu in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. Galatasaray is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Antalyaspor. Sofiane Feghouli struck first for Galatasaray in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Muhammed Aktürkoğlu added another in the 52nd minute In the end, Antalyaspor was frustrated by Galatasaray’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Galatasaray ended the match with the shutout victory. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Giresunspor recorded a 0-1 loss against Hatayspor. Ayoub El Kaabi struck first for Hatayspor in the 81st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Giresunspor couldn’t manage to score, and Hatayspor took the shutout win. Giresunspor is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
On Monday Aug 16th, Giresunspor hosted Galatasaray at the Giresun Atatürk Stadyumu in their last match together. Galatasaray took the match by a score of 2 to 0. Mbaye Diagne scored the first goal for Galatasaray in the 31st minute, then Alexandru Cicâldău added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot In the end, Giresunspor couldn’t muster any offence and Galatasaray ran away with the shutout win.
For Giresunspor, their top scorers are Souleymane Doukara and Ibrahima Balde, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Mostafa Mohamed and Muhammed Aktürkoğlu are the top scorers for Galatasaray in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Mbaye Diagne, Fernando Muslera, Alpaslan Öztürk, Omar Elabdellaoui and Fatih Öztürk are unavailable to play for Galatasaray, while Hakan Keleş’s Giresunspor squad will be without Erol Can Akdag.