On the 24th of April, Altay hosts Galatasaray in a clash of these two closely matched Super Lig teams. In their last match, Altay recorded a 1-1 draw against İstanbul Başakşehir. Trezeguet struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 40th minute, then Ceyhun Gülselam tied it up for Altay in the 89th minute on a feed from Erdogan squeezing out at least the one point for Altay. Altay is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while galatasaray is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Yeni Malatyaspor. Ryan Babel struck first for Galatasaray in the 51st minute, then Halil Dervisoglu added another in the 53rd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Yeni Malatyaspor couldn’t manage to score, and Galatasaray took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Galatasaray should be reasonably happy with their performance.
In their last match together, in Nef Stadyumu, Galatasaray and Altay battled to a 2-2 draw. César Pinares struck first for Altay in the 17th minute on a feed from Kappel, then in the 34th minute, Sofiane Feghouli sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Halil Dervisoglu .
Galatasaray is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Bafetimbi Gomis and Ryan Babel each having 2 goals in their last five. Altay hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Lopes Paixao and Martín Rodríguez, and they each have 1 goal
Altay will be without Deniz Kadah, while Sofiane Feghouli, Omar Elabdellaoui, Fatih Öztürk, Mostafa Mohamed and Muhammed Aktürkoğlu are unavailable to play for Galatasaray.