In a weekend match in week 11, on Saturday Oct 22nd, Ümraniyespor and Fatih Karagümrük will play a match in İstanbul in a meeting of these two mismatched Super Lig teams in the ever popular İstanbul derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 19th placed Ümraniyespor is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Kayserispor. Miguel Cardoso scored the first goal for Kayserispor in the 25th minute, then Mehmet Umut Nayir tied it up for Ümraniyespor in the 48th minute on a feed from Gurbulak . Ümraniyespor looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 13th placed Fatih Karagümrük is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Hatayspor. Steven Caulker struck first for Fatih Karagümrük in the 36th minute, then Fabio Borini added another in the 3rd minute of the first half’s stoppage time In the end, Hatayspor couldn’t muster any offence and Fatih Karagümrük ran away with the shutout win. Fatih Karagümrük looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
For Fatih Karagümrük, their top scorers are Mbaye Diagne and Fabio Borini, each having 3 goals in their last 5 matches. Antonio Mrsic has been the most prolific scorer on Ümraniyespor in the last five matches with 2 goals
Recep Uçar’s Ümraniyespor squad will be without Serkan Kırıntılı, while Andrea Pirlo’s Fatih Karagümrük squad will be without Efe Tatlı.