In a weekend match on Sat Jan 21st, in week 20, Galatasaray and Antalyaspor will play a match in İstanbul in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Galatasaray is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Hatayspor. Muhammed Aktürkoğlu struck first for Galatasaray in the 9th minute, then Juan Mata added another in the 6th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Léo Dubois In the end, Hatayspor couldn’t muster any offence and Galatasaray ran away with the shutout win. Galatasaray is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 15th placed Antalyaspor, recorded a 2-2 draw against Giresunspor. Doğukan Sinik scored the first goal for Antalyaspor in the 4th minute, then Borja Sainz tied it up for Giresunspor in the 40th minute . Antalyaspor is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 7th, Antalyaspor hosted Galatasaray at the Antalya Stadyumu in their last match together. Galatasaray took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Bafetimbi Gomis struck first for Galatasaray in the 90th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Antalyaspor couldn’t manage to score, and Galatasaray took the shutout win.
Haji Wright and Luiz Adriano are the top scorers for Antalyaspor in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Bafetimbi Gomis has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Galatasaray
Okan Buruk’s Galatasaray squad will be without Mauro Icardi, Kazımcan Karataş and Mathias Ross Jensen, while Fredy and Houssam Ghacha are unavailable to play for Antalyaspor.