Week 18 brings us a match on Dec 22nd, where Fenerbahçe will travel to İstanbul to battle Fatih Karagümrük in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams in the anticipated İstanbul derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Fatih Karagümrük recorded a 1-4 loss against Konyaspor. Aleksandar Pešić scored the first goal for Fatih Karagümrük in the 12th minute, then in the 29th minute, Zymer Bytyqi sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Amar Rahmanović Finally they completed the comback victory in the 53rd minute on a goal by Serdar Gürler to cap off a wild match. Fatih Karagümrük is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while fenerbahçe is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Gazişehir Gaziantep. Joao Figueiredo scored the first goal for Gazişehir Gaziantep in the 8th minute, then in the 30th minute, Bright Osayi-Samuel sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Mesut Özil , but luckily for Gazişehir Gaziantep it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win. Fenerbahçe 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, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Fenerbahçe won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Serdar Dursun has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Fenerbahçe. Fatih Karagümrük’s most prolific scorer has been Aleksandar Pešić. The Serbian attacker has netted three goals over the last five matches
Felipe Sánchez Mateos’s squad will be without Burak Bekaroğlu and Medhi Benatia, while Fenerbahçe will be without Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Altay Bayindir and Enner Valencia.