In a mid week match on Wednesday Jan 19th, in week 22, Fenerbahçe and Altay 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 cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Fenerbahçe is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Antalyaspor. José Sosa struck first for Fenerbahçe in the 72nd minute, but Doğukan Sinik got the equalizer for Antalyaspor in the 81st minute squeezing out at least the one point for Antalyaspor. Fenerbahçe is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while 18th placed Altay is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Kayserispor. Mustafa Pektemek scored the first goal for Kayserispor in the 33rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Altay was frustrated by Kayserispor’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Kayserispor ended the match with the shutout victory. Altay looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 3 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 29th of August, Fenerbahçe was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Ferdi Kadıoğlu scored the first goal for Fenerbahçe in the 51st minute, then Enner Valencia added another in the 55th minute on a feed from Ferdi Kadıoğlu In the end, Altay couldn’t muster any offence and Fenerbahçe ran away with the shutout win.
Altay hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are César Pinares and André Poko, and they each have 1 goal. Mesut Özil has been the most prolific scorer on Fenerbahçe in his last five matches with two goals
Fenerbahçe will be without Mert Hakan Yandaş, Serdar Aziz, Luiz Gustavo and Altay Bayindir, while Mustafa Denizli’s Altay squad will be without Serge Aka, Murat Akça and Ozturk.