Week 19 brings us a match on Dec 25th where Galatasaray hosts Antalyaspor at Türk Telekom Stadyumu in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 11th placed Galatasaray, recorded a 0-2 loss against Adana Demirspor. Yunus Akgün struck first for Adana Demirspor in the 53rd minute on a feed from Matías Vargas, then Yunus Akgün added another in the 58th minute In the end, Galatasaray was frustrated by Adana Demirspor’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Adana Demirspor ended the match with the shutout victory. Galatasaray is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while 13th placed Antalyaspor is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Kasımpaşa. Naldo struck first for Antalyaspor in the 38th minute on a feed from Fredy, but Umut Bozok got the equalizer for Kasımpaşa in the 2nd minute of the second half’s stoppage time earning them at least the one point. Antalyaspor is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Galatasaray won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Sherel Floranus and Paul Omo Mukairu are the top scorers for Antalyaspor in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Galatasaray hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Mbaye Diagne and Halil Dervisoglu, and they each have 1 goal
Galatasaray will be without Mbaye Diagne, Fernando Muslera and Omar Elabdellaoui, while Alfons Groenendijk’s squad will be without Haji Wright, Ufuk Akyol and Dogukan Nelik.