In this 31st week match, on Saturday Apr 2nd, Galatasaray will play host to Fatih Karagümrük in a clash of the Super Lig in the ever popular İstanbul derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 15th placed Galatasaray, recorded a 1-3 loss against Gazişehir Gaziantep. Bafetimbi Gomis scored the first goal for Galatasaray in the 34th minute, but Papy Djilobodji got the equalizer for Gazişehir Gaziantep in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time But luckily in the 71st minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Alexandru Maxim. Galatasaray is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Fatih Karagümrük recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Kayserispor. Emre Mor struck first for Fatih Karagümrük in the 10th minute, then Emre Mor added another in the 36th minute on a feed from Jimmy Durmaz At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kayserispor couldn’t manage to score, and Fatih Karagümrük took the shutout win. Fatih Karagümrük is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
Galatasaray and Fatih Karagümrük last played eachother at the Vefa Stadı on Sun Nov 7th. Fatih Karagümrük and Galatasaray battled to a 1-1 draw. Andrea Bertolacci struck first for Fatih Karagümrük in the 69th minute on a feed from Fabio Borini, then Mostafa Mohamed tied it up for Galatasaray in the 88th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Galatasaray.
Emre Mor has been the most prolific scorer on Fatih Karagümrük in his last 5 matches with three goals. Galatasaray’s most prolific scorer has been Muhammed Aktürkoğlu. He has netted two goals over the last five matches
Domènec Torrent Font’s squad will be without Fatih Öztürk, while Fabio Borini and Ervin Zukanović are unavailable to play for Fatih Karagümrük.