January 20th features a match where Kasımpaşa will travel to İstanbul to battle Galatasaray in a Super Lig match in the ever popular İstanbul derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, Galatasaray recorded a 2-4 loss against Hatayspor. Emre Kılınç scored the first goal for Galatasaray in the 23rd minute, but Mame Biram Diouf got the equalizer for Hatayspor in the 43rd minute Finally they completed the comback in the 79th minute on a goal by Saba Lobjanidze to cap off a wild match. Galatasaray looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while kasımpaşa is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Giresunspor. Mortadha Ben Ouannes scored the first goal for Kasımpaşa in the 12th minute, then Florent Hadergjonaj added another in the 65th minute from the penalty spot In the end, Giresunspor couldn’t muster any offence and Kasımpaşa ran away with the shutout win. Kasımpaşa is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
Galatasaray and Kasımpaşa last played eachother at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu on Sun Aug 29th. Kasımpaşa and Galatasaray battled to a 2-2 draw. Alexandru Cicâldău struck first for Galatasaray in the 32nd minute on a feed from Olimpiu Moruțan, then Muhammed Aktürkoğlu added another in the 38th minute.
Umut Bozok has been the most prolific scorer on Kasımpaşa in his last five matches with three goals. Muhammed Aktürkoğlu has been the most prolific scorer on Galatasaray in the last 5 matches with 2 goals
Mbaye Diagne, Taylan Antalyalı, Fernando Muslera, Alpaslan Öztürk, Omar Elabdellaoui, Fatih Öztürk and Işık Kaan Arslan are unavailable to play for Domènec Torrent Font’s team, while Kasımpaşa will be without Loret Sadiku and Jeffrey Bruma.