January 23rd features a match where Galatasaray hosts Trabzonspor at Türk Telekom Stadyumu in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, Galatasaray recorded a 2-4 loss against Hatayspor. Emre Kılınç scored the first goal for Galatasaray in the 23rd minute, then Mame Biram Diouf tied it up for Hatayspor in the 43rd minute But luckily in the 79th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Saba Lobjanidze. Galatasaray looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Trabzonspor recorded a 1-1 draw against Sivasspor. Leke James scored the first goal for Sivasspor in the 20th minute, but Abdülkadir Ömür got the equalizer for Trabzonspor in the 24th minute earning Trabzonspor a comeback draw. Trabzonspor is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
Trabzonspor and Galatasaray last played eachother at the Stade Pierre Duboeuf on the 12th of September. Trabzonspor and Galatasaray battled to a 2-2 draw. Emre Kılınç struck first for Galatasaray in the 20th minute, then Emre Kılınç added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Halil Dervisoglu.
Andreas Cornelius has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored four goals for Trabzonspor. Galatasaray’s top weapon lately has been Muhammed Aktürkoğlu, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches
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 Edgar Ié, Gervinho and Djaniny Tavares are unavailable to play for Abdullah Mucip Avcı’s team.