Week 30 features a match on Sunday Mar 20th, where Gazişehir Gaziantep will host Galatasaray in a meeting of these two closely matched Super Lig teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 14th placed Gazişehir Gaziantep, recorded a 1-2 loss against Giresunspor. Sergio Antonio Da Luiz Junior struck first for Giresunspor in the 6th minute on a feed from Hamidou Traoré, then Alexandru Maxim tied it up for Gazişehir Gaziantep in the 40th minute. Gazişehir Gaziantep looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Galatasaray recorded a 2-1 win against Beşiktaş. Muhammed Aktürkoğlu struck first for Galatasaray in the 22nd minute on a feed from Mostafa Mohamed, then Muhammed Aktürkoğlu added another in the 32nd minute on a feed from Mostafa Mohamed. Galatasaray is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
Gazişehir Gaziantep and Galatasaray last played eachother at the Nef Stadyumu on Sun Oct 31st. Galatasaray was victorious by a score of 2 to 0. Olimpiu Moruțan struck first for Galatasaray in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Muhammed Aktürkoğlu added another in the 73rd minute on a feed from Sofiane Feghouli In the end, Gazişehir Gaziantep couldn’t muster any offence and Galatasaray ran away with the shutout win.
Galatasaray’s top weapon lately has been Bafetimbi Gomis, who has three goals in the last 5 matches.
Erol Bulut’s squad will be without Alexander Merkel, Yasin Pehlivan and Luka Stankovski, while Galatasaray will be without Fatih Öztürk and Işık Kaan Arslan.