Week 21 brings us a match on Jan 16th where Hatayspor will play host to Galatasaray in a clash of these two mismatched Super Lig teams. Hatayspor sits at 6th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Kasımpaşa. Valentin Eysseric scored the first goal for Kasımpaşa in the 1st minute, then Umut Bozok added another in the 6th minute on a feed from Valentin Eysseric. Hatayspor is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 12th placed Galatasaray is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Giresunspor. Shapi Suleymanov struck first for Giresunspor in the 11th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Galatasaray couldn’t muster any offence and Giresunspor ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
On the 23rd of August, Galatasaray hosted Hatayspor at the Türk Telekom Stadyumu in their last match together. Galatasaray was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Saba Lobjanidze struck first for Hatayspor in the 3rd minute on a feed from Kamil Ahmet Çörekci, but Sofiane Feghouli got the equalizer for Galatasaray in the 30th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 88th minute on a goal by Christian Luyindama to cap off a wild match.
Galatasaray hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Mostafa Mohamed and Muhammed Aktürkoğlu, and they each have 1 goal. Hatayspor’s top weapon lately has been Ayoub El Kaabi, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches
Burak Camoglu and Mehdi Boudjemaa are unavailable to play for Ömer Erdogan’s team, while Fatih Terim’s Galatasaray squad will be without Mbaye Diagne, Taylan Antalyalı, Fernando Muslera, Alpaslan Öztürk, Omar Elabdellaoui and Fatih Öztürk.