Week 36 brings us a match on May 7th, where İstanbul Başakşehir plays host to Galatasaray in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams in the anticipated 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, 4th placed İstanbul Başakşehir, recorded a 3-2 win against Kasımpaşa. Fredrik Gulbrandsen scored the first goal for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 28th minute, then Mamadou Fall tied it up for Kasımpaşa in the 43rd minute , but fortunately for İstanbul Başakşehir it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. İstanbul Başakşehir should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Galatasaray recorded a 2-3 loss against Sivasspor. Bafetimbi Gomis struck first for Galatasaray in the 10th minute on a feed from Emre Kılınç, then in the 44th minute, Uğur Çiftçi sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Mustapha Yatabare But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 64th minute on a goal by Ahmet Oğuz. Galatasaray should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Galatasaray and İstanbul Başakşehir battled to a 1-1 draw. Stefano Okaka scored the first goal for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 20th minute, then Mostafa Mohamed got the equalizer for Galatasaray in the 87th minute on a feed from Alexandru Cicâldău earning Galatasaray a comeback draw.
Galatasaray’s top weapon lately has been Bafetimbi Gomis, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Deniz Türüç has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for İstanbul Başakşehir
Erdinç Sözer’s squad will be without Nacer Chadli, while Sofiane Feghouli, Fatih Öztürk and Mostafa Mohamed are unavailable to play for Galatasaray.