Week 38 brings us a match on May 21st where Yeni Malatyaspor will host Fenerbahçe in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 20th placed Yeni Malatyaspor is fresh off their 0-3 loss against Kayserispor. Gökhan Sazdağı struck first for Kayserispor in the 10th minute on a feed from Ramazan Civelek, then Gökhan Sazdağı added another in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Emrah Başsan In the end, Yeni Malatyaspor couldn’t muster any offence and Kayserispor ran away with the shutout win. Yeni Malatyaspor looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 9 of their last 10, while in their last match, Fenerbahçe recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Fatih Karagümrük. Neither Fenerbahçe nor Fatih Karagümrük could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 14 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Fenerbahçe is on a hot streak lately, with 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi, Fenerbahçe won by a score of 2 to 0. Filip Novák struck first for Fenerbahçe in the 10th minute, then Dimitris Pelkas added another in the 73rd minute In the end, Yeni Malatyaspor was frustrated by Fenerbahçe’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Fenerbahçe ended the match with the shutout victory.
Fenerbahçe is fortunate enough to have Serdar Dursun in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored four goals. Both Nouha Dicko and Buğra Çağıran have been the hottest scorers for Yeni Malatyaspor in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals
Cihat Arslan’s squad will be without Nuri Aydin, while Nazım Sangare, Dimitris Pelkas, Attila Szalai, Arda Guler and Kim Min-Jae are unavailable to play for İsmail Kartal’s team.