Trabzonspor and Galatasaray face each other in a huge game in week 21 of the Trendyol Super League.
STAT: Papara Park
JUDGE: Abdulkadir Bitigen
HOUR: 7 p.m
BROADCAST: beIN Sport 1
13' Zaha, 60' Zaha, 64' Kaan Ayhan, 79' Enis Destan, 80' Kerem Aktürkoğlu
Trabzonspor: Uğurcan, Mehmet Can, Baniya, Benkovic, Eren, Mendy, Berat, Visca, Bardhi, Fountas, Enis Destan
SPARE PARTS: Muhammet Taha, MEhmet Can, Arif, Joaquin Fernandez, Bakasetas, Kerem, Bakic, Umut Güneş, Göktan Gürpüz, Engin Poyraz Efe
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Abdullah Avci
Galatasaray: Muslera, Boey, Nelsson, Abdülkerim, Kaan, Torreira, Kerem Demirbay, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Mertens, Barış Alper, Zaha
RESERVES: Günay, Eyüp, Davinson, Icardi, Berkan, Tetê, Halil, Baran, Kazımcan, Ndombele
TECHNICALLY DIRECTOR: Okan Buruk
The yellow-reds, who recorded 16 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in 20 games in the Super League, collected 51 points. Galatasaray started the week in 2nd place, 2 points behind leaders Fenerbahçe.
Trabzonspor, on the other hand, won 11 of its games, drew 4 and lost 5. The maroon team, which scored 37 points, started the week in 3rd place.
Galatasaray won the game between the two teams in Istanbul 2-0 in the first half of the season.
MISS
Sergio Oliveira, whose treatment is continuing at Galatasaray, as well as Hakim Ziyech and Cedric Bakambu, who are represented on the national teams of their countries participating in the Africa Cup of Nations, are not in the squad.
At Trabzonspor, Trezeguet, Pepe and Onuachu, who are in the national team camp due to the African Cup of Nations, are not in the squad… In the Black Sea team, Orsic and Denswil are still injured. Abdülkadir Ömür and Umut Bozok were excluded from the squad the day before.
GALATASARAY
– They have drawn in their last two away games.
Galatasaray failed to win their last two away games in the Super League. The yellow-reds drew 0-0 against Fenerbahçe and 1-1 against EMS Yapı Sivasspor in their last two games as guests.
– The best defensive team in the league
Galatasaray is the best defensive team in the Super League this season. The yellow-reds, who scored 38 goals in 20 games in the Super League, only conceded 11 goals. The yellow-reds, who kept a clean sheet in eleven games, are the team that conceded the fewest goals in the league.
TRABZONSPOR
– Big games this season
While the Red Blues beat Beşiktaş 3-0 at home and Fenerbahçe 3-2 away, there was only one defeat against Galatasaray with a 2-0 away result.
After victories over Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş, the Black Sea team would have managed to defeat their three biggest rivals this season if they also beat the yellow and red.
Trabzonspor, in the second big game of Abdullah Avcı's second term… The maroon team defeated Fenerbahçe 3-2 away under the leadership of Avcı and managed to beat the yellow and dark blue team away after 26 years.