Galatasaray have become the leaders of the Turkish Spor Toto Super League after beating a challenging Gaziantepspor team 1-0 in front of its fans on Sunday evening.
Galatasaray, the Istanbul giants, increased the pressure for Gaziantepspor starting from the beginning of the game, but could not find the dead lock-breaking goal until the 85th minute.
Defender Hakan Balta, who had not scored in the league until Sunday, scored the header after a corner with five minutes to go in the game.
With the result, Galatasaray now have a league-leading 61 points. However, third-placed Besiktas (58 pts) has not played yet and they will meet with Karabukspor on Monday.
Hakan Balta's game-winning goal recorded was as the 200th goal in Turk Telekom Arena, Galatasaray's stadium.
Galatasaray managed not to concede a goal after 10 league games.
Felipe Melo, who has returned in the line-up after a 69-day lasting injury, was booked a yellow card and will not play next week.
Remaining fixtures for the 28th week:
Monday
Besiktas v Karabukspor
Current standings are as follows:
Rank Team P W D L GF GA Pts +/- 1 Galatasaray 28 19 4 5 52 34 61 +18 2 Fenerbahce 28 18 6 4 47 21 60 +26 3 Besiktas 27 18 4 5 47 25 58 +22 4 Bursaspor 28 13 8 7 56 37 47 +19 5 Istanbul Basaksehir 28 12 11 5 39 23 47 +16 6 Trabzonspor 28 12 11 5 51 41 47 +10 7 Mersin Idmanyurdu 28 11 6 11 45 40 39 +5 8 Torku Konyaspor 28 10 8 10 26 34 38 -8 9 Genclerbirligi 28 9 9 10 41 38 36 +3 10 Gaziantepspor 28 10 5 13 25 37 35 -12 11 Akhisar Belediyespor 28 8 9 11 36 43 33 -7 12 Kasimpasa 28 8 8 12 44 57 32 -13 13 Sivasspor 28 8 7 13 34 39 31 -5 14 Eskisehirspor 28 7 10 11 33 42 31 -9 15 Çaykur Rizespor 28 7 7 14 34 47 28 -13 16 Karabukspor 27 5 6 16 31 44 21 -13 17 Kayseri Erciyesspor 28 4 9 15 31 49 21 -18 18 Balikesirspor 28 4 8 16 34 55 20 -21 www.aa.com.tr/en - Ankara
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