02.03.2025 15:10
Galatasaray will face Kasımpaşa in the 26th week of the Trendyol Super League. The match, which will start at 16:00, has revealed the starting lineups.
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The leader Galatasaray will visit Kasımpaşa in the 26th week of the Trendyol Super League. The match will take place at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium and will start at 16:00. The match will be officiated by referee Cihan Aydın. The VAR seat will be occupied by Polish Tomasz Kwiatkowski. The match will be broadcast live on beIN Sports 1.
THE STATUS OF BOTH TEAMS
The yellow-red team, which has achieved 20 victories and 4 draws in 24 matches in the Super League, continues its journey unbeaten. Galatasaray, which has collected 64 points in the past period, entered the week 6 points ahead of its closest follower Fenerbahçe. Kasımpaşa, on the other hand, has obtained 31 points with 7 victories, 10 draws, and 7 defeats in 24 matches. The navy-blue team is in 9th place before the 26th week. The match played between the two teams in the 7th week of the season ended in a 3-3 draw. Galatasaray took a 3-0 lead in the first 34 minutes of the match held at RAMS Park. Kasımpaşa equalized with a goal in the 90+5th minute, ending the match 3-3. This match was the first game in which the yellow-reds experienced a loss of points this season.
STARTING 11s
Kasımpaşa: Gianniotis, Yasin, Opoku, Piatkowski, Winck, Gökhan, Ben Ouanes, Hajradinovic, Brekalo, Fall, Nuno.
Galatasaray: Muslera, Eren, Abdülkerim, Davinson, Frankowski, Lemina, Torreira, Barış, Sara, Sallai, Osimhen.
OKAN BURUK WILL NOT BE ON THE SIDELINES
Galatasaray's head coach Okan Buruk will not be able to be on the sidelines for the Kasımpaşa match. Due to his statements after the Fenerbahçe derby in the 25th week of the league, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Professional Football Discipline Board (PFDK) imposed a 1-match ban on Okan Buruk from entering the dressing room and the bench. Okan Buruk's appeal to the TFF Appeals Board was rejected, and he will serve his penalty in the Kasımpaşa match.
YUNUS AKGÜN IS SUSPENDED
Yunus Akgün, one of Galatasaray's most important players this season, will not be able to play due to suspension. The national star, who has scored 11 goals in 32 official matches this season, was suspended due to a yellow card he received in the Fenerbahçe derby. Head coach Okan Buruk will not be able to utilize Yunus, who has just recovered from injury, in the Kasımpaşa match. In the yellow-red team, Victor Osimhen and Ahmed Kutucu are on the yellow card suspension threshold. If either player receives a yellow card in the match, they will be suspended before the match against Corendon Alanyaspor in the 27th week.
2 INJURIES IN CIMBOM
Two players in the yellow-red team will not be able to play against Kasımpaşa due to injuries. Alvaro Morata, who has not played in the last 4 official matches due to injury, and Ismail Jakobs, who has missed the last 9 official matches, will also be unable to participate in the match.
UNDEFEATED IN 25 MATCHES IN THE LEAGUE
Galatasaray has not lost in its last 25 matches in the Super League. The last defeat in the league was experienced by Okan Buruk's students in the 37th week of last season against Fenerbahçe at home. They have not seen defeat in 1 match last season and 24 matches this season. Galatasaray has achieved 21 victories and 4 draws in these matches.
UNDEFEATED IN 23 AWAY MATCHES
Okan Buruk's students have not lost in their last 23 away matches in the Super League. The last away defeat was against Atakaş Hatayspor in the 12th week of last season. Since then, they have achieved 20 victories and 3 draws in the 23 matches they have played away.
GOAL HOPE OSIMHEN
Nigerian star Victor Osimhen, who was loaned from Italian representative Napoli at the beginning of the season, will be the player closest to scoring against Kasımpaşa. Osimhen has played 19 matches in the Super League with the yellow-red jersey and has celebrated 14 goals. The 26-year-old star scored 6 goals in 7 matches in the UEFA Europa League, making him the top scorer of the team with a total of 20 goals. Barış Alper Yılmaz, who has scored 10 goals in league matches, and Ahmed Kutucu, who has scored 9 goals (8 with Eyüpspor), are the players with the highest goal expectations in Galatasaray besides Osimhen. Yunus Akgün, who will not be able to play due to suspension, has 6 goals, Dries Mertens and Mauro Icardi, who has ended his season due to injury, have 4 goals each, while Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Gabriel Sara, and Davinson Sanchez have 2 goals each, and Alvaro Morata and Roland Sallai have 1 league goal each.
LAST 2 MATCHES ENDED GOALLESS
In Galatasaray's last 2 official matches, there was no goal scored. The yellow-red team scored in 33 official matches after the match against Swiss representative Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League qualifying playoff round. Galatasaray's goal-scoring streak ended with the 0-0 draw against Fenerbahçe on February 24, in the 25th week of the Super League. After the derby, the match against Konyaspor in the Ziraat Turkey Cup also ended goalless. The yellow-red team managed to keep their goal intact by defending well in both matches but failed to find the net against their opponents.
KASIMPAŞA HAS LOST THEIR LAST 2 MATCHES IN THE LEAGUE
The navy-blue team has left the last 2 matches in the Super League without points. The Istanbul representative, who played their last 2 matches away, lost 3-1 to Fenerbahçe and 2-1 to Onvo Antalyaspor. Kasımpaşa will try to end their points drought and give the unbeaten Galatasaray their first defeat.
UNDEFEATED AT HOME FOR 4 MATCHES
Kasımpaşa has not experienced defeat in their last 4 home matches. The last home defeat was against Bellona Kayserispor on November 8, 2024. In the following 4 matches, they achieved 3 victories and 1 draw. During this period, Kasımpaşa defeated Eyüpspor, Atakaş Hatayspor, and Çaykur Rizespor, and drew with Gaziantep FK. Kasımpaşa scored 12 goals in these matches and conceded 8 goals.
42ND ENCOUNTER IN THE LEAGUE
Galatasaray and Kasımpaşa will meet for the 42nd time in the Super League. In the previous 41 matches played between the two teams, Galatasaray won 26, 8 matches ended in a draw, and Kasımpaşa won 7 matches. Galatasaray scored 84 goals in these matches, while Kasımpaşa responded with 45 goals.
GALATASARAY HAS THE UPPER HAND IN THE LAST 5 MATCHES
The yellow-red team has not seen defeat in their last 5 matches against the navy-blue team. Galatasaray achieved 4 victories and 1 draw in their last 5 Super League matches against their opponent. In these matches, the yellow-red team scored 13 goals while conceding 9 goals.
MATCHES IN KASIMPAŞA
The two teams have faced each other 14 times at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium, where the match will be held. Kasımpaşa has achieved 3 victories against Galatasaray at their stadium since the 2009-2010 season in the Super League. Galatasaray has won 8 times away, and the teams have drawn 3 times. Kasımpaşa scored 20 goals in these matches, while the yellow-red team responded with 32 goals.
THE LARGEST SCORELINES
Galatasaray has defeated their opponent, whom they have superiority over in the number of victories, once 5-0 and once 4-0 in the league.
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Kasımpaşa won the match at RAMS Park 4-0 in the 2013-2014 season. The matches where Galatasaray won 5-2 in the 1962-1963 season and 4-3 last season are recorded as the highest-scoring encounters between the two teams.