Galatasaray will host Istanbulspor, one of the Trendyol 1st League teams, in the third week match of Ziraat Turkish Cup Group A on February 4.
The match at RAMS Park will start at 20.30. The referee of the fight will be Reşat Onur Coşkunses.
Galatasaray is in Group A in the Ziraat Turkish Cup with RAMS Başakşehir, Trabzonspor, Corendon Alanyaspor, Mısırlı.com.tr Fatih Karagümrük, İstanbulspor, Boluspor and Fethiyespor.
Galatasaray, which will face four of the teams in its group due to the format, defeated RAMS Başakşehir 1-0 in the first week and Fethiyespor 2-1 away in the second week. The yellow-red team aims to make it 3 out of 3 in the group with the victory over İstanbulspor.
Galatasaray, which is at the top of Group A with 6 points, will be the guest of Alanyaspor in the fourth and last week match of the organization.
MAY GO TO ROTATION
Galatasaray is expected to rotate against Istanbulspor.
Okan Buruk, the coach of the yellow-red team, may give the chance to play in this match to the players who have little playing time due to heavy match traffic in the UEFA Champions League and Trendyol Super League.
LEROY SANE AND ARDA ÜNYAY WILL NOT BE ASSIGNED
Leroy Sane and Arda Ünyay, who are injured in Galatasaray, will not be able to play against İstanbulspor.
Leroy Sane, who was diagnosed with a tear and bleeding in the external collateral ligaments and joint capsule of his right ankle after the match against Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League, will not be able to take part in tomorrow’s match.
Arda Ünyay, who was injured in the Turkish Cup match against Fethiyespor and was diagnosed with a mild-moderate strain in his left back muscle, will not be able to play against İstanbulspor.
ICARDI WILL BREAK HAGI’S RECORD IF HE SCORES 1 GOAL
Galatasaray’s Argentinian star Mauro Icardi will become the top scorer foreign player in the club’s history if he scores 1 goal against Istanbulspor.
Icardi, who scored in the Zecorner Kayserispor match in the 20th week of the Trendyol Super League, scored his 72nd goal in his 117th match with the yellow-red jersey.
Icardi, who caught Gheorghe Hagi at the top of the list of the top scorer foreign players in the club’s history with the goal in question, will gain the title of the foreign player who scored the most goals in the yellow-red jersey if he scores the net once against Istanbulspor.
HE HAS NOT LOSED IN THE TURKISH CUP FOR 8 MATCHES
Galatasaray was undefeated in the last 8 matches in the Turkish Cup.
The yellow-red team lost 2-0 to Fatih Karagümrük, which they last hosted in the cup on February 29, 2024, and subsequently had 6 wins and 2 draws in the organization.
The yellow-reds scored 19 times in the opponent’s net and conceded 6 goals.
DEFEATED ISTANBULSPOR IN THE LAST 6 MATCHES
Galatasaray won the last 6 official matches against Istanbulspor.
The yellow-red team won all 6 official matches against its opponent in the Super League, starting with a 4-1 win against İstanbulspor on September 26, 2004.
Galatasaray shook the net 15 times in these matches and conceded a goal 3 times.
