In the 13th week of the Trendyol Super League, Galatasaray will host Corendon Alanyaspor at home on Saturday, November 25, to regain the leadership seat it lost. Referee Ali Şansalan will blow the whistle in the competition, which will start at 19.00 at RAMS Park. Serkan Olguncan and Serkan Ok will be the assistants of Şansalan. The fourth referee of the match will be Yiğit Arslan.
The yellow-red team, which closed the first week of the league with a draw and then had a 10-game winning streak, lost 2-1 to Atakaş Hatayspor in the last match before the national match break. Galatasaray, which also lost its invincibility title in the league, entered the 13th week in second place with 31 points, behind leader Fenerbahçe.
Alanyaspor collected 10 points with 2 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats in the past 12 weeks. The Akdeniz representative, who could not score any points in the last 4 league matches, is in the 17th place in the 13th week of the league.
MUSLERA AND SANCHEZ ARE ON THE CRIMINAL LIMIT
Galatasaray’s Fernando Muslera and Davinson Sanchez are on the yellow card penalty limit before the Alanyaspor match.
The Uruguayan goalkeeper and the Colombian defender will not be able to play in the match against Siltaş Yapı Pendikspor in the 14th week if they receive a card in tomorrow’s match.
HE FORGOT TO LOSE ON HIS FIELD
Galatasaray was undefeated in the last 22 home matches in the Super League.
The yellow-reds, who suffered their last league defeat in front of their fans, in the match against Giresunspor, which was the first home match of the 2022-23 season, did not lose the following 22 home matches.
Galatasaray had 20 wins and 2 draws in the league matches played at RAMS Park during the said period.
ZAHA’S NAME IN FORM IN THE LAST WEEKS
Wilfried Zaha was responsible for the last three goals scored by Galatasaray in the Super League.
Zaha, who scored 2 goals in the Kasımpaşa match, which was won 2-1 in the 11th week of the league, was the person who scored his team’s only goal in the Hatayspor match in the 12th week.
The Ivorian star, who played in 9 Super League matches with the yellow-red jersey, scored the net 4 times in total.
ICARDI IS SILENT FOR 4 MATCHES
Galatasaray’s Argentinian star Mauro Icardi could not celebrate a goal in the last 4 official matches.
Mauro Icardi, who made an effective start to the season by scoring 10 goals in the first 9 weeks of the league and took Galatasaray’s goal burden, could not experience the joy of scoring in the subsequent matches against Çaykur Rizespor, Kasımpaşa and Atakaş Hatayspor. During this period, Icardi also missed Galatasaray’s away match against Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
Icardi scored 5 goals in the first 7 matches in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers and group stage.