In the derby to be played between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray in the 18th week of the Trendyol Super League on Sunday, December 24, all eyes will be on the star strikers of the two teams. The match between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray, which are at the top of the Super League with 43 points each, will also witness the fight between the teams’ strikers Edin Dzeko and Mauro Icardi. The performances of Dzeko and Icardi, who are the league’s top scorers and share the top scorer race with 12 goals each, will directly affect the outcome of the derby.
DZEKO SCORED 12 GOALS IN 15 MATCHES
Edin Dzeko, a football player from Bosnia and Herzegovina, who was included in Fenerbahçe’s squad at the beginning of the season, scored 12 times in 15 matches in the Super League. Dzeko, who scored a “hat-trick” by scoring three goals in the match against Pendikspor, sent the ball to the net twice in the Gaziantep FK competition, and once each in Samsunspor, Antalyaspor, Çaykur Rizespor, Kasımpaşa, Hatayspor, Sivasspor and Beşiktaş competitions. Edin Dzeko, who could not play in the Mondihome Kayserispor match due to the strain on the back muscle of his right foot, but was expected to be on the field in the Galatasaray match, scored once in the Beşiktaş match, which was the first derby he played in his Super League career.
ICARDI SCORED 12 GOALS IN 16 MATCHES
Argentinian football player Mauro Icardi, who spent his second season in Galatasaray, put the ball into the net 12 times in 16 matches in the Super League this season. The Argentinian football player, who sent the ball to the net twice in Trabzonspor, Gaziantep FK and Beşiktaş matches, also scored one goal each in Samsunspor, Başakşehir, İstanbulspor, Antalyaspor, Alanyaspor and Adana Demirspor matches.
SIGNOR OF THE BIG MATCHES: ICARDI
Mauro Icardi managed to score goals in all the matches he played against the teams that won the Super League championship. The Argentine football player sent the ball to the net 13 times in 10 matches played against Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Trabzonspor and Başakşehir in the league. Icardi succeeded in scoring 5 times in 3 Beşiktaş matches, 3 times in 3 Başakşehir matches, 3 times in 2 Trabzonspor matches, and 2 times in 2 Fenerbahçe derbies.
FENERBAHÇE’S OTHER GOALS ARE SZYMANSKI, TADIC AND İRFAN CAN
After Edin Dzeko, Sebastian Szymanski, Dusan Tadic and İrfan Can Kahveci made the highest contribution to Fenerbahçe, which is the league’s top scorer team with 44 goals scored this season. While Polish football player Szymanski scored 8 times, Serbian Dusan Tadic scored 7 times and İrfan Can Kahveci scored 6 times. For the yellow-dark blue team, Michy Batshuayi scored 3 goals, Bright Osayi-Samuel scored 2 goals, Alexander Djiku, Joshua King and Cengiz Ünder scored one goal each. The other goals scored for Fenerbahçe were Leo Duarte in the RAMS Başakşehir match, Erdem Canpolat in the Pendikspor match, and Alaaddin Okumuş in the Sivasspor match.
GALATASARAY’S OTHER GOALS ARE KEREM AKTÜRKOĞLU AND ZAHA
Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Wilfried Zaha scored the most goals after Mauro Icardi in Galatasaray, which is the top scoring team after Fenerbahçe in the Super League with 32 goals. Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Wilfried Zaha sent the ball to the net five times each in the remaining part of the league. For the yellow-red team, Hakim Ziyech and Dries Mertens scored two goals each, and Sacha Boey, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Davinson Sanchez, Sergio Oliveira and Cedric Bakambu scored one goal each. Hayrullah Bilazer scored a goal for Galatasaray in the MKE Ankaragücü match.