Galatasaray completed the first half of the Trendyol Super League with an away match against Kayserispor. The yellow-reds won the match with a score of 5-1 and entered the halftime happily. Aslan was the only undefeated team in the first half of the league.
POINT DIFFERENCE WITH FENERBAHÇE 8
Galatasaray finished as the leader with 44 points, collected as a result of 14 wins and 2 draws in 16 matches played in the first half of the league. The yellow-reds have an advantage in the championship race, 8 points ahead of their closest rival, Fenerbahçe.
THE LEAGUE’S TOP SCORCHING TEAM
In the first half of the season, Galatasaray is the top scorer team with its effective performance in attack. The yellow-reds managed to clear the opponent’s net 47 times in 16 matches. Lion; He enjoyed 5 goals each in the matches he played against Adana Demirspor, Çaykur Rizespor and Kayserispor.
TOP GOAL Scorer VICTOR OSİMHEN
Galatasaray’s Nigerian football player, Victor Osimhen, was the top scorer of his team with 9 goals in the Super League. After Osimhen, Barış Alper Yılmaz scored 8 goals, Michy Batshuayi and Yunus Akgün scored 5 goals each, Dries Mertens and Mauro Icardi scored 4 goals each, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Gabriel Sara and Davinson Sanchez scored 2 goals each, and Lucas Torreira and Roland Sallai scored 1 goal each. lived. Kerem Aktürkoğlu, who was transferred to Benfica, also scored 2 goals, while Semih Güler scored an own goal in the Adana Demirspor match and Ali Şahin Yılmaz scored an own goal in the Trabzonspor match.
KEPT A GOAL IN 4 MATCHES
The yellow-reds conceded 19 goals in the last 16 matches. Cimbom was able to keep a clean sheet 4 times in the competitions in question. Lion; Çaykur Rizespor, Alanyaspor, Antalyaspor and Bodrum FK completed their matches without conceding a goal.
LOSING POINTS AT HOME
Galatasaray lost points in the Super League at home. The yellow-reds got 7 wins and 2 draws in 9 home matches. At home, Aslan lost points by drawing 3-3 with Kasımpaşa and 2-2 with Eyüpspor.
HE MADE 7 OUT OF 7 IN THE AWAY
Galatasaray won all its away matches. Cimbom, the only team that did not lose any points on the road, left with 3 points in 7 matches. The yellow-reds managed to defeat Konyaspor, Adana Demirspor, Fenerbahçe, Antalyaspor, Bodrum FK, Sivasspor and Kayserispor in this process.
HE WON ALL 3 OF THE BIG MATCHES
Galatasaray did not lose the 3 big matches it played in the first 17 weeks of the Super League in the 2024-2025 season. The yellow-reds defeated Fenerbahçe with a score of 3-1 in Kadıköy in the 6th week, Beşiktaş with a score of 2-1 at home in the 10th week, and Trabzonspor with a score of 4-3 in the 16th week.
26 FOOTBALL PLAYERS TOOK PART
Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk assigned 26 players to duty in the first half of the Super League. Among these players, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Derrick Köhn and Leo Dubois left the team at the beginning of the season. Buruk also gave time to young football players such as Efe Akman and Berat Luş among the remaining 23 players.
4 FOOTBALL PLAYERS PLAYED IN 16 MATCHES
Galatasaray’s most consistent football players were Fernando Muslera, Dries Mertens, Barış Alper Yılmaz and Yunus Akgün. These 4 football players played in all 16 matches. Muslera also started these matches in the starting 11 and stayed on the field for 90 minutes.
MAURO ICARDI IS INJURED
Bad news came from Argentinian football player Mauro Icardi. Icardi, who was injured in Galatasaray’s match against Tottenham in the 4th week of the UEFA Europa League, was found to have a rupture in the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee. The 31-year-old football player had surgery on his injury and will be away from the field for a long time.
METEHAN BALTACI RECEIVED A RED CARD
The yellow-reds received a single red card in the first half of the Super League this season. In the 15th week of the league, against Sivasspor, defender Metehan Baltacı was sent out of the game with a red card in the 16th minute. In the team, Davinson Sanchez received 5 yellow cards, Kaan Ayhan and Roland Sallai received 4 yellow cards, Fernando Muslera, Abdülkerim Bardakcı and Barış Alper Yılmaz received 3 yellow cards each.