Galatasaray will face Trendyol 1st League representative Ümraniyespor in the Ziraat Turkish Cup 5th Round match on Thursday, January 18.
The match to be held at RAMS Park will start at 21.00. Referee Burak Pakkan will blow the whistle in the fight. The match will be broadcast on A Spor.
The yellow-red team, which won the Super League championship last season and earned the right to represent Turkey in the UEFA Champions League, was included in the cup in this round.
Ümraniyespor, which started its Turkish Cup campaign in the 3rd round, eliminated TFF 3rd League team Orduspor 1967 with a score of 5-1. The red-white team beat TFF 3rd League team Güneş Holding Çankaya 2-1 in the fourth round.
The team that will pass the 5th round, which will be played in a single match, will advance to the last 16 rounds.
Davinson Sanchez returns
Galatasaray’s Colombian defender Davinson Sanchez will return to the field with tomorrow’s match.
The experienced defender, who was injured in the Corendon Alanyaspor match on 25 November 2023 in the 13th week of the Super League, played only in the Copenhagen match in the UEFA Champions League on 12 December.
Sanchez, who could not play in the last 7 Super League matches, will regain his jersey if he is assigned to play in the Ümraniyespor match.
4 missing in Galatasaray
4 players from the yellow-red team will not be able to play in the Ümraniyespor match for various reasons.
Mauro Icardi and Sergio Oliveira, who are injured in the yellow-red team, and Hakim Ziyech and Cedric Bakambu, who are in the national teams of their countries competing in the African Cup, will not be able to play in tomorrow’s match.
The only team in the Super League that did not lose points at home
Galatasaray is the only team in the Super League that did not lose any points at home this season.
The yellow-red team, which won all 10 matches at RAMS Park this season, did not lose any points in front of its fans.
“Cimbom” had 16 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat in 20 league matches. Galatasaray is in the 2nd place, 2 points behind the leader Fenerbahçe, with 51 points.
The best defensive team in the league
Galatasaray stands out as the best defensive team in the Super League this season.
The yellow-red team, which scored 38 goals in 20 matches in the Super League, conceded only 11 goals.
The yellow-red team, which kept a clean sheet in 11 of its matches, is the team that conceded the fewest goals in the league.
Ümraniyespor is in 9th place in the 1st League
The red-white team finished the 18th week in the Trendyol 1st League in 9th place.
The Istanbul representative, who competed in 18 league matches, had 6 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. Ümraniyespor was 22 points behind the leader with 23 points.
3rd appointment between the two teams
Galatasaray and Ümraniyespor will face each other for the 3rd time in their history.
The yellow-red team won both matches against Ümraniyespor, which competed in the Super League last season and was relegated. Galatasaray won the match with scores of 1-0 and 3-2.