Galatasaray hosts İstanbulspor: Goal is victory

The excitement of the 22nd week in the Süper Lig continues. In the closing match of the week, Galatasaray will host İstanbulspor at home.

In the 21 matches they have played in the league, the yellow-reds have secured 17 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss, accumulating 54 points to sit in 2nd place. The visiting team, İstanbulspor, has won 3 of their matches, drawn 4, and lost 14. The yellow-black team, which had 3 points deducted for withdrawing from the pitch during the Trabzonspor match, currently has 10 points in the league.

Galatasaray managed to win the match played between the two teams in the first half of the season with a single goal.

4 MISSING PLAYERS FOR GALATASARAY

4 players will not be able to play for Galatasaray in the İstanbulspor match. In addition to Hakim Ziyech and Cedric Bakambu, who are competing in the Africa Cup of Nations, Sergio Oliveira and Abdülkerim Bardakçı will not be able to play in today's match due to injuries. If Davinson Sanchez receives a yellow card in this match, he will be unable to play in the 23rd-week match against Gaziantep FK.

UNBEATEN AT HOME

Galatasaray is the only team to have won all of their home matches in the league this season. The yellow-red team has won all 10 matches they have played at home, having not dropped any points in front of their fans.

Galatasaray has also not lost any of their last 27 league matches. The Lions suffered their last league defeat in the Giresunspor match played at the beginning of last season. During this period, Galatasaray has recorded 25 wins and 2 draws in league matches played at Seyrantepe.

PROBABLE LINEUPS

The probable lineups for the Galatasaray-İstanbulspor match are expected to be as follows:

Galatasaray: Muslera, Boey, Nelsson, Sanchez, Kaan, K.Demirbay, Torreira, Mertens, Barış Alper, Kerem A., Zaha

İstanbulspor: Alp Arda, Okan, Mehmet, Simon Deli, Sambissa, Muammer, Vorobjovas, Loshaj, Ali Yaşar, Ndao, Emir Kaan

News Source: 12punto