Galatasaray rains goals against Rizespor

In the 29th week of the Trendyol Super Lig, Galatasaray faced Çaykur Rizespor at home.

The home team won the match played at RAMS Park 6-2. The goals that brought victory to Galatasaray were scored by Derrick Köhn in the 9th minute, Lucas Torreira in the 31st minute, Kerem Demirbay in the 40th, 45th, and 64th minutes, and Mauro Icardi in the 85th minute. Rizespor's goals were scored by Casper Hojer in the 38th minute and Ibrahim Olawoyin in the 61st minute.

For Galatasaray, Lucas Torreira celebrated his first goal for the yellow-red team.

A 32-MATCH HOME STREAK

Galatasaray has remained undefeated in its last 32 home matches in the Super Lig. The yellow-reds, who suffered their last home defeat in front of their fans during the Giresunspor match, which was their first home game of last season, have not lost any of the 31 matches since.

With this victory, Okan Buruk equaled the record for the most consecutive home wins by a manager at the helm of the yellow-reds, a record previously held by Mircea Lucescu with 18 matches.

Galatasaray has won all 14 home matches it has played in the Super Lig this season.

Okan Buruk's students, by defeating Çaykur Rizespor, achieved a 10-match winning streak for the second time this season.

With this result, Galatasaray increased its points to 78, maintaining its lead 5 points ahead of Fenerbahçe, which has one game in hand. Çaykur Rizespor remained at 39 points.

In the next week of the league, Galatasaray will play away against Kasımpaşa. Rizespor will face Gaziantep FK.

TEAM LINEUPS

Galatasaray: Fernando Muslera, Kaan Ayhan, Victor Nelsson, Berkan Kutlu, Derrick Köhn, Lucas Torreira, Kerem Demirbay, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Dries Mertens, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Mauro Icardi

Çaykur Rizespor: Gökhan Akkan, Taha Şahin, H. Alikulov, Emirhan Topçu, C. Hojer, Muammer Sarıkaya, Jonjo Shelvey, Gustavo, I. Olawoyin, B. Akintola, M. Minchev

17 MATCHES WITHOUT DEFEAT IN THE LEAGUE

The yellow-red team has not been defeated in its last 17 matches in the Super Lig.

Under the management of Okan Buruk, "Cimbom" has achieved 15 wins and 2 draws in the matches played since losing to Hatayspor in the 12th week of the league.

MATCH MINUTES / GALATASARAY 6-2 ÇAYKUR RİZESPOR

85' GOAL | The gap increases to four with Icardi. Ziyech, coming with the ball from the right wing, passed to Tete. Tete found Icardi with a one-touch pass. Icardi did not make a mistake when face-to-face with the goalkeeper and sent the ball into the net.

84' Zeqiri, coming out with the ball from the left wing, entered the penalty area and passed to Höjer, but Berkan cleared the ball before he could shoot.

81' Köhn wanted to send a pass to Zaha, who was sneaking behind the defense from the left wing, but the defense intervened and cleared the ball.

74' Icardi, who received the ball in the midfield, sent a pass to Zaha, who was sneaking behind the defense from the left wing, but the defense intervened and cleared the ball.

65' GOAL | Kerem Demirbay completes his hat-trick. Kerem Demirbay, who took the ball for the penalty, made a clean shot to his own right and sent the ball into the net.

64' PENALTY | Zaha, who met the ball inside the penalty area, passed to Mertens. Mertens fell to the ground with Höjer's intervention while moving towards the ball. The referee pointed to the penalty spot.

61' GOAL | Rizespor reduces the gap to two again with Olawoyin. The ball, which hit the wall during the free kick taken by Höjer, hit Olawoyin's knee in the penalty area and misled Muslera, meeting the net.

57' Nelsson headed the ball at the penalty spot during the free kick taken by Mertens, but the ball went out from the side.

50'Shelvey sent a long pass to Zeqiri, who was moving on the right wing, but Muslera came out of his goal and cleared the ball.

SECOND HALF

45' GOAL | Kerem Demirbay scores his second and the team's fourth goal. Kerem Demirbay, who took the ball in front of him on the right wing with Icardi's pass, shot at the near post without waiting and sent the ball into the net.

40' GOAL | The gap increases to two again with Kerem Demirbay.

38' GOAL | Çaykur Rizespor reduces the gap to one with Höjer. Höjer, who received the ball in the midfield with Shelvey's pass, shot hard into the right corner from 30 meters and reduced the gap to one.

37' YELLOW CARD | Emirhan received a yellow card after his foul on Zaha.

31' GOAL | Galatasaray increases the gap to two with Torreira.

23' YELLOW CARD | Icardi received a yellow card for vehement protest to the referee.

14' Akintola, who came with dribbles from the left wing, went down to the end line and crossed, but the defense cleared the ball at the near post.

9' GOAL | Galatasaray takes the lead with Köhn. The defense cleared the ball at the near post during the corner kick taken by Mertens. Köhn, who found the ball in front of him at the penalty arc, shot on the volley and the ball went into the net.

8' Barış met the ball in the midfield and took his shot. Goalkeeper Gökhan sent the ball to a corner.

7' Köhn, who came with the ball from the left wing, went down to the end line and crossed, but the defense cleared the ball before it reached Icardi.

1' The first whistle blew in the tough match.

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