Galatasaray's 'bests' of the first half of the Süper Lig season revealed

Galatasaray finished the first half of the Süper Lig in first place. At the end of 16 weeks, the Yellow-Reds increased the point gap between them and their closest rival, Fenerbahçe, to 8. Collecting 44 points in the first half, Galatasaray scored 47 goals and conceded 19.

Statistical data for the players of the leader Galatasaray in the Süper Lig has emerged. According to AA, the 'bests' of the Yellow-Reds have been ranked.

MUSLERA IS THE PLAYER WITH THE MOST APPEARANCES FOR GALATASARAY

In the first part of the Süper Lig, the indispensable player for manager Okan Buruk at Galatasaray was the Uruguayan Fernando Muslera.

The successful goalkeeper played in all 16 of the Yellow-Reds' league matches, remaining on the pitch for 1440 minutes.

In the Yellow-Reds' squad, Muslera was followed by Abdülkerim Bardakcı with 1299 minutes in 15 matches and Lucas Torreira with 1286 minutes in 15 matches.

GALATASARAY'S TOP SCORER IS VICTOR OSIMHEN

The player who found the back of the net the most for Galatasaray in the first part of the season was Victor Osimhen.

In the Yellow-Reds' squad, 12 players scored 45 goals in the first half of the league this season. Galatasaray's opponents also scored 2 own goals.

The Nigerian Osimhen, who was loaned from the Italian team Napoli at the beginning of the season, scored 9 goals in 11 matches.

Osimhen was followed by Barış Alper Yılmaz with 8 goals, and Michy Batshuayi and Yunus Akgün with 5 goals each.

In the Yellow-Reds' squad, Dries Mertens and Mauro Icardi scored 4 goals each, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Gabriel Sara, Davinson Sanchez, and Kerem Aktürkoğlu scored 2 goals each, while Lucas Torreira and Roland Sallai scored 1 goal each.

THE PLAYER WITH THE MOST YELLOW CARDS IS DAVINSON SANCHEZ

In the 16 matches played by the Yellow-Reds, 17 players received a total of 36 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Galatasaray's Colombian center-back Davinson Sanchez became the team's most carded player in the league this season with 5 yellow cards.

Additionally, Kaan Ayhan and Roland Sallai were penalized with 4 yellow cards each, Fernando Muslera, Barış Alper Yılmaz, and Abdülkerim Bardakcı with 3 each, Dries Mertens, Lucas Torreira, Kerem Demirbay, and Victor Osimhen with 2 each, and Michy Batshuayi, Yunus Akgün, Berkan Kutlu, Elias Jelert, Hakim Ziyech, and Ismail Jakobs with 1 each.

The only player to receive a red card for Galatasaray in the first half of the league was Metehan Baltacı.