Galatasaray vs Fenerbahce - prediction, team news, lineups

The stakes could not beryllium higher successful Sunday’s Intercontinental Derby arsenic Galatasaray invited Fenerbahce to Rams Park successful a clash that could beryllium decisive successful the rubric race.

With 4 games near to play, the hosts beryllium apical of the Super Lig table, 4 points supra the second-placed visitors, who are themselves 2 points wide of Trabzonspor successful third.

Match preview

Galatasaray’s hopes of repeating past season’s league and cupful treble came to an extremity successful midweek erstwhile second-half goals from Firatcan Uzum and Adama Traore condemned Okan Buruk’s men to a shock 2-0 location decision to Genclerbirligi successful the Turkish Cup quarter-finals.

More astonishing than the effect itself was the information it came against a broadside that had mislaid each of their erstwhile 5 matches, with the Aslanlar liable for the astir caller of those defeats, having recorded a 2-1 victory erstwhile some teams met astatine Eryaman Stadium successful the league conscionable days earlier.

That triumph provided a timely boost for Cimbom successful the rubric race, peculiarly with Fenerbahce dropping points successful their ain matchday 30 brushwood against Rizespor a time prior, extending the spread betwixt the apical 2 teams to 4 points.

Victory present would each but unafraid the rubric for Galatasaray, and they participate this brushwood further boosted by the instrumentality of Victor Osimhen, who made a little cameo past clip retired aft missing the erstwhile 4 matches done injury.

Osimhen’s lack coincided with a patchy tally of signifier successful the league, with Cimbom alternating betwixt wins and dropped points crossed their 4 Super Lig outings successful April (W2, D1, L1), including a decision astatine Trabzonspor and a gully against Kocaelispor astatine Rams Park.

Galatasaray person besides struggled for antiaircraft solidity of late, conceding successful each of their past six matches crossed each competitions, 3 of which person seen them vessel 2 oregon much goals, leaving Buruk with issues to code up of this high-stakes derby.

Like their hosts, Fenerbahce get pursuing Turkish Cup disappointment successful midweek, suffering a 1-0 decision distant to Konyaspor, wherever Marko Jevtovic’s punishment heavy into other clip proved decisive.

That effect means the Yellow Navy Blues person failed to triumph some of their past 2 games, having besides settled for a 2-2 location gully against Rizespor successful the league, an brushwood that offered small for agelong spells earlier erupting into precocious drama.

Trailing successful the closing stages, the Yellow Canaries turned the crippled astir against their reduced hostile done goals from Talisca and Kerem Akturkoglu, lone to concede a stoppage-time equaliser from Modibo Sagnan pursuing an mistake by goalkeeper Ederson.

Still chasing a archetypal league rubric since 2013-14, Fenerbahce cognize thing abbreviated of triumph present could beryllium costly, though they tin gully assurance from their astir caller occurrence successful this fixture, having beaten Galatasaray 2-0 successful the Super Cup astatine the neutral Ataturk Olympic Stadium successful January.

The Yellow Canaries person besides shown resilience astatine Rams Park, winning 5 of their past 16 visits (D6, L5), though claiming maximum points present remains a stern task fixed Galatasaray are unbeaten successful each 15 of their location league matches this play (W11, D4).
 

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Team News

Galatasaray could erstwhile again beryllium without 22-year-old midfielder Yaser Asprilla, who has missed the past 3 matches, portion defender Metehan Baltaci remains suspended.

The instrumentality of Osimhen has sparked contention from the Fenerbahce camp, who lodged a ailment regarding the Nigerian’s protective limb brace utilized during his recovery.

However, determination has been nary directive from the Turkish FA preventing the 27-year-old from featuring, meaning helium is expected to pb the enactment connected Sunday, which could spot Mauro Icardi driblet to the seat contempt scoring successful the erstwhile league outing.

Meanwhile, Fenerbahce person a caller interest aft 19-year-old guardant Sidiki Cherif was forced disconnected during the 2nd fractional of the midweek cupful clash astatine Konyaspor.

If deemed unfit, Cherif would articulation Marco Asensio (muscle) and Edson Alvarez (ankle) connected the sidelines, further limiting Tedesco’s options up of this important encounter.
 

Galatasaray imaginable starting lineup:

Cakir; Sallai, Sanchez, Bardakci, Jakobs; Torreira, Lemina; Sane, Gabriel Sara, Yilmaz; Osimhen

Fenerbahce imaginable starting lineup:

Ederson; Semedo, Skriniar, Oosterwolde, Mercan; Kante, Guendouzi; Nene, Yuksek, Akturkoglu; Talisca

We say: Galatasaray 1-1 Fenerbahce

Neither broadside enters this brushwood with beardown momentum, making it hard to telephone based purely connected caller form, particularly fixed however evenly matched meetings astatine Rams Park person been.

Galatasaray are boosted by Osimhen’s instrumentality successful attack, but their antiaircraft frailties stay a concern, portion Fenerbahce person likewise struggled for solidity astatine the back, truthful we are backing a people gully successful what promises to beryllium a fiercely contested affair, albeit 1 that whitethorn beryllium approached with a grade of caution fixed what is astatine stake.
 

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