Galatasaray vs Fenerbahçe 2-1

Galatasaray beat Fenerbahçe 2-1 at Rams Park Stadyumu, with V. Osimhen’s first-half double setting up the win before I. Kahveci pulled one back after the break.

The home side went ahead in the 29th minute when Osimhen finished from B. Yilmaz, then doubled the lead on 44 minutes with a second goal assisted by D. Sanchez. Galatasaray led 2-0 at half-time.

Fenerbahçe made two substitutions in the 55th and 56th minutes, and Kahveci reduced the deficit on 62 minutes from O. Aydin’s assist. Galatasaray sent on R. Leao for B. Yilmaz in the 64th minute, while Fenerbahçe made two more changes on 78 minutes and Galatasaray made three on 80 minutes. Osimhen went off in the 88th minute, but the hosts kept their lead through to full-time.

The numbers backed up the result. Galatasaray had 63% of the ball, 407 passes to Fenerbahçe’s 235 and 86% pass accuracy to 70%. They also had 22 shots to 2, 7 on target to 2, 9 corners to 4 and 2.15 expected goals to 0.14. Fenerbahçe made 5 saves to Galatasaray’s 1, while the visitors committed 17 fouls to 8 and were caught offside once, compared with 4 for the home side.

Fenerbahçe were booked four times, with I. Kahveci on 10 minutes, M. Skriniar on 11, N. Kante on 31 and N. Semedo on 54. Galatasaray had one booking, for D. Sanchez on 19 minutes, while O. Buruk was booked in first-half stoppage time, R. Leao on 89 minutes and A. Brown on three minutes into stoppage time.