Gençlerbirliği S.K. vs Galatasaray 0-1

Galatasaray left Ankara with a 1-0 win after I. Egribayat’s own goal in the 88th minute settled a match that had stayed level for most of the evening.

The first half produced no goals, and the teams went in at 0-0.

Galatasaray made three changes on 61 minutes, sending on R. Leao, Y. Akgun and I. Gundogan for L. Sane, B. Yilmaz and Gabriel Sara. Gençlerbirliği S.K. responded with two changes on 72 minutes, then made two more in first-half stoppage time, but the breakthrough only came three minutes from the end when I. Egribayat turned the ball into his own net and gave Galatasaray a 1-0 lead they could not lose. A yellow card for V. Osimhen on 90 minutes was the only booking.

Gençlerbirliği S.K. had 31% of the ball to Galatasaray’s 69%, but they still finished with more shots, 18 to 17, and more on target, 6 to 4. Galatasaray had 521 passes at 87% accuracy against 226 at 64%, while both sides had 9 corners. Gençlerbirliği S.K. were caught offside none times to Galatasaray’s 3, and the saves count finished 4 to 6.

There was one booking, for V. Osimhen in the 90th minute.