23 January 2023

What happened in Turkish football today? 22/01/2023



Besiktas continues winning games despite of struggling at the games.

Besiktas has continued winning run at the Super League up to 4 games even through it needs to be stated that team didnt provide very good performance especially during 2nd half but Kayserispor didnt use high number of its opportunities.

At the game which would been expected to be tough one and regardless of scoreline, did turn out to be like that, Besiktas did start game at high tempo to find an early goal. It has managed to do so at 2nd minute from great shot from Redmond as he did found very beautiful goal which has been also his 1st goal at the league so far. Afterwards, Besiktas did look to be in control even through Kayserispor did also create good chances but goal from Necip Uysal on 42nd minute has been more or less turning point of the game. Kayserispor starting from that goal did rise tempo and did provide some dangerous chances also during 2nd half but Besiktas focus into defensive game did lead them to stay on. Therefore, Besiktas still struggles to provide dominant game and even through it does have 4-game winning run it is hard to state that side does provide performance of dominant game.

Kayserispor did provide forward-seeking performance during 2nd half and also parts in 1st half with aiming to show positive game but it did lack its shot quality as many chances has been either going out or not being good enough to overpass Cenk Gonen. Sadly, it did look like that regardless how much Kayserispor would shot, it wouldnt find goal even if there was more 90 minutes.

Besiktas did get an important win and keeps themselves at the race for leadership but it would need ot find ways to show more dominant game even if winning for 4 games.

Trabzonspor got confident win against Istanbulspor.

Trabzonspor has got confident win against before-last side Istanbulspor at its home ground with 4:0 scoreline as win did come mainly from rising tempo significantly right in the start of the 2nd half as it won 3 games back-to-back.

Even through Trabzonspor are showing imbalanced performance during this season, it still continues undefeated run at the home ground and also taking account that it has played against opponent who is being in poor form it was expected for side to get such confident win. Stating that, it needs to be mentioned that Trabzonspor didnt fulfill its expectations with how it has performed during 1st half as it has shown low-tempo game without go forward too much. Even through Istanbulspor didnt provide any resistance, it was side which recently did aim to show some good counter-attacks, so 1:0 scoreline has always been dangerous scoreline so it was expected for Trabzonspor to show that expectation as it found 2 goals within 2 minutes in 2nd half and afterwards has controlled game. It has been also important for Yusuf Yazici to found his opening goal and found 3 goals in one week as he scored 2 goals at the Turkish Cup.

Istanbulspor has been side which did improve in recent games to some extend and did win previous game and hence could been expected to aim to show some resistance with higher confidence and motivationbut it has been pretty far to do so and needs to show more brave game.

Trabzonspor hence build on its confidence and morale from this wins but next week game would be even more important as it would be away game where it mainly lost points during this season. 

Galatasaray continues its winning run this time beating Antalyaspor at tough home game

Galatasaray continues its winning run at all of the competitions, as it has won its 12th game back-to-back and 8th win at the Super League as it has won Antalyaspor with 2:1 scoreline even through this time it has been tough win. 

With form of both sides and also absences at Antalyaspor, it was expected that Galatasaray would be getting confident win against their opponents but it ended up being much more tougher as Galatasaray didnt provide dominant game which been visible following World Cup. This could be also due of tiredness from Alanyaspor game at Turkish Cup as it been equally tough game. Stating that Galatasaray did improve during 2nd half as it has shown much more organised performance, with Mauro Icardi goal in the start of the half has also provided confidence followed by an own goal from opponent after it has conceded. At 2:1 Galatasaray provided much more organised performance and hence prevented Antalyaspor to equalise once again.

Galatasaray hence its continues impressive winning run at the league and when looking how it performed it needs to be mentioned it got very psychological 3 points at its race for title.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 20th week:

Gaziantep 1:2 Sivasspor

Alanyaspor 2:2 Fatih Karagumruk

Kayserispor 0:2 Besiktas

Trabzonspor 4:0 Istanbulspor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 20th week:

20:00 Konyaspor - Ankaragucu

20:00 Umraniyespor- Fenerbahce

In other news:

- BayerLeverkusen are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Ismail Yuksek

- Galatasaray has declined loan offer from Umraniyespor for Yusuf Demir.

- Fenerbahce has made transfer deal with Parma player Jayden Oosterwolde for 6.5 million euro+bonuses.

- Kayserispor CEO Ali Camli has stated that club doesnt consider to sell its player Onur Bulut during mid-season transfer window.


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