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Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 9:38 PM• Dominic Mostert

Galatasaray has lost again after two consecutive wins in the Süper Lig. The team of trainer Domenèc Torrent lost 2-3 against Sivasspor on Sunday evening in front of its own audience. Bafétimbi Gomis scored both goals for Galatasaray, but his double stroke was not enough to prevent defeat. Galatasaray is in thirteenth place after the defeat and is passed by Sivasspor, which is now eleventh.

Galatasaray, with Patrick van Aanholt and Ryan Babel in the starting eleven, took the lead after nine minutes. During a smooth combination in the penalty area, Emre Kilinç received the ball from Gomis, who hit just outside the five-meter line. One minute before the break Mustafa Yatabare for the equalizer. The Sivasspor striker reacted attentively to a sharp cross from Ugur Ciftci and headed in from close range.

Turkish-Dutch Halil Dervisoglu made his entrance at Galatasaray at the start of the second half and saw Sivasspor take the lead shortly afterwards. Galatasaray failed to clear the ball from his own penalty area after a free kick, creating a great opportunity for Fredrik Ulvestad: 1-2. A foul by Aaron Appidangoye on Kerem Aktürkoglu then led to a penalty for Galatasaray, which was used by Gomis.

Nevertheless, Sivasspor took the game to itself. A spectacular goal by Ahmet Oguz gave the visitors the full booty. The steamed right back seemed to want to send a cross from the wing, but saw the hard ball promptly fly in in the top left corner, out of reach of keeper Fernando Muslera. As a result, Sivasspor won against Galatasaray for the second time this season.

Goztepe – Rizespor 1-7
Rizespor is fighting for what it’s worth at the bottom of the Süper Lig. The number eighteen of the Süper Lig recorded a spectacular 1-7 victory over Göztepe on Sunday evening, which has already been definitively sentenced to relegation. It is Rizespor’s biggest ever win at the highest level. In Turkey, the bottom four clubs are relegated; With three games to go, Göztepe is fourteen points behind number sixteen Gazientepspor. Rizespor has nine points less and therefore has to win everything to keep any chance of survival. Despite the 1-7 victory, the goal difference is still in favor of Gaziantep: -26 at -7.

No. Team m W G V † Pnt
1 Trabzonspor 35 22 11 2 34 77
2 Fenerbahce 35 20 8 7 30 68
3 Konyaspori 35 19 7 9 20 64
4 Medipol Basaksehir 35 18 6 11 18 60
5 Alanyaspor 35 16 7 12 4 55
6 Besiktas 35 14 12 9 6 54
7 Fatih Karagumrük 35 15 8 12 -6 53
8 Adana Demirspor 35 14 10 11 8 52
9 Antalyaspor 35 14 10 11 4 52
10 Hatayspor 35 14 7 14 -5 49
11 Sivasspor 35 12 12 11 2 48
12 Kasımpasa 35 13 8 14 8 47
13 Galatasaray 35 13 8 14 -3 47
14 Giresunspor 35 12 7 16 -3 43
15 Kayserispor 35 11 10 14 -9 43
16 Gaziantep FC 35 11 9 15 -7 42
17 Altay 35 9 6 20 -15 33
18 Rizespor 35 9 6 20 -26 33
19 goztepe 35 7 7 21 -26 28
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 35 5 5 25 -34 20