Defending champions Galatasaray will also finish the ninth matchday of the Süper Lig as the front runner. Nevertheless, the Turkish champions were unable to go beyond a 1-1 draw against Bursaspor at home.
On the ninth matchday of the Spor Toto Süper Lig the reigning champions Galatasaray and Bursaspor separated in Istanbul 1:1 draw. Galatasaray lost two points in the title race due to the draw, but coach Fatih Terim's team finished the matchday with 19 points. The yellow-red team are four points ahead of the competition and can't be pushed out of the sun this weekend. Bursaspor now has nine points due to the away point and is still in the lower half of the table.
The last master Galatasaray went through a very unfortunate first half of the game. Three players had to be replaced in the first 45 minutes due to injury. After Serdar Aziz (20.) and Sofiane Feghouli (21.) had to leave the field within 60 seconds, Fernando Reges (42.) could not continue the game and was replaced by Selcuk Inan. Aytac Kara (44) had the best chance of the match shortly before the half-time break. But also the home side had a good chance in the first half of the overtime by Sinan Gümüs (45.+3), but Bursa keeper Okan Kocuk was there with a sovereign parade.
After the side change first Ömer Bayram (57.) missed a promising opportunity and shot from short distance over the gate. On the opposite side Diafra Sakho (59.) scored a goal. But as it turned out, the Senegalese was offside, so that the gate did not count. But only a few moments later Ozan Kabak (60th) foul in his own penalty area opponent Allano Lima. The result was yellow for Kabak and penalties for Bursaspor. Aytac Kara (63rd) took the penalty kick, GS-Goalie Fernando Muslera fended off the shot at first. However, Kara scored happily with an additional shot to 1:0 for Bursaspor.
Then the lions staggered for a long time. Lima and Sakho gave the visitors further good chances, but left them unused, which finally paid off. After a cross from Younes Belhanda, Eren Derdiyok (77th) scored a head-to-head 1-1 equaliser in the best striker manner. After the goal, the Turkish record champions were now at the forefront and put Bursaspor under a lot of pressure. But a goal was not to be scored. The final score in the Türk Telekom Stadium was 1-1. Galatasaray will play in Malatya next matchday in the Spor Toto Süper Lig but before that they will receive the FC Schalke 04 in the champions league on wednesday at 21 o'clock CET .Bursaspor receives Aytemiz Alanyaspor next weekend.
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