Galatasaray opened Süper Lig matchday 2 with a convincing 0–4 win at Kazım Karabekir Stadyumu in Erzurum on 21 August 2026 (18:30 UTC). Referee Cagdas Altay oversaw a match where the visitors controlled the quality of chances far more than the raw shot count suggests.
Muhtemel kadrolar
Erzurumspor FK (4-1-4-1): Orbanic; Ovacikli, Gërxhaliu, Kirtay, Mujakic; Baiye; Fettahoglu, Owusu, Rodríguez, Kerk; Tozlu.
Galatasaray (4-2-3-1): Çakir; Sallai, Sánchez, Bardakci, Jakobs; Torreira, Lemina; Akgün, Sara, Yilmaz; Osimhen.
Both benches saw heavy use after the break — including Leroy Sané, Wilfried Singo, and Lesley Ugochukwu for Galatasaray, and Nariman Akhundzada and Festy Ebosele for the hosts.
Son form
The scoreline tells the story: Galatasaray led 0–1 (Sallai, 12′), 0–2 (Yunus Akgün, 20′, assist Osimhen), and 0–3 (Osimhen, 45′) before half time. Osimhen sealed it at 0–4 in the 80th minute with an assist from Gabriel Sara.
On the numbers, Erzurumspor held 48% possession to Galatasaray’s 52%, but expected goals were 0.49 vs 2.56. Galatasaray created 4 big chances; Erzurumspor created 0.
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