Gençlerbirliği 1-2 Galatasaray: result and report
Super Lig · Saturday 18 April 2026
Result
Gençlerbirliği 1-2 Galatasaray
Super Lig · Saturday 18 April 2026, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Gençlerbirliği 1-2 Galatasaray: match report
Gençlerbirliği were beaten by Galatasaray 1-2 in the Super Lig on Saturday 18 April 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Mauro Icardi opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Gençlerbirliği's goal came from M'Baye Niang (66'). Galatasaray scored through Mauro Icardi (2') and Yunus Akgün (35').
Discipline: Gençlerbirliği received 2 yellow cards; Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Gençlerbirliği were 15th on 25 points from 29 and Galatasaray 1st on 68 points from 29. Gençlerbirliği went on to finish that season 14th with 34 points, and Galatasaray 1st with 77.
Gençlerbirliği lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Galatasaray in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yunus Akgün of Galatasaray (8.4), ahead of M'Baye Niang (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Gençlerbirliği win, 2 draws and 7 for Galatasaray.
Going into the match Gençlerbirliği's last five read L-L-L-L-D and Galatasaray's D-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Mauro Icardi
- 35'Goal · Yunus Akgün
- 48'Yellow card · Roland Sallai
- 50'Yellow card · Franco Tongya
- 66'Goal · M'Baye Niang
- 81'Yellow card · Zan Zuzek
- 89'Yellow card · Uğurcan Çakır
Head-to-head
Team news
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Gençlerbirliği line-up (4-1-4-1)
Ricardo Velho, Thalisson, Dimitrios Goutas, Zan Zuzek, Matej Hanousek, Tom Dele-Bashiru, Göktan Gürpüz, Oğulcan Ülgün, Sékou Koïta, Franco Tongya, M'Baye Niang
Galatasaray line-up (4-2-3-1)
Uğurcan Çakır, Roland Sallai, Davinson Sánchez, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Ismail Jakobs, Lucas Torreira, Gabriel Sara, Leroy Sané, Yunus Akgün, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Mauro Icardi