Down To Ten
Başakşehir
Başakşehir played the closing 11 minutes a man down after a 79′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 79′
- Player
- Umut Bozok
Süper Lig · Matchday 4Başakşehir
E. Shomurodov 66'
D. Sanchez 76'
2 – 3
FT
HT 0–1
Galatasaray
V. Osimhen 16'
L. Torreira 71'
Gabriel Sara 90'
Süper Lig
Matchday 4Başakşehir2–3Galatasaray
1.99
Expected goals
2.12
16′66′71′76′79′90′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: BAŞ 1.99, GAL 2.12.
Match report
Başakşehir 2-3 Galatasaray
Galatasaray edged out Başakşehir 3-2 at Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Süper Lig. Osimhen opened the scoring for Galatasaray on 16', Shomurodov levelled for Başakşehir on 66' from the penalty spot, Torreira put Galatasaray back in front on 71', Sanchez turned into his own net on 76' to make it 1-3 and Sara made it 4-1 to Galatasaray on 90'.
Expected goals finished Başakşehir 1.99, Galatasaray 2.12. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more.
The game turned on a dismissal: Bozok was sent off on 79', leaving Başakşehir 11 minutes to play a man short. It was settled late — Sara struck on 90' to swing it Galatasaray's way with the game otherwise level.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Başakşehir graded out for box occupation — 9 of 12 shots in the box and 0.17 xg per shot. Galatasaray graded out for cynical press — 15 fouls and 3 yellow cards.
Yunus Akgün came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.3 for Galatasaray from 3 key passes, 1 shot and 1 tackle.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 5 yellow cards, with Galatasaray conceding the most free-kicks (15).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
48%Possession52%
12Shots13
1.99xG2.12
What the numbers say
5 readsBox Occupation
Başakşehir
Başakşehir kept getting bodies into the area — 75% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 9 of 12
- Share
- 75%
- xG per shot
- 0.17
Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Galatasaray scored on 90′.
- Goals after 80′
- 1
- Last goal
- 90′
Cynical Press
Galatasaray
Galatasaray broke the game up whenever it got away from them — 15 fouls and 3 bookings.
- Fouls
- 15
- Yellow cards
- 3
Timeline
⚽16'
V. Osimhen — assist: L. Torreira
📺17'
Victor Osimhen · Goal confirmed
🔄33'
B. Yilmaz ↑ V. Osimhen ↓
Christopher Operi
Foul
🟨37'
Half-time
🔄46'
A. Bardakci ↑ M. Lemina ↓
🟨63'
Roland Sallai
Foul
S. Kharebashvili ↑ C. Operi ↓
🔄63'
🟨66'
Davinson Sánchez
Argument
E. Shomurodov (Pen)
⚽66'
🔄68'
R. Leao ↑ A. Batrakov ↓
⚽71'
L. Torreira — assist: I. Jakobs
I. Brnic ↑ A. Fayzullaev ↓
🔄74'
U. Bozok ↑ J. Kaluzinski ↓
🔄74'
D. Sanchez
🔴76'
🟨78'
Rafael Leão
Foul
Umut Bozok
Foul
🟥79'
📺83'
Davinson Sánchez · Goal cancelled
M. Karbownik ↑ O. Sahiner ↓
🔄83'
O. Ba ↑ A. Skov Olsen ↓
🔄83'
🔄83'
E. Elmali ↑ I. Jakobs ↓
🔄83'
D. Gul ↑ L. Sane ↓
Saba Kharebashvili
Foul
🟨89'
⚽90'
Gabriel Sara
Match info
Kickoff
VenueBasaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul
RefereeKadir Saglam, Türkiye
CompetitionSüper Lig
Season2026
RoundMatchday 4
StatusMatch Finished