Football: Galatasaray hammer Eskisehirspor 4-0
Istanbul side dominates at home, Turkish striker Burak Yilmaz scores a brace
Ankara
ANKARA
Galatasaray smashed Eskisehirspor 4-0 in their Turkish Spor Toto Super Lig clash at the Istanbul team's Turk Telekom Arena on Thursday evening.
Galatasaray took an early lead when Turkish central midfielder Selcuk Inan put the ball into the net from a free kick in the ninth minute.
In the 41st minute Galatasaray doubled the score. Turkish striker Burak Yilmaz scored a header from a cross whipped over by Emre Colak outside the area.
Near the end of the first half Galatasaray's Selcuk Inan was brought down by Eskisehirspor midfielder Toko in the box so the referee awarded a penalty.
Burak converted the penalty successfully and made it three-nil to Galatasaray.
In the second half, Galatasaray midfielder Bilal Kisa put the ball in the back of the net by firing outside the penalty box with five minutes to go, 4-0.
Meanwhile, title rivals Fenerbahce edged out newly promoted Osmanlispor 1-0 in Ankara as Turkish midfielder Alper Potuk scored a classy goal in 52nd minute.
City rivals Besiktas will face Kasimpasa on Friday in a fixture that sees the league’s highest-scoring club face the side that has conceded the least goals.
The match at Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium in Istanbul starts at 9.45 p.m. local time (1845 GMT).
- Results:
Kayserispor 0-0 Caykur Rizespor
Bursaspor 1-0 Medicana Sivasspor
Trabzonspor 2-2 Gaziantepspor
Mersin Idmanyurdu 1-1 Medipol Basaksehir
Osmanlispor 0-1 Fenerbahce
Galatasaray 4-0 Eskisehirspor
Friday's fixtures:
Akhisar Belediyespor vs Antalyaspor
Torku Konyaspor vs Genclerbirligi
Besiktas vs Kasimpasa
- Standings
| Rank | Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Besiktas | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 22 |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 21 |
| 3 | Fenerbahce | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Medipol Basaksehir | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Bursaspor | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 | Torku Konyaspor | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Kasimpasa | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | Trabzonspor | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| 10 | Antalyaspor | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 14 |
| 11 | Gaziantepspor | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 14 |
| 12 | Caykur Rizespor | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Osmanlispor | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Genclerbirligi | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 10 |
| 15 | Kayserispor | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 16 | Medicana Sivasspor | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 6 |
| 17 | Mersin Idmanyurdu | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -12 | 6 |
| 18 | Eskisehirspor | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 4 |
