Football: Galatasaray win in Turkish league

ANKARA

Galatasaray barely defeated Eskisehirspor 2-1 in an away match in the Spor Toto Super League on Monday.

Turkish central midfielder Selcuk Inan's goal in the 87th minute saved the day for the Istanbulite team.

Galatasaray's Umut Bulut scored the opening goal in the 20th minute. Eskisehirspor winger Ibrahim Sissoko tied the game seven minutes later.

Galatasaray are in third with 42 points, two behind leaders Besiktas.

                         Standings are as follows:

Rank	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
1	Besiktas	19	14	2	3	31	17	14	44
2	Fenerbahce	19	13	4	2	30	14	16	43
3	Galatasaray	19	13	3	3	32	21	11	42
4	Bursaspor	19	9	6	4	39	24	15	33
5	Istanbul Basaksehir	19	8	8	3	25	12	13	32
6	Trabzonspor	19	7	9	3	34	30	4	30
7	Gaziantepspor	19	8	3	8	21	24	-3	27
8	Mersin Idmanyurdu	19	7	5	7	31	26	5	26
9	Kasimpasa	19	6	5	8	30	38	-8	23
10	Torku Konyaspor	19	6	5	8	18	26	-8	23
11	Genclerbirligi	19	5	7	7	25	25	0	22
12	Medicana Sivasspor	19	5	5	9	21	28	-7	20
13	Akhisar Belediyespor	19	4	7	8	21	32	-11	19
14	SAI Kayseri Erciyesspor	19	3	8	8	23	28	-5	17
15	Eskisehirspor	19	3	8	8	24	30	-6	17
16	Caykur Rizespor	19	4	5	10	20	28	-8	17
17	Kardemir Karabukspor	19	4	4	11	23	28	-5	16
18	Balikesirspor	19	3	4	12	20	37	-17	13

 

Top scorers:

Fernando (Bursaspor) 13 goals

Oscar Cardozo (Trabzonspor) 12 goals

Theofanis Gekas (Akhisar Belediyespor), Demba Ba (Besiktas) and Burak Yilmaz (Galatasaray) 11 goals

 Fixtures of Matchday 20 are as follows:

Kardemir Karabukspor vs Kasimpasa 

Akhisar Belediyespor vs SAI Kayseri Erciyesspor

Gaziantepspor vs Fenerbahce 

Caykur Rizespor vs Mersin Idmanyurdu 

Torku Konyaspor vs Medicana Sivasspor 

Besiktas vs Bursaspor

Trabzonspor vs Istanbul Basaksehir 

Genclerbirligi vs Eskisehirspor

Galatasaray vs Balikesirspor

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