Football: Turkish league title race remains tight

ANKARA

Turkish Spor Toto Super League's 29th week is underway as Istanbulite giants Besiktas, Galatasaray and Fenerbahce will look to gain three points and remain in the title race. 

On Saturday night, third place Fenerbahce (60 pts), will look to forget their recent poor form and take on last place Balikesirspor at home. 

On Sunday, league leaders Besiktas (61 pts) will meet Trabzonspor in an away game. Trabzonspor will attempt to dethrone Besiktas and remain one of the Europa League hopefuls.

On Monday, second place Galatasaray (61 pts) will meet Akhisar Belediyespor in Manisa.

 

29th week's fixture is as follows:

Saturday

13.30 Istanbul Basaksehir - Eskisehirspor (1030 GMT)

16.00 Mersin Idmanyurdu - Torku Konyaspor (1300 GMT)

19.00 Kardemir Karabukspor - Caykur Rizespor (1600 GMT)

19.00 Fenerbahce - Balikesirspor (1600 GMT)

 

Sunday:

13.00 Kasimpasa - Bursaspor (1000 GMT)

16.00 Gaziantepspor - Genclerbirligi (1300 GMT)

19.00 Trabzonspor - Besiktas (1600 GMT)

 

Monday:

20.00 Akhisar Belediyespor - Galatasaray (1700 GMT) 

20.00 Kayseri Erciyesspor - Medicana Sivasspor (1700 GMT)

* First teams are home teams

 

Current standings are as follows:

Rank

Team

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

Pts

+/-

1	Besiktas	28	19	4	5	49	26	61	+23
2	Galatasaray	28	18	6	4	52	34	61	+18
3	Fenerbahce	28	18	6	4	47	21	60	+26
4	Bursaspor	28	13	8	7	56	37	47	+19
5	Istanbul Basaksehir	28	12	11	5	39	23	47	+16
6	Trabzonspor	28	12	11	5	51	41	47	+10
7	Mersin Idmanyurdu	28	11	6	11	45	40	39	+5
8	Torku Konyaspor	28	10	8	10	26	34	38	-8
9	Genclerbirligi	28	9	9	10	41	38	36	+3
10	Gaziantepspor	28	10	5	13	25	37	35	-12
11	Akhisar Belediyespor	28	8	9	11	36	43	33	-7
12	Kasimpasa	28	8	8	12	44	57	32	-13
13	Sivasspor	28	8	7	13	34	39	31	-5
14	Eskisehirspor	28	7	10	11	33	42	31	-9
15	Çaykur Rizespor	28	7	7	14	34	47	28	-13
16	Karabukspor	28	5	6	17	32	46	21	-14
17	Kayseri Erciyesspor	28	4	9	15	31	49	21	-18
18	Balikesirspor	28	4	8	16	34	55	20	-21

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