ISTANBUL
Turkey’s highest football division, Spor Toto Super League, will begin its Match Day 17 on Friday after a 17-day break.
Opening match of the week will be played between Torku Konyaspor and Bursaspor in Konya at 19:00 local time (1700 GMT).
Trabzonspor will host Medicana Sivasspor at Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium in Trabzon at 20:00 (1800 GMT). Trabzonspor's players, Algerian defender Carl Medjani, Guinean midfielder Kevin Constant and Malian striker Mustapha Yatabare, will each be on national duty in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
In addition, Trabzonspor's Erkan Zengin, who was signed recently from Eskisehirspor, has an injury and is doubtful to make his debut this week.
Leaders Fenerbahce will play away to Kasimpasa Saturday at Recep Tayyip Erdogan Stadium at 19:00 (1700 GMT). The two regulars of "Yellow Canaries," Mehmet Topal and Emre Belozoglu, have been suspended for the match, while Senegalese forward Moussa Sow is missing the league match since he is on national duty in the African cup.
Galatasaray, coming in third in the league table, will meet Caykur Rizespor in their home ground, Turk Telekom Arena Sunday at 19:00 (1700 GMT).
"Lions" may lack some of their regulars as Turkish center-back Semih Kaya is injured and his Cameroonian partner in defense line Aurelien Chedjou is playing for his country in the African cup. In addition to two players, Turkish striker Burak Yilmaz will miss the game owing to injury problems.
The last game of the week will be played between Besiktas and Genclerbirligi at Ankara 19 Mayis Stadium Monday at 20:00 (1800 GMT). "Black Eagles" Turkish striker Mustafa Pektemek is suffering from a facial injury so he will miss the match. Recent two signings of Besiktas, Swedish center-back Alexander Milosevic and Ghanaian right-back Daniel Opare may make their debuts.
Fixtures of Match Day 17 are:
Friday:
Torku Konyaspor vs Bursaspor at 19:00 (1700 GMT)
Trabzonspor vs Medicana Sivasspor at 20:00 (1800 GMT)
Saturday:
Istanbul Basaksehir vs Mersin Idmanyurdu at 13:30 (1130 GMT)
Gaziantepspor vs Balikesirspor at 16:00 (1400 GMT)
Kasimpasa vs Fenerbahce at 19:00 (1700 GMT)
Sunday:
Kardemir Karabukspor vs SAI Kayseri Erciyesspor at 16:00 (1400 GMT)
Akhisar Belediyespor vs Eskisehirspor at 16:00 (1400 GMT)
Galatasaray vs Caykur Rizespor at 19:00 (1700 GMT)
Monday:
Genclerbirligi vs Besiktas at 20:00 (1800 GMT)
League table is:
|
Rank
|
Teams
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
|---|
| 1 |
Fenerbahce |
16 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
25 |
13 |
12 |
36 |
| 2 |
Besiktas |
16 |
11 |
2 |
3 |
25 |
15 |
10 |
35 |
| 3 |
Galatasaray |
16 |
11 |
2 |
3 |
26 |
18 |
8 |
35 |
| 4 |
Istanbul Basaksehir |
16 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
20 |
8 |
12 |
27 |
| 5 |
Bursaspor |
16 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
31 |
19 |
12 |
26 |
| 6 |
Trabzonspor |
16 |
5 |
8 |
3 |
29 |
28 |
1 |
23 |
| 7 |
Kasimpasa |
16 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
28 |
28 |
0 |
23 |
| 8 |
Genclerbirligi |
16 |
5 |
7 |
4 |
24 |
18 |
6 |
22 |
| 9 |
Mersin Idmanyurdu |
16 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
22 |
20 |
2 |
22 |
| 10 |
Gaziantepspor |
16 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
18 |
21 |
-3 |
21 |
| 11 |
Akhisar Belediyespor |
16 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
17 |
26 |
-9 |
17 |
| 12 |
Torku Konyaspor |
16 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
14 |
23 |
-9 |
17 |
| 13 |
Eskisehirspor |
16 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
21 |
25 |
-4 |
16 |
| 14 |
Kardemir Karabukspor |
16 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
19 |
22 |
-3 |
15 |
| 15 |
SAI Kayseri Erciyesspor |
16 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
20 |
24 |
-4 |
14 |
| 16 |
Caykur Rizespor |
16 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
17 |
24 |
-7 |
14 |
| 17 |
Medicana Sivasspor |
16 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
15 |
24 |
-9 |
14 |
| 18 |
Balikesirspor |
16 |
3 |
3 |
10 |
18 |
33 |
-15 |
12 |
