Football: Battle for Turkish Super Lig resumes

League-leaders Galatasaray take on Genclerbirligi in first match of the weekend

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's Super Lig kicks off with its week on Friday, with league leaders Galatasaray taking on Ankara’s Genclerbirligi in Istanbul's Turk Telekom Stadium.

Galatasaray, coming off from their first defeat of the season against Trabzonspor, will look to bounce back and bag another three points at their home ground.

The match will start at 8 p.m. local time (GMT1700).

City rivals Fenerbahce, who drew against Kayserispor last week, will go to Ankara to square off against Osmanlispor.

Second-placed Basaksehir and third-placed Besiktas will be in action on Sunday.

Friday:

Galatasaray - Genclerbirligi (GMT1700)

Saturday:

Kasimpasa - Bursaspor (GMT1100)

Kayserispor - Trabzonspor (GMT1100)

Antalyaspor - Karabukspor (GMT1330)

Osmanlispor - Fenerbahce (GMT1630)

Sunday:

Akhisarspor - Alanyaspor (GMT1100)

Yeni Malatyaspor - Medipol Basaksehir (GMT1330)

Sivasspor - Konyaspor (GMT1630)

Goztepe - Besiktas (GMT1630)

Here are the league standings as of Friday, GMT1300:

	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts.
1.	GALATASARAY	10	7	2	1	21	8	13	23
2.	BASAKSEHIR	10	6	2	2	16	13	3	20
3.	BESIKTAS	10	5	3	2	16	11	5	18
4.	KAYSERISPOR	10	5	3	2	17	13	4	18
5.	GOZTEPE	10	5	2	3	21	18	3	17
6.	AKHISARSPOR	10	5	2	3	18	15	3	17
7.	BURSASPOR	10	5	1	4	20	13	7	16
8.	FENERBAHCE	10	4	4	2	20	15	5	16
9.	SIVASSPOR	10	5	1	4	15	14	1	16
10.	YENI MALATYASPOR	10	4	2	4	16	17	-1	14
11.	TRABZONSPOR	10	3	3	4	19	23	-4	12
12.	ALANYASPOR	10	3	2	5	20	22	-2	11
13.	KASIMPASA	10	3	2	5	16	19	-3	11
14.	KONYASPOR	10	3	1	6	10	13	-3	10
15.	ANTALYASPOR	10	2	3	5	11	19	-8	9
16.	KARABUKSPOR	10	2	2	6	11	17	-6	8
17.	GENCLERBİRLİGİ	10	2	2	6	12	21	-9	8
18.	OSMANLISPOR	10	2	1	7	13	21	-8	7

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