Football: Galatasaray to host Trabzonspor this weekend

Super Lig's 27th week to feature showdown between leaders Galatasaray and Black Sea team Trabzonspor in Istanbul

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Week 27 Turkey's top tier football league will feature a showdown between leaders Galatasaray and the Black Sea's Trabzonspor in Istanbul on Sunday.

Trabzonspor need a win to keep hopes of qualifying for a European competition next season alive.

Galatasaray are leading the league with 54 points, while Trabzonspor are fifth with 42 points.

Galatasaray's regular central midfielder Fernando is suspended for the match. The other midfielder Selcuk Inan may also miss this match due to a minor calf injury.

Visitors Trabzonspor's Nigerian defensive midfielder Ogenyi Onazi is also suspended for the match.

Burak Yilmaz hopes to shine against his former club. He has scored 20 league goals this season.

But Galatasaray have on offensive threat of their own: French striker Bafetimbi Gomis. The 32-year-old forward is the league's top scorer with 25 goals in 25 league appearances.

The Spor Toto Super Lig showdown atTurk Telekom Stadium will kick off at 7 p.m. local time in Turkey (1600GMT).

- Basaksehir star Arda may be on pitch

The other title contenders Medipol Basaksehir will play away against Teleset Mobilya Akhisarspor on Sunday.

Medipol Basaksehir are only one point behind of Galatasaray.

Medipol Basaksehir previously defeated Besiktas 1-0 in the closing match of the Turkish Super Lig's 26th week to remain on Galatasaray's heels.

The match at Spor Toto Akhisar Stadium will begin at 4 p.m. local time (1300GMT).

Medipol Basaksehir star Arda Turan is expected to play. He had been suffering from thigh problems.

- Besiktas to lack several starters

Meanwhile Istanbul's Besiktas will meet Aytemiz Alanyaspor on Saturday on their home turf at Vodafone Park.

Several Besiktas regulars, Chilean defensive midfielder Gary Medel, Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma and Brazilian leftback Adriano Correia are suspended for this match.

Besiktas are third in the standings with 50 points.

The match will start at 7 p.m. local time (1600GMT).

- Spor Toto Super Lig fixtures:

Friday:

Demir Grup Sivasspor vs Kardemir Karabukspor at 8 p.m. (1700GMT)

Saturday:

Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor vs Genclerbirligi at 1.30 p.m. (1030GMT)
Antalyaspor vs Bursaspor at 4 p.m. (1300GMT)

Besiktas vs Aytemiz Alanyaspor at 7 p.m. (1600GMT)

Sunday:

Goztepe vs Kasimpasa at 1.30 p.m. (1030GMT)

Osmanlispor vs Atiker Konyaspor at 1.30 p.m. (1030GMT)

Teleset Mobilya Akhisarspor vs Medipol Basaksehir at 4 p.m. (1300GMT)

Galatasaray vs Trabzonspor at 7 p.m. (1600GMT)

Monday:

Kayserispor vs Fenerbahce at 8 p.m. (1700GMT)

- League table:

	Teams	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
1.	GALATASARAY	26	17	3	6	61	28	33	54
2.	MEDIPOL BASAKSEHIR	26	16	5	5	46	26	20	53
3.	BESIKTAS	26	14	8	4	47	23	24	50
4.	FENERBAHCE	26	13	9	4	49	30	19	48
5.	TRABZONSPOR	26	11	9	6	45	37	8	42
6.	KAYSERISPOR	26	11	8	7	36	32	4	41
7.	GOZTEPE	26	11	7	8	39	39	0	40
8.	DEMIR GRUP SIVASSPOR	26	11	5	10	36	38	-2	38
9.	TELESET MOBILYA AKHISARSPOR	26	9	7	10	36	40	-4	34
10.	EVKUR YENI MALATYASPOR	26	9	7	10	29	35	-6	34
11.	BURSASPOR	26	9	6	11	34	35	-1	33
12.	KASIMPASA	26	8	7	11	41	46	-5	31
13.	AYTEMIZ ALANYASPOR	26	8	4	14	41	47	-6	28
14.	ANTALYASPOR	26	7	7	12	31	47	-16	28
15.	OSMANLISPOR	26	7	6	13	38	45	-7	27
16.	GENCLERBIRLIGI	26	6	9	11	31	39	-8	27
17.	ATIKER KONYASPOR	26	6	6	14	26	36	-10	24
18.	KARDEMIR KARABUKSPOR	26	3	3	20	18	61	-43	12

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