Football: Turkish league title race at full throttle

Spor Toto Super Lig round 25 begins with Fenerbahce v Konyaspor; in-form Trabzonspor take on Galatasaray at home on Saturday

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) - With only 10 matches left for each team in Turkey’s Spor Toto Super Lig, the title race continues full speed ahead with matches this weekend.

Fourth-place Fenerbahce will look to add to their two-game winning streak as they take on Atiker Konyaspor at home on Friday.

On Saturday, the spotlight will be on Medical Park Arena, as Trabzonspor -- who have not lost a match in 2017 -- will square off against third-place Galatasaray, who won their last two games at the last minute.

On Sunday afternoon, title-chasers Medipol Basaksehir will play against Kardemir Karabukspor at home, where they have not lost yet in 12 matches.

The week will end with league-leaders Besiktas -- who eliminated Olympiacos in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday to advance to the quarter-finals -- taking the floor against Antalyaspor in an away match.

Below is the schedule for the 25th match week (all times are local):

Friday:

20.00 Fenerbahce - Atiker Konyaspor

Saturday:

13.30 Kasimpasa - Osmanlispor

16.00 Kayserispor - Gaziantepspor

19.00 Adanaspor - Akhisar Belediyespor

19.00 Trabzonspor - Galatasaray

Sunday:

13.30 Genclerbirligi - Caykur Rizespor

16.00 Medipol Basaksehir - Kardemir Karabukspor

16.00 Bursaspor - Aytemiz Alanyaspor

19.00 Antalyaspor - Besiktas

*The Genclerbirligi v Gaziantepspor match was postponed in match week 18, due to the passing of Genclerbirligi's longtime Chairman Ilhan Cavcav on Jan. 22.

Below are the standings as of Friday 1 p.m. local time (1000GMT):

St.	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts.
1	Besiktas	24	16	6	2	47	20	54
2	Medipol Basaksehir	24	15	7	2	43	17	52
3	Galatasaray	24	14	4	6	46	26	46
4	Fenerbahce	24	12	8	4	44	22	44
5	Trabzonspor	24	11	5	8	25	23	38
6	Antalyaspor	24	11	5	8	29	30	38
7	Karabukspor	24	10	3	11	27	30	33
8	Kasimpasa	24	9	5	10	33	31	32
9	Atiker Konyaspor	24	8	8	8	26	30	32
10	Bursaspor	24	9	5	10	25	30	32
11	Osmanlispor FK	24	7	10	7	29	26	31
12	Genclerbirligi	23	7	8	8	23	23	29
13	Kayserispor	24	7	6	11	30	39	27
14	Akhisar Bld.	24	7	6	11	17	32	27
15	Aytemiz Alanyaspor	24	7	4	13	36	46	25
16	Caykur Rizespor	24	5	5	14	24	40	20
17	Adanaspor	24	4	5	15	21	39	17
18	Gaziantepspor	23	4	4	15	18	39	16

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