Turkish football anticipates change at top of Super Lig

Title race heats up as second-placed Basaksehir play 2 days ahead of leaders Besiktas

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) - With just four games left in the race for the Super Lig title, second-placed Basaksehir could leap above leader Besiktas this weekend.

The Istanbul clubs have led the pack for much of the season but recent results, including Basaksehir’s 3-1 defeat of their neighbors two weeks ago, has closed the gap to two points.

With Basaksehir facing eighth-placed Genclerbirligi on Saturday evening and Besiktas not playing until 48 hours later, when they face Bursaspor, there could be a sudden change at the top of the table.

A win for Basaksehir will see them go a point above Besiktas until at least Monday night.

The weekend’s action starts Friday night, when Kayserispor take on Konyaspor and Kasimpasa host Rizespor.

Fenerbahce, who remain in the title race, lying six points behind Basaksehir, will take on Antalyaspor at home. The other Saturday game will see bottom-of-the-table Adanaspor welcome Trabzonspor.

Sunday evening sees Galatasaray, who lie in fourth spot, play 17th-placed Gaziantepspor away in one of three games on the day.

The only post-weekend match is Bursaspor-Besiktas.

Here is the full schedule for Round 31: (all times local)

Friday

8 p.m. Kayserispor - Atiker Konyaspor

8 p.m. Kasimpasa - Caykur Rizespor

Saturday:

4 p.m. Medipol Basaksehir - Genclerbirligi

7 p.m. Adanaspor - Trabzonspor

7 p.m. Fenerbahce - Antalyaspor

Sunday:

4 p.m. Osmanlispor - Akhisar Belediyespor

7 p.m. Aytemiz Alanyaspor - Kardemir Karabukspor

7 p.m. Gaziantepspor - Galatasaray

Monday:

8 p.m. Bursaspor - Besiktas

		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Av.	Pts.
1.	Besiktas	30	19	8	3	59	29	30	65
2.	Basaksehir	30	18	9	3	58	26	32	63
3.	Fenerbahce	30	16	9	5	54	28	26	57
4.	Galatasaray	30	16	4	10	56	36	20	52
5.	Trabzonspor	30	14	6	10	36	30	6	48
6.	Antalyaspor	30	13	7	10	37	38	-1	46
7.	Kasimpasa	30	11	7	12	41	40	1	40
8.	Genclerbirligi	30	10	10	10	28	29	-1	40
9.	Konyaspor	30	10	10	10	35	38	-3	40
10.	Akhisar Bld.	30	11	6	13	34	39	-5	39
11.	Karabukspor	30	11	6	13	31	37	-6	39
12.	Osmanlispor	30	9	11	10	36	33	3	38
13.	Alanyaspor	30	11	4	15	48	56	-8	37
14.	Bursaspor	30	10	5	15	30	51	-21	35
15.	Kayserispor	30	9	6	15	42	53	-11	33
16.	Rizespor	30	7	6	17	37	48	-11	27
17.	Gaziantepspor	30	7	5	18	28	53	-25	26
18.	Adanaspor	30	6	5	19	29	55	-26	23

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