Football: Week 7 in Turkish league to kick off Friday

Medipol Basaksehir lead the league with 13 points, followed by reigning champs Galatasaray with 12 points

By Fatih Erel

ISTANBUL (AA) - Galatasaray will play against Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor on Friday evening to kick things off in Turkey's Spor Toto Super Lig.

Matchday 7's first game will be played at Galatasaray's Turk Telekom Stadium in Istanbul at 8.00 p.m. local time (1700GMT).

Stunned by Akhisar Belediyespor last week, 'The Lions' will look to bounce back at home, where they have won their last 13 matches.

On Saturday, Besiktas will take on Kayserispor at home in Istanbul's Vodafone Park. After last week's derby draw, Black Eagles look to bag three points at home.

On Sunday, Fenerbahce will take on Caykur Rizespor in an away match. Yellow Canaries are desperate for a win to stay close to league's top.

On Monday, leaders Medipol Basaksehir will look to beat Yeni Malatyaspor at home to stay at the top of the league.

Currently, Medipol Basaksehir leads the league with 13 points, followed by champion Galatasaray with 12 points and Kasimpasa with 12 points while Besiktas at 4th place with 11 points, Fenerbahce, with seven points, found themselves at the 13th spot.

- Week Seven schedule:

Friday:

Galatasaray-Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor at 1700GMT

Saturday:

Trabzonspor - Kasimpasa at 1300GMT

Aytemiz Alanyaspor - Akhisarspor at 1300GMT

Besiktas - Kayserispor at 1600GMT

Sunday:

Demir Grup Sivasspor - Bursaspor at 1030GMT

Goztepe - Atiker Konyaspor at 1300GMT

Caykur Rizespor - Fenerbahce at 1600GMT

Monday:

MKE Ankaragucu - Antalyaspor at 1700GMT

Medipol Basaksehir - Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor at 1700GMT

Here are the standings prior to Matchday 7:

	Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Points
1.	MEDIPOL BASAKSEHIR	6	4	1	1	11	3	8	13
2.	GALATASARAY	6	4	0	2	14	9	5	12
3.	KASIMPASA	6	4	0	2	12	10	2	12
4.	BESIKTAS	6	3	2	1	11	8	3	11
5.	KONYASPOR	6	3	2	1	10	7	3	11
6.	YENI MALATYASPOR	6	3	1	2	6	4	2	10
7.	ANKARAGUCU	6	3	1	2	8	7	1	10
8.	ANTALYASPOR	6	3	1	2	10	13	-3	10
9.	GOZTEPE	6	3	0	3	6	6	0	9
10.	ALANYASPOR	6	3	0	3	4	10	-6	9
11.	KAYSERISPOR	6	2	2	2	5	6	-1	8
12.	TRABZONSPOR	6	2	1	3	10	8	2	7
13.	FENERBAHCE	6	2	1	3	6	7	-1	7
14.	AKHISARSPOR	6	1	2	3	7	8	-1	5
15.	BURSASPOR	6	0	5	1	4	5	-1	5
16.	SIVASSPOR	6	1	2	3	6	11	-5	5
17.	RIZESPOR	6	0	3	3	5	8	-3	3
18.	ERZURUMSPOR	6	0	2	4	5	10	-5	2

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