Galatasaray beat Gaziantepspor 1-0 at the Türk Telekom Arena to move into first place in the Süper Lig.
The Lions dominated possession, created the majority of goal scoring opportunities but were profligate in front of goal.
Galatasaray turned to an unlikely hero to score the winning goal, defender Hakan Balta scored on 85 minutes to take the Lions to the top of the table.
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GALATASARAY 1-0 GAZİANTEPSPOR
STADIUM: Türk Telekom Arena
REFEREE: Mete Kalkavan
GALATASARAY: Muslera, Sabri Sarıoğlu, Chedjou, Hakan Balta, Telles, Emre Çolak, Selçuk İnan, Melo, Olcan Adın (Dk. 62 Yasin Öztekin), Umut Bulut (Dk. 71 Bruma), Burak Yılmaz
MANAGER: Hamza Hamzaoğlu
GAZİANTEPSPOR: Eray Birniçan, Barış Yardımcı, Elyasa Süme (min. 9 Abdülkadir Kayalı), Arokoyo, Şenol Can, Chico, Chibuike (min. 65 Emre Nefiz), Erdem Şen, Mustafa Durak, Dos Anjos (min. 80 Gökhan Süzen), Muhammet Demir
MANAGER: Okan Buruk
GOALS: min. 85 Hakan Balta (Galatasaray)
YELLOW CARDS: min. 27 Melo, min. 76 Sabri Sarıoğlu, min. 90+2 Chedjou (Galatasaray), min. 44 Abdülkadir Kayalı, min. 75 Barış Yardımcı, min. 78 Mustafa Durak, min. 89 Muhammet Demir, min. 90+2 Gökhan Süzen (Gaziantepspor)
