Galatasaray beat Malatyaspor 1-0 at the Turk Telekom stadium in the Super Lig on Sunday.
The victory moved the Lions into third place in the league just two points behind leaders Trabzonspor who beat Sivasspor today.
Adem Buyuk scored the only goal of the game.
The Turkey international netted a 45th-minute penalty for the home side which ended up being the deciding goal.
Galatasaray face a major test next week when they take on bitter rivals Fenerbahce in the Intercontinental derby at the Sukru Saracoglu stadium where they have not won this century.
Galatasaray 1 – 0 BtcTurk Yeni Malatyaspor
Stadium: Türk Telekom
Referee: Alper Ulusoy, Ali Saygın Ögel, İsmail Şencan
Galatasaray: Muslera, Şener Özbayraklı (min. 46 Linnes), Donk, Marcao, Ömer Bayram, Seri, Lemina (min. 90 Ahmet Çalık), Feghouli, Emre Akbaba, Onyekuru, Adem Büyük (min. 81 Falcao)
BtcTurk Yeni Malatyaspor: Farnolle, Chebake, Mina, Hadebe, Karim Hafez, Robin Yalçın, Acquah (min. 71 Donald), Gökhan Töre (min. 46 Kjartansson), Walter (min. 90 Erkan Kaş), Bifouma, Umut Bulut
Goals: min. 45 Adem Büyük (Penalty) (Galatasaray)
Yellow Cards: min. 13 Acquah, min. 20 Gökhan Töre, min. 43 Robin Yalçın (BtcTurk Yeni Malatyaspor), min. 20 Feghouli, min. 50 Marcao (Galatasaray)
