Match Report
2 points for Elazığspor (30th), 11 for Galatasaray (12th): a 9-point gap. On the form table Galatasaray stood 6th over the last five rounds, despite being 12th overall. Per game in the league, Elazığspor were scoring 0.83 and conceding 2.33, Galatasaray 2.67 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Elazığspor had been beaten in three straight games. The five-game form split read 2/15 points for Elazığspor against 10/15 for Galatasaray.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 1 Elazığspor win, 5 for Galatasaray, 1 draw, at 2 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 29% of the meetings went over two goals.
Elaziğ Atatürk Stadyumu in Elazig staged the fixture, a ground that holds 14,467. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Galatasaray led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 1-4.