Galatasaray, Fenerbahçe set for derby showdown
Week 11 of Turkey's Super Lig kicks off Friday
Istanbul teams Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe will play a derby match in Turkey's top-tier Spor Toto Super Lig on Friday.
The match at Galatasaray's Turk Telekom Stadium will kick off at 9.00 p.m. local time (1800GMT).
Galatasaray are third in the league with 19 points while Fenerbahçe with 9 points are at the 15th spot.
Fernando Reges, Emre Akbaba and Yuto Nagatomo will not play against Fenerbahçe due to injuries.
Galatasaray's Mariano Filho will also miss the match after he was banned for the next game last week.
Galatasaray have not been defeated at home in the last 24 matches (22 wins, 2 draws) in Turkish Super League.
Fenerbahçe dismissed its Dutch manager Phillip Cocu from duty after a 3-1 loss to Ankaragucu last Sunday.
Cocu was the 72nd manager of Fenerbahçe and the team's 38th foreign manager to take over managerial duties in the club.
Galatasaray could not win the last six matches against Fenerbahçe in Turkish Super League.
The teams will meet for the 388th time after competing for 109 years. Fenerbahçe beat Galatasaray 146 times and were defeated 123 times.
- Week 11 schedule:
Friday:
Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe at 1800GMT
Saturday:
Kasimpasa-Antalyaspor at 10:30GMT
Akhisarspor-Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor at 1300GMT
Medipol Basaksehir-Besiktas at 1600GMT
Sunday:
Aytemiz Alanyaspor-Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor at 1300GMT
Trabzonspor-Bursaspor at 1600GMT
Monday:
Demir Grup Sivasspor-Atiker Konyaspor at 1700GMT
Here are the latest standings:
PTS
1. MEDIPOL BASAKSEHIR 10 6 3 1 14 4 10 21
2. KASIMPASA 10 6 1 3 23 16 7 19
3. GALATASARAY 10 6 1 3 17 12 5 19
4. BESIKTAS 10 5 3 2 19 13 6 18
5. ANTALYASPOR 10 5 2 3 13 15 -2 17
6. MKE ANKARAGUCU 10 5 1 4 12 10 2 16
7. TRABZONSPOR 10 4 3 3 18 12 6 15
8. EVKUR YENI MALATYASPOR 10 4 3 3 13 10 3 15
9. GOZTEPE 10 5 0 5 12 12 0 15
10. ATIKER KONYASPOR 10 3 4 3 15 14 1 13
11. BURSASPOR 10 2 6 2 8 8 0 12
12. KAYSERISPOR 10 3 3 4 9 11 -2 12
13. AYTEMIZ ALANYASPOR 10 4 0 6 6 15 -9 12
14. DEMIR GRUP SIVASSPOR 10 2 4 4 12 17 -5 10
15. FENERBAHÇE 10 2 3 5 7 13 -6 9
16. CAYKUR RİZESPOR 10 1 5 4 12 15 -3 8
17. AKHISARSPOR 10 2 2 6 10 18 -8 8
18. B.B ERZURUMSPOR 10 1 4 5 7 12 -5 7
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