Match Report
Before the match
Galatasaray: three wins and two defeats over five games; nine goals scored, 11 conceded. Latest: a 4-2 win away to Lille on 21 October.
On 21 October, Lille faced Galatasaray in Champions League: Galatasaray won 4-2 away from home, having scored four and conceded two. Süper Lig, 17 October brought an away meeting with Gençlerbirliği S.K.; Galatasaray won 1-0, a return of one goal scored and zero conceded. Galatasaray hosted Barça on 13 October (Champions League) and lost 1-4; their goals totalled one, compared with four conceded. Kasımpaşa travelled to face Galatasaray (Süper Lig) on 9 October. For Galatasaray, the score was 3-1: three goals scored, one allowed. 0-4 was Galatasaray's result against Trabzonspor on 19 September (Süper Lig), playing away from home; Galatasaray lost, with zero scored to four conceded.
Fenerbahçe's previous five results comprised three wins, one draw and one defeat. Their goal totals were 15 scored and 2 conceded, keeping four clean sheets. Latest: a 3-0 win at home to Alanyaspor on 17 October; their biggest win in that spell was 8-0 at home to Eyüpspor on 20 September.
Against Alanyaspor in Süper Lig, Fenerbahçe scored three and conceded zero on 17 October; the at home result was 3-0. Fenerbahçe's away from home game on 10 October (Süper Lig) ended 3-0 against Rizespor, with three goals for and zero against. On 20 September, Eyüpspor faced Fenerbahçe in Süper Lig: Fenerbahçe won 8-0 at home, having scored eight and conceded zero. Süper Lig, 14 September brought an away meeting with Gaziantep FK; Fenerbahçe drew 0-0, a return of zero goals scored and zero conceded. Fenerbahçe hosted Beşiktaş on 5 September (Süper Lig) and lost 1-2; their goals totalled one, compared with two conceded.
The teams' recorded encounters ended in a 3-0 home win for Galatasaray on 26 April and a 1-1 draw at Fenerbahçe on 1 December 2025.
After the match
Galatasaray edged past Fenerbahçe 2-1 on 26 October 2026. V. Osimhen opened the scoring in the 29th minute for Galatasaray, set up by B. Yilmaz, to make it 1-0. V. Osimhen added to the tally in the 44th minute for Galatasaray, set up by D. Sanchez, to make it 2-0. I. Kahveci pulled one back 62 minutes into the game for Fenerbahçe, set up by O. Aydin, to make it 1-2. 8 players were booked, among them I. Kahveci (10'), M. Skriniar (11'), D. Sanchez (19'), N. Kante (31'), O. Buruk (46') and N. Semedo (54'). On current ratings our Elo-Poisson model gives Galatasaray only a 26% chance in this pairing, less than one in three. Galatasaray's current recorded form ends with 4 consecutive wins in the 2026/27 Süper Lig and the 2026/27 Champions League. Expected goals put the gap at 2.15 to 0.14. Galatasaray picked up three yellow cards. Galatasaray: five substitutions. Fenerbahçe: five yellow cards. five changes were recorded for Fenerbahçe.