Galatasaray retain lead in Super Lig

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) - Galatasaray won against Trabzonspor 2-1 in the Spor Toto Super Lig match late Sunday and continued to lead in the league.

Galatasaray winger Sofiane Feghouli scored an early goal for his team in the seventh minute of the match at Turk Telekom Stadium in Istanbul. Assisted by Mariano Ferreira Filh, Feghouli found the net in close range.

In 60th minute of the game, Galatasaray's French striker Bafetimbi Gomis doubled the lead as he took advantage of Trabzonspor defender Okay Yokuslu's mistake. Gomis took the ball by tackling him and chipped the ball over Trabzonspor goalkeeper Onur Kivrak.

Near the end of the match Trabzonspor narrowed the gap to one as Slovakian central midfielder Juraj Kucka scored a long range goal with a free kick in the midfield. Galatasaray goalkeeper Fernando Muslera was unable to parry it since he was caught in front.

Meanwhile, Trabzonspor striker Burak Yilmaz played against his old team.

As of week 27, Galatasaray are leading the Super Lig with 57 points.

Title contenders Medipol Basaksehir are at second spot with 56 points and Besiktas come third with 53 points in the league table.

Medipol Basaksehir beat Teleset Mobilya Akhisarspor 2-1 on Sunday and continued to follow leaders Galatasaray.

The other Istanbul club Besiktas won against Aytemiz Alanyaspor 1-0 at Vodafone Park on Saturday. Besiktas' Brazilian attacking midfielder Anderson Talisca's goal in the 29th minute brought victory for them.

Super Lig's 27th week will end after the match between Kayserispor and Fenerbahce will kick off on Monday at 8 p.m. local time (1700GMT).

Fenerbahce are at fourth spot in the league table. Yellow Canaries have 48 points.

- Results:

Demir Grup Sivasspor - Kardemir Karabukspor: 1-0

Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor - Genclerbirligi: 4-1

Antalyaspor - Bursaspor: 2-0

Besiktas - Aytemiz Alanyaspor: 1-0

Goztepe - Kasimpasa: 0-2

Osmanlispor - Atiker Konyaspor: 0-0

Teleset Mobilya Akhisarspor - Medipol Basaksehir: 1-2

Galatasaray - Trabzonspor: 2-1

Monday's fixture:

Kayserispor - Fenerbahce at 8 p.m. (1700GMT)