Created Date: February 14, 2026 08:00
Galatasaray beat Eyüpspor in the Super League with a score of 5-1. Hürriyet writers evaluated Galatasaray after the match.
Galatasaray continued its leadership by beating Ikas Eyüpspor, which it hosted in the 22nd week of the Trendyol Super League, 5-1.
The yellow-red team, which entered the Super League next week as the leader with 52 points, 3 points ahead of its closest follower, Fenerbahçe, hosted Eyüpspor, which is in the 15th place with 18 points.
Galatasaray entered the match quickly, held in front of a largely full tribune at RAMS Park, and took the lead 1-0 with Yunus Akgün’s goal in the 2nd minute. Continuing their effective play, the yellow-reds went into the halftime leading 2-0 with the goal scored by Mauro Icardi in the 33rd minute.
“Cimbom”, who received a red card in the last minutes of the first half and found consecutive positions against its opponent, who were down to 10 men, gained a 4-0 advantage with the goals coming from Icardi in the 48th and 70th minutes. Eyüpspor reduced the difference to 3 with Metehan Altunbaş’s goal in the 71st minute. Galatasaray scored another goal with the ball sent into its own goal by Jerome Onguene in the 87th minute of the match, and left the field victorious 5-1.
With this result, the yellow-red team won for the 17th time in its 22nd match in the league. Galatasaray, which had 4 draws and 1 defeat in the remaining part, increased its score to 55. “Cimbom” increased its point difference with its closest follower, Fenerbahçe, to 6 points with more matches.
The yellow-red team will wait for Fenerbahçe, which has 49 points, to lose points tomorrow against Trabzonspor, which has 45 points.
HÜRRİYET WRITERS EVALUATED
Hürriyet Sports writers Banu Yelkovan and Uğur Meleke evaluated the match in their columns.
BANU YELKOVAN: IT COULD NOT BE BETTER THAN THIS
It was very important to win during the week of the Trabzonspor-Fenerbahçe match and before the Juventus match.
Some matches start with the first goal, some end with the first goal. The Galatasaray-Eyüpspor match started 1-0, before the game had even settled down, with a goal by Yunus in the position prepared by Osimhen at the 2nd minute. Galatasaray, which has become accustomed to winning in different ways at home, gave early relief to its fans, who filled the stands despite the traffic hours on Friday evening, but did not provide as much richness as expected until the second goal. Until Icardi came on stage at minute 33. The Argentinian striker’s goal dispelled the feeling of ‘I’m glad we got the goal early’ that began to surround the fans.
The fact that Okan Buruk started the match with both Icardi and Osimhen actually explained his intention from the very beginning. The plan in his mind was clear against Eyüpspor, which was close to the relegation zone and had a hard time on the road, but did not make the game ugly. For a team that scored three or more goals in 62 percent of league matches throughout the season and scored at least three goals in all eight league matches it won at home, this was not a very risky choice.
ICARDI FINDS ITS FORM
When the second half started, Galatasaray was now relieved. When Icardi scored once again in the 48th minute, the opponent’s resistance was completely broken. After Bedirhan’s red card in the 38th minute, the situation became even clearer. The third Icardi goal, which came in the 70th minute, did not only increase the score; He also underlined one thing clearly: Icardi is finding his form. His timing in the penalty area, his runs without the ball and his habit of being in the right place are back. Even though the score was 4-1 when Eyüp’s only point came from Metehan, the story of the match had already been written. Onguene’s own goal had the final say.
THE ONLY THING LEFT MISSING
The only missing detail of the night for Galatasaray was that Osim_hen could not score a goal despite his two assists. Still, its impact on both the score and the game was decisive. It was important not to make mistakes in the week when Trabzon and Fenerbahçe played each other and to find morale before the Juventus match.
The most striking point is the depth of the squad. Galatasaray’s first 11 has always been strong, but the fact that the game has not decreased after the changes shows that the club is also in the race.
UĞUR MELEKE: THEY WILL FACE JUVENTUS WITH 9 DAYS OF REST
Galatasaray is in an intense period of 9 matches in 35 days. Moreover, two of these 9 matches are with Juventus, one with Beşiktaş, one with Başakşehir, one with Göztepe, and two with Alanyaspor. It is a great chance that Okan Buruk’s squad expanded with 5 winter transfers in this difficult period and they played a training match against Eyüp yesterday.
Torreira, Sallai, Jakobs and Sara will play against Juventus on Tuesday evening, rested for 9 days. In the last 9 days, Barış played only 25 minutes, Davinson and Yunus 45, and Abdülkerim 57 minutes… So, perhaps the most critical match of the season, Galatasaray players will start with a high condition, without any excuse of fatigue. This is the biggest advantage of yesterday’s Eyüp match being a training session for Galatasaray.
HAPPY NHAGA’S DAY
Eyüpspor has been in an impressive transformation since Atilla Gerin took office. The team was cleared of many generals, high-ranking Serdars, Haliller, Thiams, Yalçıns, Kerems left. They were replaced by hungry and hard-working soldiers aged 20-25. Seven of yesterday’s Eyüp 11 were under the age of 25. That young team beat Alanya in the last month, drew with Konya and Beşiktaş, and played very good football while losing to Başakşehir. With this transformation, they regained hope for staying in the league. However, yesterday, especially in the first half, they handed over the key of the match to leader Galatasaray very early with their insistence on “coming out from behind with a pass”. They made one amateurish turnover after another, which caused them to enter the locker room two goals and a man down.
The match, which was almost like an official training session for Galatasaray, had many gains: Noa Lang, who played a direct role in two goals, was on fire. Icardi boosted morale with a hat-trick. Yunus scored a goal and showed a red card. Osimhen was again one of the leading players with two assists. Nhaga, who was greatly supported by the fans every time he received the ball, probably had the happiest day of his life.
This was probably the most reasonable scenario for Galatasaray before the Juventus match.
date:2026-02-14 05:00:00
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