Süper Lig

Galatasaray on Oct. 31 beat Gaziantep FK 2-0 in a Turkish Spor Toto Süper Lig match for a valuable victory as their archrivals Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe suffered defeats each in the same week.

The visitors were quite disciplined in defense after the kickoff in Istanbul's Nef Stadium as the Lions managed to break the deadlock just before the break.

Fenerbahçe has been grabbed by troubles early in the season and will play a crucial game on Oct. 30 when it visits Konyaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.

A solid start to the season, with six wins in its first eight league games, had carried the Istanbul club to the top of the standings, but troubles began when Fenerbahçe lost 3-1 at Trabzonspor on Oct. 17.

Fenerbahçe suffered a shocking 2-1 home defeat against Alanyaspor in the Turkish Super Lig week 10 game on Oct. 24. 

Both teams had a quiet first half at the Ülker Stadium, Istanbul as no goals were scored in the first 45 minutes.

In the second half, Alanyaspor drew first blood in the 70th minute with former Galatasaray midfielder Emre Akbaba.

Trabzonspor defeated Göztepe 1-0 in the Turkish Süper Lig week 10 game on Oct. 23.

Gervinho of Ivory Coast brought victory to Trabzonspor with his goal in the 56th minute at Göztepe Gursel Aksel Stadium in İzmir.

With this victory, the Black Sea Storm increased their undefeated streak to 22 games in the Süper Lig.

Two Turkish clubs in the Europa League, Fenebhaçe and Galatasaray, will be on the pitch on Oct. 21 with different targets.

Fenerbahçe will aim for its first European win of the season when it hosts Antwerp, while Galatasaray hopes to extend its stay atop its group in an away game at Lokomotiv Moscow.

Fenerbahçe will aim to return to winning ways when it plays Kasımpaşa in the Turkish Süper Lig on Oct. 3 following a devastating loss in the Europa League.

Fenerbahçe defeated Atakaş Hatayspor 2-1 in a Turkish Super Lig week 7 game on Sept. 26. 

Fenerbahçe started the game well as Diego Rossi scored in 17th minute at New Hatay Stadium.

Czech left back Filip Novak scored the second goal for Fenerbahçe in the 29th minute and the first half ended 2-0.

Adana Demirspor hammered Gaziantep FK 4-0 in a Turkish Süper Lig game on Sept. 25.

Adana took an early lead with Yunus Akgun's goal in the 12th minute at New Adana Stadium and the first half ended 1-0.

Gaziantep's Steven Kaulker scored his own goal and made it 2-0 for Adana Demirspor in the 65th minute.

Beşiktaş gained a 3-2 comeback win over Fraport TAV Antalyaspor in the Turkish Süper Lig on Sept. 18.

Goals from Haji Wright and Veysel Sarı in the last three minutes of the first half gave the home side a 2-0 lead at the Antalya Stadium.

Two Istanbul rivals start their Europa League campaigns on Sept. 16 when Galatasaray hosts Italy's Lazio in a Group E match and Fenerbahçe visits Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt in Group D.