Turkish Cup 2024-2025: Galatasaray-Basaksehir, the likely lineups

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Galatasaray-Basaksehir, the likely lineups

After no less than five preliminary knockout rounds, the Turkish Cup gets into full swing with the group stage, which also includes the Super Lig bigwigs. The first day, in particular, offers at 6 p.m. Italian time on Wednesday a very interesting challenge between two Istanbul clubs, Galatasaray and Basaksehir.

Current dominators of the league, Galatasaray (18 times winner of the Turkish Cup, the last one)

; comes to the cup challenge on the strength of a near-perfect path at home: the last defeat, the only one this season within its own borders, è that of last August 3 in the Super Cup, when to get the better of the team coached by Okan Buruk (an old Inter acquaintance as a footballer) è was Besiktas, with an unexpected 5-0, with a double by Ciro Immobile.

Basaksehir, never a Cup winner, è seventh in the league after seventeen games played and started the year with an away success, against Adana Demirspor, 1-0: Davidson’s goal, at 32' was decisive. Galatasaray and Basaksehir have not yet faced each other this season: the last precedent è last Feb. 10, with victory for the Yellow Lions 2-0 (Baris Alper Yilmaz and Dries Mertens scored).

Probable lineups:

Galatasaray (4-2-3-1): Muslera; Ayhan, Davinson Sanchez, Bardakci, Jakobs; Torreira, Gabriel; Yunus Akgün, Mertens, Yilmaz; Osimhen. All. Okan Buruk.

Basaksehir (4-3-3): Senzeger; Ergün, Leo Duarte, Güreler, Lima; Kemen, Özdemir, Miguel Crespo; Szysz, Piatek, Joao Figueiredo. All. Cagdas Atan.

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