Fenerbahçe managed two shots at Rams Park, well below their norm

Galatasaray beat Fenerbahçe 2-1 on a fairly ordinary night for their attack, while the visitors' attack went almost missing.

Fenerbahçe had two shots at Rams Park, and both came from inside the box. Away from home they usually take 18.1 shots a match, and the average side in this league takes 12.8, so the visitors were a long way below what they normally produce. Their expected goals figure, which scores each chance by how often chances like it go in, was 0.14, against an away norm of 2.77.

Galatasaray were ordinary by comparison, and it is worth saying so plainly. They had 22 shots and 63% of the ball, close to their usual 21.5 shots and 60.4% possession at home. Their expected goals of 2.15 sits almost level with their average of 2.04, so nothing about how they created chances was unusual. Only the scoreboard was.

The goals came in the first half. Victor Osimhen scored in the 29th minute from a pass by Barış Alper Yılmaz, then struck again in the 44th after a ball from D. Sanchez, and he took seven shots over the match. Two goals is almost exactly the 2.1 Galatasaray usually score at home, so the scoring was typical of them too. Osimhen's performance earned the highest rating of either side, 8.2.

Fenerbahçe's away average is 3.1 goals a match, so one goal was a long way short of it. It came in the 62nd minute from İrfan Can Kahveci, from one of the two shots they managed all afternoon. They also conceded two, where they usually concede 0.9 away from home. Only 37% of the ball came their way, against a usual 53.4%, and their passing was 70% accurate to Galatasaray's 86%.

Ederson made six saves in the visiting goal and was rated 7.5, the strongest mark among the Fenerbahçe players. Romelu Lukaku played the full 90 minutes and took one shot, which was one of the two Fenerbahçe got on target. Those two efforts were the whole of their attacking shape in a match where the home side kept the ball and kept taking chances.

Galatasaray led 2-0 at half-time and kept that lead after Kahveci's strike, so the result was never really in doubt in the final stages. Fenerbahçe finished with two shots and a single goal, a pattern that would have looked very different had their attacking output matched their own norm. The gap between what each side produced and what it usually produces is the story of the night.

Galatasaray are second in the table on 19 points from eight matches, and Fenerbahçe are third on 16 from the same number of games. The visitors have scored 22 and conceded 6 in those eight matches, while the home side have scored 17 and conceded 11.

Player of the matchVictor Osimhen2 goals8.2

Mario Lemina1 chance created7.9

Barış Alper Yılmaz1 assist7.7

Aleksey Batrakov3 chances created7.6