Göztepe and Galatasaray were set to meet at 20.00 in a postponed match from the 27th week of the Trendyol Süper Lig, with Galatasaray missing two important names from its squad. Abdülkerim Bardakcı and Victor Osimhen were both left out for the game in Izmir.
Bardakcı was ruled out because of suspension after receiving a second yellow card and then a red card at the end of last week’s Trabzonspor-Galatasaray match. Osimhen was absent because of injury, after leaving the Liverpool-Galatasaray match in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 with a broken arm.
Galatasaray had not issued an official statement on Osimhen’s return date, even though he had been expected to feature in the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe match on 26 April 2026. Further checks by club doctors were expected to clarify his condition.
For Galatasaray, the game arrives at a difficult point in a congested calendar: a postponed league fixture, an enforced suspension and an injury absence all landing at once. The team went into Göztepe - Galatasaray without Bardakcı’s discipline in defense or Osimhen’s presence up front, and the club’s next medical update on the striker is likely to shape the weeks ahead.
