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Galatasaray hosts Fenerbahce on Monday, October 26, in the ninth week of the Trendyol Super Lig, Türkiye’s top football division. The match is the 407th meeting between the two clubs from Istanbul, Türkiye’s largest city.
Kickoff at RAMS Park is set for 9:30 p.m. local time, with Atilla Karaoglan as referee.
Galatasaray leads the league with 19 points from eight matches, having won six, drawn one and lost one. Fenerbahce is third with 16 points after five wins, one draw and two losses. Fenerbahce has won its last three league matches and kept a clean sheet in each of its last four.
Galatasaray will be without Portuguese player Rafael Leao, who sustained a mild to moderate groin muscle strain in last week’s 1-0 win over Genclerbirligi.
Fenerbahce will miss Marco Asensio and Nathan Ake because of injuries, while right back Mert Muldur is expected to return after more than a month out if the technical staff selects him. Galatasaray also won 4-2 away at France’s Lille in the UEFA Champions League, its first win in the competition this season.
Goal timing separates the two sides this season. Fenerbahce, the league’s top scorer with 22 goals, has scored 13 in first halves, six of them in the first 15 minutes of matches. Galatasaray has scored six of its 17 goals between the 76th and 90th minutes, including four in the 90th minute or stoppage time, which have earned it 10 points.
Fenerbahce has conceded six goals, the second fewest after Trabzonspor’s five. Galatasaray has conceded 11, seven of them in second halves.
Galatasaray has not lost a home league match in its last 39, a run that began after a 1-0 defeat to Fenerbahce on May 19, 2024. Galatasaray forward Victor Osimhen has not lost to Fenerbahce in five official matches.
The rivalry began on January 17, 1909, when Galatasaray won a friendly 2-0 on a field known as Priest’s Meadow (“Papazin Cayiri”), where Fenerbahce’s Chobani Stadium now stands. Of 406 meetings, Fenerbahce has won 150 and Galatasaray 131, one of them by default, with 125 draws. Fenerbahce leads the goal tally 546-508. In 138 league meetings, Fenerbahce has 53 wins to Galatasaray’s 39, with 46 draws.
RAMS Park, opened on January 15, 2011, has hosted 17 derbies. Galatasaray won six, Fenerbahce five, and six ended level.
Galatasaray holds the edge in the last 10 meetings with five wins (one by default), two losses and three draws. Fenerbahce won the TFF Super Cup meeting 2-0 on January 10, 2026, while Galatasaray won the most recent meeting 3-0 at RAMS Park on April 26, 2026.
Fenerbahce’s Zeki Riza Sporel is the top scorer in the fixture with 27 goals. The largest margins are a 7-0 Galatasaray win in 1911 and a 6-0 Fenerbahce win in Kadikoy, on Istanbul’s Asian side, in 2002.
The record attendance is 70,125 at Ataturk Olympic Stadium on September 21, 2003.
The April 7, 2024, TFF Super Cup match in Sanliurfa, a city in southeastern Türkiye, lasted one minute. Fenerbahce fielded its under-19 side, Mauro Icardi scored for Galatasaray in the first minute, and Fenerbahce then withdrew its players on a club management decision. Galatasaray was awarded a 3-0 win.
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