Football: All eyes on trophy in Turkey's Super Lig

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) – All eyes will be on football stadiums Friday and Saturday as Galatasaray, Medipol Basaksehir, and Fenerbahce are all competing for the league title in the final week.

Turkey's top-tier football division Spor Toto Super Lig will end with last-week matches on Friday and Saturday.

While the fight to avoid relegation is over for the bottom-line teams, excitement is at a fever pitch for the title race.

Title chasers Galatasaray, Medipol Basaksehir, and Fenerbahce will both play their matches on Sunday at 7 p.m. local time (GMT1600).

Leaders Galatasaray will take on Goztepe in Izmir Bornova Stadium. The Lions only need one point to become Turkish champions for the 21st time.

Meanwhile second-place Fenerbahce will have to win and wait for both Galatasaray and Basaksehir to lose points.

Third-place Basaksehir also must win against Kasimpasa at home and wait for Galatasaray to lose.

Besiktas, four points behinds the leaders, are out of the title race and missed out on making a three-peat.

Here are the schedule for 34th and final match week:

Friday (all times local):

18:00 Aytemiz Alanyaspor – Antalyaspor

18:00 Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor – Kayserispor

18:00 Trabzonspor – Kardemir Karabukspor

18:00 Genclerbirligi – Bursaspor

18:00 Teleset Mobilya Akhisarspor – Osmanlispor

Saturday (all times local):

19:00 Goztepe-Galatasaray

19:00 Medipol Basaksehir – Kasimpasa

19:00 Besiktas – Demir Grup Sivasspor

19:00 Fenerbahce – Atiker Konyaspor

Here are the standings ahead of match week 34:

Teams P W D L GF GA +/- Pts.
1. GALATASARAY 33 23 3 7 74 33 41 72
2. FENERBAHCE 33 20 9 4 75 34 41 69
3. MEDIPOL BASAKSEHIR 33 21 6 6 59 32 27 69
4. BESIKTAS 33 20 8 5 64 29 35 68
5. TRABZONSPOR 33 14 10 9 60 51 9 52
6. GOZTEPE 33 13 10 10 49 49 0 49
7. DEMIR GRUP SİVASSPOR 33 14 7 12 44 48 -4 49
8. KASIMPASA 33 13 7 13 55 55 0 46
9. KAYSERISPOR 33 12 8 13 42 52 -10 44
10. EVKUR YENI MALATYASPOR 33 10 10 13 35 43 -8 40
11. BURSASPOR 33 11 6 16 43 47 -4 39
12. TELESET MOBILYA AKHISARSPOR 33 10 9 14 42 52 -10 39
13. ANTALYASPOR 33 10 8 15 38 56 -18 38
14. AYTEMIZ ALANYASPOR 33 10 7 16 52 57 -5 37
15. ATIKER KONYASPOR 33 9 9 15 36 39 -3 36
16. OSMANLISPOR 33 8 9 16 48 58 -10 33
17. GENCLERBIRLIGI 33 7 9 17 36 54 -18 30
18. KARDEMIR KARABUKSPOR 33 3 3 27 20 83 -63 12

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