By Fatih Erel
ISTANBUL (AA) – Galatasaray will play against Bursaspor on Friday evening to begin Week 9 of Turkey's Spor Toto Super Lig.
Matchday 9's first game will be played at Galatasaray's Turk Telekom Stadium in Istanbul at 8.30 p.m. local time (1730GMT).
Reigning champions 'The Lions' lead the league with 18 points.
On Saturday, Fenerbahce will play against Demir Grup Sivasspor in an away match. Yellow Canaries are desperate for a win to stay close to league's top.
Currently, Fenerbahce with 8 points stayed in 15th place in the league, 10 points away from the leader.
On Sunday, Besiktas will face Goztepe in away match in Izmir.
The leader Galatasaray followed by Basaksehir, Besiktas and Kasimpasa with 15 points each.
– Week 9 schedule:
Friday:
Galatasaray-Bursaspor at 1730GMT
Saturday:
Kasimpasa-Akhisarspor at 1030GMT
Medipol Basaksehir-Kayserispor at 1300GMT
Demir Grup Sivasspor-Fenerbahce at 1600GMT
Sunday:
Caykur Rizespor-Atiker Konyaspor at 1030GMT
Aytemiz Alanyaspor-Antalyaspor at 1300GMT
MKE Ankaragucu-Evkur Yeni Malatyaspor at 1300GMT
Goztepe-Besiktas at 1600GMT
Monday:
Trabzonspor – Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor at 1700GMT
Here are the standings prior to Matchday 9:
| Turkish Super Lig | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |
| 1. | GALATASARAY | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 18 |
| 2. | BASAKSEHIR | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 3. | BESIKTAS | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| 4. | KASIMPASA | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 15 |
| 5. | TRABZONSPOR | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 13 |
| 6. | ANTALYASPOR | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 7. | ATIKER KONYASPOR | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 12 |
| 8. | YENI MALATYASPOR | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| 9. | GOZTEPE | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 12 |
| 10. | ALANYASPOR | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 11. | ANKARAGUCU | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 10 |
| 12. | SIVASSPOR | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -3 | 9 |
| 13. | KAYSERISPOR | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 9 |
| 14. | BURSASPOR | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 15. | FENERBAHCE | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 8 |
| 16. | RIZESPOR | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 17. | AKHISARSPOR | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 5 |
| 18. | BB ERZURUMSPOR | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 5 |
