Galatasaray have become the leaders of the Turkish Spor Toto Super League after beating a challenging Gaziantepspor team 1-0 in front of its fans on Sunday evening.
Galatasaray, the Istanbul giants, increased the pressure for Gaziantepspor starting from the beginning of the game, but could not find the dead lock-breaking goal until the 85th minute.
Defender Hakan Balta, who had not scored in the league until Sunday, scored the header after a corner with five minutes to go in the game.
With the result, Galatasaray now have a league-leading 61 points. However, third-placed Besiktas (58 pts) has not played yet and they will meet with Karabukspor on Monday.
Hakan Balta's game-winning goal recorded was as the 200th goal in Turk Telekom Arena, Galatasaray's stadium.
Galatasaray managed not to concede a goal after 10 league games.
Felipe Melo, who has returned in the line-up after a 69-day lasting injury, was booked a yellow card and will not play next week.
Remaining fixtures for the 28th week:
Monday
Besiktas v Karabukspor
Current standings are as follows:
| Rank |
Team |
P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | +/- |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 52 | 34 | 61 | +18 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 21 | 60 | +26 |
| 3 | Besiktas | 27 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 58 | +22 |
| 4 | Bursaspor | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 56 | 37 | 47 | +19 |
| 5 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 47 | +16 |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 51 | 41 | 47 | +10 |
| 7 | Mersin Idmanyurdu | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 40 | 39 | +5 |
| 8 | Torku Konyaspor | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 34 | 38 | -8 |
| 9 | Genclerbirligi | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 38 | 36 | +3 |
| 10 | Gaziantepspor | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 37 | 35 | -12 |
| 11 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 43 | 33 | -7 |
| 12 | Kasimpasa | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 57 | 32 | -13 |
| 13 | Sivasspor | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 39 | 31 | -5 |
| 14 | Eskisehirspor | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 42 | 31 | -9 |
| 15 | Çaykur Rizespor | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 47 | 28 | -13 |
| 16 | Karabukspor | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 31 | 44 | 21 | -13 |
| 17 | Kayseri Erciyesspor | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 49 | 21 | -18 |
| 18 | Balikesirspor | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 34 | 55 | 20 | -21 |
