Galatasaray, the last champion of the Super League, and Fenerbahçe, the winner of the Turkish Cup, will face each other today in the Turkcell Super Cup 2023. The match, starting at 9:30 PM in the Nisan Stadium in Şanlıurfa, will be broadcast live on ATV. The game will be officiated by Volkan Bayarslan. Bayarslan’s assistants, Serkan Ok and Serkan Olguncan, will also be involved. Fenerbahçe requested the postponement of the Super Cup due to their away match against the Greek team Olympiacos on April 11 in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Europa Conference League. The yellow-dark blue club decided to play against Galatasaray with the U19 team as the game was not rescheduled. Okan Buruk’s Galatasaray has not conceded a goal from Fenerbahçe. Managed by Okan Buruk, Galatasaray has faced Fenerbahçe three times. The Yellow-Reds under Buruk’s leadership won both derbies against Fenerbahçe last season in the league with a score of 3-0. Buruk’s students drew 0-0 away to their opponent in the league this season. The Yellow-Reds, who have not conceded a goal to Fenerbahçe in the 3 derbies, scored 6 goals against their opponents. Galatasaray’s defense and Fenerbahçe’s attacking play stand out. The two teams competing in the Super Cup have been remarkable this season with their successful statistics. Galatasaray, one of the teams vying for the championship in the league, has the best defense in the league this season with 20 goals conceded in 31 league matches. Fenerbahçe, having scored 83 goals in 31 Super League games, stands out as the league’s top scoring team. Today marks the 399th game in the 114-year history of the competition, which began with a special match on January 17, 1909, at the location of „Pastor’s Meadow,“ where the Ülker Stadium is now located, and Galatasaray won 2-0. In the historic competition, Fenerbahçe leads in terms of victories and goals scored. The yellow-dark blue team won 148 of the remaining 398 games, while the yellow-red team won 127 times. In 123 matches, the two teams couldn’t break the tie. Galatasaray responded to Fenerbahçe’s 540 goals with 496 goals scored. Today, Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe will meet for the seventh time in the event, previously known as the „Presidential Cup“ and in recent years as the „Super Cup.“ The teams have already experienced the joy of the championship three times in the cup. Four of the last 10 derbies between the two teams ended in a draw. In the last 10 competition matches, Galatasaray won four times, and Fenerbahçe won twice. While the Yellow-Reds scored 12 goals in the derbies in question, the Yellow-Dark Blues managed to score 6 goals. The results of the last 10 matches between the teams are as follows: Fenerbahçe will field the U19 team. Following the incidents after the Trabzonspor match, the Fenerbahçe management held a magnificent general council meeting on April 2 and obtained approval from the members for the steps to be taken. In line with the decision of the board meeting chaired by Ali Koç on April 3, the yellow-dark blue team announced that they will play with the U19 team if the match is not postponed and a foreign referee is not appointed. As TFF did not accept these demands from Fenerbahçe, the yellow-dark blue team will play tomorrow’s match with the U19 team. It turned out that the A players wanted to play the Super Cup match, but the management stood behind the decision and was determined to play the match with the U19 team. „It won’t be a 90-minute game.“ Fenerbahçe’s Deputy President Erol Bilecik said in his statement before the Magnificent Cup match prior to the Adana Demirspor game on Wednesday, April 3: „When we say ‚Fans should not go,‘ I clearly state here that our A team will not go. It won’t be a 90-minute game.“ Consistent with this statement, the most discussed possibility is that the yellow-dark blue team will take the field with 9 players, as 3 players are out due to injuries. According to the rules, there must be at least 7 players on the field for the game to continue, leaving 6