Gaziantep FK and Fenerbahçe meet on Monday night at Gaziantep Stadyumu, with kickoff set for 20.00 and beIN Sports HD 1 carrying the match live. Both sides have already released their starting lineups, turning the fixture into a fully defined opening whistle rather than a distant appointment.
That is why the search for Gaziantep vs Fenerbahçe is spiking now. Fans do not have to wait for guesswork or a late team sheet to know who is starting: Gaziantep FK will go with Tobiasz, Perez, Arda, Abena, Kerim, Meleke, Camara, Maxim, Sorescu, Kozlowski and Halil, while Fenerbahçe has chosen Ederson, Mert Müldür, Skriniar, Ake, Brown, Kante, İsmail, Guendouzi, Greenwood, Kerem and Muriç. Fenerbahçe also said it will wear the Sarı Beyaz Çubuklu shirt with white shorts and white socks, a small detail that fixes the night in the mind before the ball is even kicked.
The match comes with more than just lineups. MHK has assigned Tamas Bognar as VAR and İbrahim Çağlar Uyarcan as AVAR, while Fanatik said the game will also have live commentary on. The framing is simple: this is a Süper Lig fixture with every broadcast and officiating detail already set, and that makes it the sort of night supporters can plan around down to the minute.
The wider backdrop is less simple for Fenerbahçe. İsmail Kartal said he is continuing after speaking openly with management and that there is no problem now, even after describing how a water bottle thrown from the stands upset him and made him question his place. He said he was hurt in the moment, then added that he would not stay where supporters did not want him, before later stressing that the matter has been cleared up and that he is going on. The same coach also pointed to the numbers behind the rivalry, saying Fenerbahçe has won nine straight league matches against Gaziantep FK and also all three Turkish Cup meetings in that stretch.
That history is what gives Monday night its edge, even before kickoff. Gaziantep FK have beaten Fenerbahçe at home before, including a 3-2 win in the first half of the 2021-2022 season, while Fenerbahçe’s biggest win in the matchup was a 5-0 home victory in the first half of the 2019-2020 season. Gaziantep FK also owns a 3-1 home win from the 2020-2021 season, a reminder that the record is long but not sealed. Fenerbahçe’s squad arrived in Gaziantep on the evening before the match and supporters greeted the team with torches, adding one more layer of anticipation to a fixture that now has its time, place and lineups fixed. At 20.00, the only unanswered question that matters is whether the numbers, the tension around Kartal and the home setting will hold once the match starts.
