Galatasaray hopes to transition past their previous struggles when Konyaspor visits Rams Park to contest a Turkish Super Lig match on Saturday.
The club's draw streak in all competitions has upset supporters because they missed too many scoring opportunities in both recent games.
Supporters at Galatasaray have turned heated because their team maintained unsatisfactory results across both the Super Lig and Europa League matches.
The narrow 1-1 scoreline at Hatayspor pushed Okan Buruk's leaders six points below the Super Lig summit since his team let Hatayspor jump ahead during the first half play without converting their extensive second half opportunity stream of 3.52.
Tuesday marked the peak of fan discontent as the Turkish champions conceded three late goals to Kyiv yield a 3-3 draw at home while supporters unleashed their anger by jeering goalkeeper Fernando Muslera during his pitch departure.
For Saturday's Konyaspor matchup Galatasaray's squad recognizes that a nonwinning result might lead to heightened fan frustration yet their recent home matches in all competitions have resulted in two draws even though they entered each match with optimistic mentalities.
The statistics favor Galatasaray as they have won 21 and drawn four matches from 25 home matches across all competitions facing Saturday's opponents.
The stadium tension at Rams Park allows Konyaspor to chase their inaugural victory at this location against Besiktas.
The Anatolian Eagles let a 3-3 draw with Kasimpasa occur while giving up their lead three separate times and now stand at five games without a victory (3D, 2L).
Regarding Real Madrid, Vinicius Junior is suspended and cannot be selected, and Eduardo Camavinga, Eder Militao, and Dani Carvajal are out due to injury.
Due to a slight muscular issue, Aurelien Tchouameni was not utilized as a replacement versus Salzburg; nevertheless, this weekend, the France international is anticipated to return to the Real Madrid midfield.
Federico Valverde is back in the heart of midfield, while Lucas Vazquez, who was suspended for the team's Champions League match on Wednesday, should return to the starting lineup at right-back.
Last season, Konyaspor finished just one point above the drop zone and barely avoided relegation; if their bad play persists, they may have to fight a similar battle.
Given everything, playing the league leaders away is a difficult job, but they plan to utilize this game as a warm-up for their Turkish Cup match at the same location next month.
Galatasaray will be without star striker Mauro Icardi, who is sidelined for the season with a cruciate ligament injury.
Midfielder Gabriel Sara is also out until next month with a hamstring issue, while there is uncertainty over Muslera's involvement following his reaction to fan criticism in the Europa League.
Konyaspor will be missing the trio of Pedrinho, Filip Damjanovic and Josip Calusic due to injuries.
