Alanya beat Istanbul GSK 2:3 in a club friendly on Monday, the 29th of September 2026. By then the visitors had already proven they could handle this fixture. They won the reverse fixture earlier this year 2:3 as well.
It was a straight result, nothing more. No goalscorers were recorded, no minutes logged. What stood out was the pattern repeating itself across the calendar.
Istanbul had won two matches in a row before that run of defeats against Fenerbahçe. Three goals in each of those games, clean sheets too. But the last two outings told a different story, both 1:3 losses to the same opponents.
Alanya's recent form has been less convincing. They lost four of their last five, including two 1:3 defeats. The 2:3 loss to Bursaspor and the 2:3 loss to Istanbul were closer affairs, but still losses. Three goals scored, three conceded — that's been the pattern.
Friendly matches don't always tell the whole story. But when you see the same scoreline twice, in both directions, there's something worth noting. Alanya won both encounters, and both times by the same margin.