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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 16.Sep
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: NEF Stadyumu (52650 seats)

Galatasaray will fight against Samsunspor in this Super Lig fixture. Everything you can know about the match is here!

Insights:
  • Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Super Lig

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Galatasaray form and stats

Galatasaray have only played one Super Lig game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 15 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat from 18 matches.

Galatasaray are confident in defense, having played 434 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

A good away victory last time out for Galatasaray, who won 3-0 against Gazisehir Gaziantep (placed 20th). Galatasaray goalkeeper Muslera did an outstanding job against Gazisehir Gaziantep with six saves, so vital to securing the victory. Goalkeeper Muslera got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.65 out of ten. Muslera topped it up with a clean sheet.

Ahead of that result, a home win against Molde in the Champions League. The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Galatasaray home games with this odds we find 6 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. Looking at the victories, 2 matches were won by at least two goals.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Galatasaray as they have a new game in only four days, a Champions League match thankfully also at home. København are visiting.

At NEF Stadyumu, Galatasaray has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Samsunspor form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Super Lig for Samsunspor with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

Samsunspor go into this game after a win, the home game against Giresunspor that ended 6-1. As mentioned above, Samsunspor was the only team on the pitch versus Giresunspor in their previous game, winning 6-1. This could be a tougher task.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Istanbulspor in the Super Lig.

{2 goals} so far away for Samsunspor, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Galatasaray have won all of the 4 most recent games versus this team. Can they do it again?

Top Goalscorers

GalatasarayM. Icardi Rivero
M. Icardi Rivero
4 goals
GalatasarayM. Aktürkoğlu
M. Aktürkoğlu
1 goals
SamsunsporM. Mouandilmadji
M. Mouandilmadji
1 goals

Galatasaray missing players

Samsunspor missing players

Galatasaray Samsunspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 4
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 2 0 Scored S 0 2 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 5
67% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 75%
67% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 75%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 25%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
33% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
7.7 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 2.2
2.7 1 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3.5 3
2 4 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.5 0.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.7 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.5 5.5
4.7 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 1.2
36% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 40%
 
11.3 5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 9.5 8.2
3.7 1 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (0) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the the best goal difference (+5) in Super Lig
Galatasaray Last season Samsunspor
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 18   Played P   2 5
26 15   Won W   1 4
4 2   Drew D   0 0
4 1   Lost L   1 1
77 41   Scored S   3 16
27 15   Conceded C   3 5
94% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
79% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   50% 80%
68% 72%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 80%
32% 28%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 80%
21% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   50% 40%
50% 56%   BTTS BTTS   50% 60%
47% 39%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 40%
9% 6%   Failed to Score F T   0% 0%
 
7.2 8.1   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
3.9 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
4 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
18.2 19   Shots (avg) S (   5 2
7.6 7.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.5 1
30% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   60% 320%
 
10.3 8.7   Shots against (avg) S A   5 2
3.6 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3 1.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fenerbahce 3 3 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 4 9
2 Konyaspor 4 2 2 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 8
3 Galatasaray 3 2 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 5 7
4 Besiktas 3 2 1 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 7
5 Rizespor 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 7
6 Hatayspor 4 1 3 0 8 4 2 0 2 0 3 3 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 6
7 Trabzonspor 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6
8 Alanyaspor 4 1 3 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 6
9 Kayserispor 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
10 Adana Demirspor 3 1 2 0 6 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 4 4 1 5
11 Sivasspor 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 5
12 Kasimpasa 4 1 2 1 5 8 3 1 1 1 5 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 -3 5
13 Fatih Karagumruk 4 1 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 4
14 Antalyaspor 4 0 3 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 3
15 Pendikspor 4 0 3 1 4 8 2 0 1 1 2 6 2 0 2 0 2 2 -4 3
16 Istanbulspor 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
17 Ankaragucu 4 0 2 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 2
18 Samsunspor 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
19 Istanbul Basaksehir 3 0 0 3 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -5 0
20 Gazisehir Gaziantep 4 0 0 4 2 10 2 0 0 2 1 6 2 0 0 2 1 4 -8 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Galatasaray 36 28 4 4 83 27 18 15 2 1 41 15 18 13 2 3 42 12 56 88
2 Fenerbahce 36 25 5 6 87 42 18 13 2 3 50 24 18 12 3 3 37 18 45 80
3 Besiktas 36 23 9 4 78 36 18 13 4 1 41 15 18 10 5 3 37 21 42 78
4 Adana Demirspor 36 20 9 7 76 45 18 12 4 2 46 19 18 8 5 5 30 26 31 69
5 Istanbul Basaksehir 36 18 8 10 54 37 18 12 2 4 31 17 18 6 6 6 23 20 17 62
6 Trabzonspor 36 17 6 13 64 54 18 12 4 2 38 13 18 5 2 11 26 41 10 57
7 Fatih Karagumruk 36 13 12 11 75 63 18 7 5 6 40 31 18 6 7 5 35 32 12 51
8 Konyaspor 36 12 15 9 49 41 18 5 8 5 18 18 18 7 7 4 31 23 8 51
9 Kayserispor 36 15 5 16 55 61 18 9 2 7 28 22 18 6 3 9 27 39 -6 47
10 Kasimpasa 36 12 7 17 45 61 18 7 3 8 29 33 18 5 4 9 16 28 -16 43
11 Ankaragucu 36 12 6 18 43 53 18 6 4 8 24 28 18 6 2 10 19 25 -10 42
12 Sivasspor 36 11 8 17 46 54 18 5 7 6 23 21 18 6 1 11 23 33 -8 41
13 Antalyaspor 36 11 8 17 46 55 18 8 3 7 31 26 18 3 5 10 15 29 -9 41
14 Alanyaspor 36 11 8 17 54 70 18 8 4 6 29 27 18 3 4 11 25 43 -16 41
15 Istanbulspor 36 12 5 19 47 63 18 6 3 9 24 31 18 6 2 10 23 32 -16 41
16 Giresunspor 36 10 10 16 42 60 18 6 4 8 25 29 18 4 6 8 17 31 -18 40
17 Umraniyespor 36 7 9 20 47 64 18 3 4 11 22 29 18 4 5 9 25 35 -17 30
18 Gazisehir Gaziantep 36 6 7 23 31 72 18 3 4 11 17 37 18 3 3 12 14 35 -41 25
19 Hatayspor 36 6 5 25 19 83 18 4 4 10 12 37 18 2 1 15 7 46 -64 23

Read more about Super Lig

The Süper Lig is the top league in Turkish football. It has 18 teams who play a season from August to May, meeting each other home and away. After all fixtures have been played the final league table is ready and the champion of Turkey celebrated. The three bottom teams are relegated.