National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Alanyaspor or Galatasaray that keep their silverware dream alive.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The visiting Galatasaray played their last game only four days ago, a Super Lig match.
Alanyaspor form and stats
Alanyaspor was eliminated in the semi-finals last season in the Turkish Cup. Sivasspor was too strong.Alanyaspor are steadily winning Super Lig games and points here. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games.
The Alanyaspor supporters enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Trabzonspor and win 5-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Alanyaspor played a great game against Trabzonspor and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Hassan has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in six games in a row. Ace! The forward Hassan was named "man of the match" for Alanyaspor with the rating of 8.15/10. Hassan scored two goals.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kasimpasa (1-4).Goals decide football matches and Alanyaspor are scoring many of them at home; 19 on target from 9 league matches.
Galatasaray form and stats
Last season their Turkish Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Super Lig.
The Galatasaray goalkeeper Nestor Fernando Muslera Micol is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 263 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Aktürkoğlu, Gomis and Mata (2) secured the home win 4-0 against Hatayspor in their previous game. As mentioned above, Galatasaray was the only team on the pitch versus Hatayspor in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Midfield player Mata was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.42/10. Mata scored two goals, hit four key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 39 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Fenerbahce at their stadium, the result 3-0.A quick return to home after this game, as Galatasaray are hosting Antalyaspor in the Super Lig only four days away.
It's not easy to score on Galatasaray as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - two - three (Alanyaspor wins - draws - Galatasaray wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be ill-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mahgoub 8 goals |   B. Gomis 8 goals |  M. Aktürkoğlu 7 goals |
Alanyaspor missing players
Galatasaray missing players
| Alanyaspor | Galatasaray | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | ||
| 46 | 34 | Scored | S | 19 | 55 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Conceded | C | 5 | 24 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 78% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 22% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 22% | 12% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.1 | 7.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.2 | 19.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 8.5 | ||
| 39% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 27% | ||
| 9.9 | 9.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 10.2 | ||
| 5 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 23 | 42 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 35 |
| 3 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 34 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 33 |
| 5 | Besiktas | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 32 |
| 7 | Konyaspor | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 8 | Kayserispor | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| 9 | Alanyaspor | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 22 | -1 | 24 |
| 10 | Fatih Karagumruk | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 20 |
| 11 | Giresunspor | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | -10 | 20 |
| 12 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 19 |
| 13 | Ankaragucu | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | -6 | 19 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Kasimpasa | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -11 | 18 |
| 16 | Hatayspor | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -18 | 17 |
| 17 | Sivasspor | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 15 |
| 18 | Umraniyespor | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Istanbulspor | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -20 | 12 |
