Soccer match preview: Galatasaray confident before travelling to Alanyaspor

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Tue 18.April
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bahçeşehir Okulları Arena (15000 seats)

Bahçeşehir Okulları Arena: Shake it up for a football jamboree when Alanyaspor tie their boots for Galatasaray. Get the latest info on the game here!

Insights:
  • Alanyaspor have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Super Lig

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.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Alanyaspor and Galatasaray.

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Alanyaspor form and stats

7-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Lig numbers at home for Alanyaspor so far this season.

No payout for Alanyaspor in their previous match, an away game at Antalyaspor that ended in defeat 1-3. Attacking player Hassan outshone all the other footballers in that match and managed a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Hassan scored one goal.

Ahead of that match, Alanyaspor won a home game hosting Hatayspor (3-0).

Goal party? We don't know the future, but we do know that 12 of the 14 most recent league games with this club has had three goals or more.

The Alanyaspor fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 14 league matches. Alanyaspor's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Galatasaray form and stats

Galatasaray's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Galatasaray collect 29 points from their 13 away matches in the Super Lig. 9 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats).

180 minutes! That's how long the Galatasaray goalkeeper Nestor Fernando Muslera Micol and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Galatasaray won their last game, 6-0 versus Kayserispor played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Galatasaray was very dominant against Kayserispor, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Rashica, Zaniolo, Icardi and Aktürkoğlu providing the goals. Icardi certainly enjoyed Galatasaray's last game versus Kayserispor, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 6-0 victory. The attacker Icardi got a match rating of 9.23 in that game. Icardi scored three goals, served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 24 successful passes (of 24 total).

The game before that was the Turkish Cup-duel against Istanbul Basaksehir, a home loss (2-3).

Goal hungry football fans should note that 13 of this club's 15 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.

The Galatasaray manager Buruk has got the team scoring on the road, with 28 away goals in 13 league matches. Galatasaray are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 13 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the results database show this recent fixture: Galatasaray - Alanyaspor 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Alanyaspor four wins, two draws and Galatasaray four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being brutal, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

GalatasarayM. Icardi Rivero
M. Icardi Rivero
12 goals
AlanyasporA. Mahgoub
A. Mahgoub
9 goals
GalatasarayM. Aktürkoğlu
M. Aktürkoğlu
8 goals

Alanyaspor missing players

Galatasaray missing players

Alanyaspor Galatasaray
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 12 26
8 7 2 Won W 3 8 20
8 4 2 Drew D 0 2 3
12 3 1 Lost L 2 2 3
41 26 10 Scored S 8 25 57
51 17 6 Conceded C 6 7 19
96% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
86% 79% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 67% 77%
68% 64% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 58% 69%
50% 43% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 25% 27%
21% 21% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 17% 15%
57% 50% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 33% 50%
18% 36% 60% Clean Sheets C S 40% 67% 46%
29% 21% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 17% 12%
 
4.7 4.6 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 9.2 6.6 7.6
4.4 3.9 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 4
2.2 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.8 2.6
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
9.4 9.1 9.4 Shots (avg) S ( 18.4 17.2 18.4
4 4.4 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.2 7.5 7.8
37% 43% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 28% 28%
 
11.6 10.1 11.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.8 11.9 10.6
5.5 4.6 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 4.2 3.7
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Alanyaspor have the most conceded goals in the second half (30) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (7) away in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the fewest dropped points from leading position (5) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the most clean sheets (12) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the most clean sheets (8) away in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the the best goal difference (+21) away in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the the best goal difference (+41) in Super Lig

  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 27 21 3 3 60 19 14 12 1 1 32 12 13 9 2 2 28 7 41 66
2 Fenerbahce 26 18 3 5 65 31 13 9 1 3 37 19 13 9 2 2 28 12 34 57
3 Besiktas 27 16 7 4 52 28 14 10 3 1 29 11 13 6 4 3 23 17 24 55
4 Adana Demirspor 27 13 9 5 50 29 13 9 4 0 29 7 14 4 5 5 21 22 21 48
5 Istanbul Basaksehir 26 13 6 7 36 27 13 9 1 3 20 13 13 4 5 4 16 14 9 45
6 Trabzonspor 27 13 5 9 45 38 14 9 3 2 27 11 13 4 2 7 18 27 7 44
7 Kayserispor 28 14 2 12 46 46 14 8 1 5 25 17 14 6 1 7 21 29 0 44
8 Konyaspor 27 8 12 7 32 30 14 4 6 4 12 12 13 4 6 3 20 18 2 36
9 Fatih Karagumruk 26 8 10 8 53 49 13 4 5 4 29 25 13 4 5 4 24 24 4 34
10 Antalyaspor 27 9 5 13 36 42 14 7 2 5 26 21 13 2 3 8 10 21 -6 32
11 Kasimpasa 27 9 5 13 36 44 15 6 3 6 25 26 12 3 2 7 11 18 -8 32
12 Alanyaspor 28 8 8 12 41 51 14 7 4 3 26 17 14 1 4 9 15 34 -10 32
13 Sivasspor 27 8 7 12 35 39 13 3 6 4 15 14 14 5 1 8 20 25 -4 31
14 Ankaragucu 26 8 4 14 30 40 13 5 2 6 18 20 13 3 2 8 12 20 -10 28
15 Gazisehir Gaziantep 27 6 7 14 31 45 13 3 4 6 17 22 14 3 3 8 14 23 -14 25
16 Giresunspor 26 5 9 12 26 47 12 3 3 6 14 20 14 2 6 6 12 27 -21 24
17 Istanbulspor 26 7 3 16 29 52 12 3 2 7 15 24 14 4 1 9 14 28 -23 24
18 Umraniyespor 27 5 8 14 36 48 14 2 4 8 17 23 13 3 4 6 19 25 -12 23
19 Hatayspor 26 6 5 15 19 53 12 4 4 4 12 19 14 2 1 11 7 34 -34 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.