Ankaragücü v Galatasaray preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Wed 03.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Eryaman Stadyumu (22000 seats)

The visiting Galatasaray side should be favourites in this visit to Ankaragücü, as the away team holds a 37 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

Insights:
  • Ankaragücü have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Super Lig

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 Ankaragücü and Galatasaray.

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Ankaragücü form and stats

Ankaragücü have collected 14 points from their Super Lig home games so far after 4-2-6.

The fans are hoping that Ankaragücü will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-4 away loss in the Super Lig game against Hatayspor (placed 5th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Rizespor that ended 1-1.

The manager N. Erkmen will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fatih Karagümrük in only four days.

Ankaragücü are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 12 games. Ankaragücü have conceded 18 from these games.

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Galatasaray form and stats

The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Super Lig, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 0 draws and only 4 losses in the Super Lig. Impressively, the visitors are on a eight-match winning run which they hope continue versus Ankaragücü. A great winning streak in away games for Galatasaray as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Besiktas have they travelled home without three points.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Galatasaray goalkeeper Nestor Fernando Muslera Micol is eager to challenge this, with his 219 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The supporters enjoyed Galatasaray's previous game versus BB Erzurumspor (placed 18th), a Super Lig 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that result Galatasaray won their away game at Alanyaspor. The scoreline was 1-0.

After this away game Galatasaray return home for a Super Lig game against Sivasspor. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The travelling fans enjoy Galatasaray's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Galatasaray as they have only conceded 12 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Galatasaray - Ankaragücü 1-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Ankaragücü won three, Galatasaray won six and one draw. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnkaragücüJ. Paintsil
J. Paintsil
7 goals
AnkaragücüT. Børven
T. Børven
7 goals
GalatasarayY. Belhanda
Y. Belhanda
6 goals

Ankaragücü missing players

Galatasaray missing players

Ankaragücü Galatasaray
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 13 26
5 4 1 Won W 3 9 18
5 2 0 Drew D 0 0 3
15 6 2 Lost L 0 4 5
28 16 2 Scored S 8 21 52
44 18 2 Conceded C 1 12 19
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
64% 67% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 69% 73%
48% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 46% 54%
36% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 15% 23%
20% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 12%
56% 58% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 38% 42%
16% 17% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 46% 50%
36% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 15% 15%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.8 3.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.1 2.1
6 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
8.8 10.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 10.9 12.5
3.9 4.9 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7.3 4.1 5.5
29% 27% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 40% 37%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Ankaragücü have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ankaragücü haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • 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 in the first half (5) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the most clean sheets (13) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the the best goal difference (+33) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 26 18 3 5 52 19 13 9 3 1 31 7 13 9 0 4 21 12 33 57
2 Besiktas 25 17 3 5 56 26 13 10 1 2 30 7 12 7 2 3 26 19 30 54
3 Fenerbahce 26 17 3 6 48 27 13 7 1 5 21 16 13 10 2 1 27 11 21 54
4 Trabzonspor 26 14 6 6 32 25 13 7 1 5 17 16 13 7 5 1 15 9 7 48
5 Hatayspor 26 13 6 7 46 31 13 6 4 3 22 13 13 7 2 4 24 18 15 45
6 Alanyaspor 26 12 6 8 40 26 13 9 2 2 28 11 13 3 4 6 12 15 14 42
7 Gazisehir Gaziantep 26 10 10 6 37 29 13 7 5 1 23 12 13 3 5 5 14 17 8 40
8 Fatih Karagümrük 26 11 7 8 41 34 13 8 2 3 25 14 13 3 5 5 16 20 7 40
9 Goztepe 26 9 8 9 36 31 13 6 4 3 24 14 13 3 4 6 12 17 5 35
10 Antalyaspor 26 7 13 6 24 29 13 5 5 3 14 15 13 2 8 3 10 14 -5 34
11 Sivasspor 25 7 11 7 28 29 12 3 5 4 11 12 13 4 6 3 17 17 -1 32
12 Konyaspor 25 8 7 10 32 30 13 5 5 3 19 13 12 3 2 7 13 17 2 31
13 Yeni Malatyaspor 26 7 10 9 33 35 13 5 4 4 18 15 13 2 6 5 15 20 -2 31
14 Kasimpasa 26 8 5 13 29 41 13 6 2 5 17 20 13 2 3 8 12 21 -12 29
15 Rizespor 26 6 10 10 30 42 13 5 5 3 19 18 13 1 5 7 11 24 -12 28
16 Kayserispor 25 6 7 12 17 30 12 3 4 5 8 12 13 3 3 7 9 18 -13 25
17 İstanbul Başakşehir 26 6 7 13 28 44 13 3 5 5 17 20 13 3 2 8 11 24 -16 25
18 BB Erzurumspor 26 6 7 13 24 41 13 1 6 6 11 19 13 5 1 7 13 22 -17 25
19 Denizlispor 26 5 6 15 23 46 13 3 3 7 9 15 13 2 3 8 14 31 -23 21
20 Genclerbirligi 25 5 6 14 21 46 13 3 4 6 15 23 12 2 2 8 6 23 -25 21
21 Ankaragücü 25 5 5 15 28 44 12 4 2 6 16 18 13 1 3 9 12 26 -16 20

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.