Antalyaspor v Galatasaray preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 07.Oct
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Antalya Stadyumu (33000 seats)

Antalyaspor will want to operate their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s adversaries. The host team are currently 10 points behind Galatasaray.

Insights:
  • Antalyaspor have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Super Lig

The visiting Galatasaray played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game, against Manchester United, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Galatasaray.

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Antalyaspor form and stats

Antalyaspor have secured 5 points from their first three home games in the Super Lig. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

It's back home for Antalyaspor, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Istanbulspor away with the result 2-1. Buksa (2) found the net in that victory. The forward Buksa won the honour of being "man of the match" for Antalyaspor with a rating of 8.84/10. Buksa scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Samsunspor.

Antalyaspor has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches. From these home matches, Antalyaspor have conceded only 2 goals.

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Galatasaray form and stats

Playing away, Galatasaray have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the Super Lig this season.

Two travels in a row for Galatasaray, whose manager Buruk could celebrate last time after the Champions League win against Manchester United. Defender Sánchez was the best team player with a rating of 8.11. Sánchez signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 3 of 4 duels.

Before that, Galatasaray played a neutral venue game in the Super Lig vs Ankaragucu which they won 2-1.

The travelling fans enjoy Galatasaray's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Galatasaray are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only {1 goals} away.

Head 2 Head

Galatasaray have avoided defeat in the last 14 fixtures (10-4-0) facing Antalyaspor.

Top Goalscorers

GalatasarayM. Icardi Rivero
M. Icardi Rivero
7 goals
AntalyasporA. Buksa
A. Buksa
4 goals
GalatasarayM. Aktürkoğlu
M. Aktürkoğlu
3 goals

Antalyaspor missing players

Galatasaray missing players

Antalyaspor Galatasaray
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 4 7
2 1 0 Won W 0 3 6
3 2 0 Drew D 1 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
9 4 0 Scored S 0 6 14
8 2 0 Conceded C 0 1 4
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 86%
86% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 71%
29% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 57%
14% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 14%
14% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
71% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 43%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 75% 57%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 25% 14%
 
5.9 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6 6.4
4.6 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 3.1
2.4 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.1 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 17 16 18.1
4.4 4.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.2 6.4
29% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 31%
 
9 7.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 13 10.2 8.7
3.6 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.5 2.9
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • All of Antalyaspor's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Antalyaspor have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Antalyaspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Galatasaray have not yet lost a game.
  • Galatasaray have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the most points (10) away in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the the best goal difference (+5) away in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.

  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 7 7 0 0 18 3 4 4 0 0 14 3 3 3 0 0 4 0 15 21
2 Galatasaray 7 6 1 0 14 4 3 3 0 0 8 3 4 3 1 0 6 1 10 19
3 Adana Demirspor 7 4 2 1 18 9 4 4 0 0 13 3 3 0 2 1 5 6 9 14
4 Besiktas 7 4 1 2 10 9 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 2 0 2 5 7 1 13
5 Trabzonspor 7 4 0 3 15 10 4 3 0 1 8 4 3 1 0 2 7 6 5 12
6 Kasimpasa 7 3 3 1 13 14 4 2 1 1 7 9 3 1 2 0 6 5 -1 12
7 Hatayspor 7 2 5 0 11 6 3 1 2 0 6 5 4 1 3 0 5 1 5 11
8 Rizespor 7 3 2 2 8 11 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 2 0 2 6 10 -3 11
9 Kayserispor 7 2 4 1 7 5 4 2 2 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 3 4 2 10
10 Antalyaspor 7 2 3 2 9 8 3 1 2 0 4 2 4 1 1 2 5 6 1 9
11 Konyaspor 7 2 3 2 7 7 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 9
12 Sivasspor 7 1 4 2 7 9 4 0 3 1 3 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 -2 7
13 Alanyaspor 7 1 4 2 6 9 4 1 2 1 5 4 3 0 2 1 1 5 -3 7
14 Ankaragucu 7 1 3 3 9 10 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 7 7 -1 6
15 Fatih Karagumruk 7 1 3 3 6 7 4 0 2 2 3 5 3 1 1 1 3 2 -1 6
16 Gazisehir Gaziantep 7 2 0 5 6 13 3 1 0 2 3 6 4 1 0 3 3 7 -7 6
17 Pendikspor 7 0 4 3 6 14 3 0 2 1 3 7 4 0 2 2 3 7 -8 4
18 Istanbul Basaksehir 7 1 1 5 3 11 3 0 0 3 1 5 4 1 1 2 2 6 -8 4
19 Istanbulspor 6 0 2 4 3 9 4 0 1 3 2 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 -6 2
20 Samsunspor 6 0 1 5 5 13 2 0 0 2 1 4 4 0 1 3 4 9 -8 1

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.