Exciting top table thriller in Super Lig as Galatasaray have travelled the 0 miles required to reach Beşiktaş at their Vodafone Park.
- Beşiktaş is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Super Lig
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Beşiktaş form and stats
36 points is a decent return from 15 Super Lig games here at Vodafone Park for Beşiktaş. The data says 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. It’s been three wins in a row for Beşiktaş here at Vodafone Park, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Fehmi Mert Gunok not having conceded a league goal in 249 minutes.
A strong away win for Beşiktaş against Umraniyespor the last match, as Redmond and Aboubakar were on target. The striker Aboubakar won the honour of being "man of the match" for Beşiktaş with a rating of 8.02/10. Aboubakar scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that, Beşiktaş played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Trabzonspor.The Beşiktaş manager Güneş has got the team scoring with 32 from 15 home games in the league. Beşiktaş have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Galatasaray form and stats
Galatasaray have an excellent away record in the Super Lig so far with 10-2-2 from 14 games.
Galatasaray delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Fatih Karagumruk (placed 9th) in their previous fixture. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Galatasaray's duel with Fatih Karagumruk. It looked bad at 1-3 but the team were not done and fought back to 3-3 after Boey found the equalizer. Boey, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.64. Boey scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and won 9 of 14 duels.
Prior to that result Galatasaray won their away game at Alanyaspor. The scoreline was 4-1.Goal hungry football fans should note that 15 of this side's 17 most recent league games have ended with at least three goals.
The Galatasaray manager Buruk has got the team scoring on the road, with 32 away goals in 14 league matches. It's not easy to score on Galatasaray as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Galatasaray - Beşiktaş 2-1 was the story when these squads formerly met, earlier this season. Numbers for the former ten meetings between these two contenders are: four wins for Beşiktaş, one draw and five wins for Galatasaray. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Icardi Rivero 13 goals |   C. Tosun 12 goals |  M. Aktürkoğlu 9 goals |
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| Beşiktaş | Galatasaray | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 28 |
| 17 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 54 | 29 | 3 | Scored | S | 10 | 29 | 64 |
| 28 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 23 |
| 90% | 86% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 85% | 93% |
| 72% | 64% | 25% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 79% |
| 55% | 64% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 71% |
| 34% | 43% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 31% | 32% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 23% | 21% |
| 59% | 57% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 54% |
| 34% | 36% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 62% | 43% |
| 17% | 21% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 15% | 11% |
| 5.7 | 5.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.3 |
| 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 14.5 | 17.3 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 17.4 | 18.6 |
| 5.6 | 7.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.8 | 7.9 | 8 |
| 33% | 29% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 28% | 29% |
| 9.5 | 7.8 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.8 | 10.4 |
| 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.6 |
- Beşiktaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Beşiktaş have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Beşiktaş have the most scored goals in the first half (31) in Super Lig
- Beşiktaş is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (23) in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (8) 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 (7) in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the most clean sheets (8) away in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the most scored goals (32) away in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the the best goal difference (+24) away in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the the best goal difference (+44) 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 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 67 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 44 | 70 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 28 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 69 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 36 | 63 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 29 | 62 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 57 |
| 5 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 45 |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | Kayserispor | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 34 | -2 | 45 |
| 8 | Konyaspor | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 42 |
| 9 | Fatih Karagumruk | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 41 |
| 10 | Alanyaspor | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 34 | -10 | 35 |
| 11 | Sivasspor | 29 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 26 | -2 | 34 |
| 12 | Ankaragücü | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 34 |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -6 | 33 |
| 14 | Kasımpaşa | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -14 | 33 |
| 15 | Istanbulspor | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 55 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -22 | 28 |
| 16 | Giresunspor | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 30 | -22 | 27 |
| 17 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -20 | 25 |
| 18 | Umraniyespor | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -16 | 23 |
| 19 | Hatayspor | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 62 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 37 | -43 | 23 |
