NEF Stadyumu: Galatasaray vs Beşiktaş Super Lig pre-match guide

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 05.November
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: NEF Stadyumu (52650 seats)

A fast pace is expected at NEF Stadyumu when Galatasaray face Beşiktaş in what promises to be a superb match. Read on!

Insights:
  • Galatasaray have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Beşiktaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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!

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Galatasaray form and stats

2 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Galatasaray have to build on here at NEF Stadyumu in the Super Lig.

Galatasaray enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fatih Karagumruk's place. The match ended 2-0 with Taşdemir and Mata scoring. Sweet to taste a league victory after three matches without one. Midfield player Oliveira got a match rating of 8.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Oliveira hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 60 successful passes (of 69 total).

Before that, Galatasaray drew at home versus Alanyaspor.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Galatasaray handle that role? We have found 5 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Galatasaray as they have a new game in only three days, a Turkish Cup match thankfully also at home. Ofspor are visiting.

A decent goal production from Galatasaray in their home games so far, with 6 goals from 4 league matches. On the other hand, Galatasaray have conceded 5 goals.

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Beşiktaş form and stats

2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Beşiktaş in their Super Lig matches away.

Impressive finishing from Sanuç, Weghorst (2) and Tosun (2) secured the home win 5-2 against Umraniyespor in their previous game. As you can tell from the result, the match against Umraniyespor was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Midfield player Tosun was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.83/10. Tosun scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 1-2 defeat away at Hatayspor before that.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Serik Belediyespor in just four days.

Beşiktaş have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Galatasaray won four games, one match ended with a tie and Beşiktaş have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.

Top Goalscorers

BeşiktaşW. Weghorst
W. Weghorst
6 goals
GalatasarayB. Gomis
B. Gomis
4 goals
BeşiktaşG. N'Koudou Mbida
G. N'Koudou Mbida
4 goals

Galatasaray missing players

Beşiktaş missing players

Galatasaray Beşiktaş
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 4 0 Played P 0 5 12
6 2 0 Won W 0 2 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
2 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
14 6 0 Scored S 0 10 25
9 5 0 Conceded C 0 9 16
82% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 92%
55% 75% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 80% 67%
45% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 80% 67%
18% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 60% 58%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 40% 33%
45% 75% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 80% 67%
45% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 25%
27% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
7.9 7.5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.2 5.6
3.6 3.8 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.6 4.1
2.6 3.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.4 2.4
3 3 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
18.4 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 10.2 14.7
7.4 8.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 6.2
17% 18% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 33%
 
12 11.8 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8 7.6
4.6 4.8 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.4 2.8
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Beşiktaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Beşiktaş have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Beşiktaş haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Galatasaray have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Galatasaray have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Galatasaray have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Galatasaray haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 11 8 2 1 34 12 6 5 1 0 20 9 5 3 1 1 14 3 22 26
2 Istanbul Basaksehir 11 7 2 2 16 5 7 5 1 1 13 3 4 2 1 1 3 2 11 23
3 Adana Demirspor 12 6 5 1 24 14 5 3 2 0 8 3 7 3 3 1 16 11 10 23
4 Beşiktaş 12 6 4 2 25 16 7 4 2 1 15 7 5 2 2 1 10 9 9 22
5 Galatasaray 11 6 3 2 14 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 7 4 2 1 8 4 5 21
6 Trabzonspor 11 6 3 2 16 13 5 3 2 0 5 2 6 3 1 2 11 11 3 21
7 Konyaspor 12 5 5 2 12 6 6 3 2 1 4 2 6 2 3 1 8 4 6 20
8 Kayserispor 12 6 2 4 17 12 6 4 1 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 7 7 5 20
9 Alanyaspor 12 4 4 4 18 21 6 3 2 1 11 8 6 1 2 3 7 13 -3 16
10 Gazisehir Gaziantep 11 4 3 4 15 14 4 2 2 0 8 4 7 2 1 4 7 10 1 15
11 Kasimpasa 12 4 2 6 10 21 6 2 0 4 5 14 6 2 2 2 5 7 -11 14
12 Antalyaspor 11 4 1 6 15 19 6 2 1 3 8 10 5 2 0 3 7 9 -4 13
13 Fatih Karagumruk 11 3 3 5 19 20 6 2 1 3 11 10 5 1 2 2 8 10 -1 12
14 Ankaragucu 11 3 2 6 14 19 6 2 1 3 9 10 5 1 1 3 5 9 -5 11
15 Sivasspor 12 2 4 6 11 16 7 1 4 2 7 7 5 1 0 4 4 9 -5 10
16 Hatayspor 11 3 1 7 8 19 5 2 1 2 5 8 6 1 0 5 3 11 -11 10
17 Giresunspor 11 2 3 6 8 17 5 1 1 3 4 6 6 1 2 3 4 11 -9 9
18 İstanbulspor 11 2 2 7 10 22 5 0 1 4 5 15 6 2 1 3 5 7 -12 8
19 Umraniyespor 11 0 3 8 10 21 6 0 1 5 4 10 5 0 2 3 6 11 -11 3

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.