Galatasaray vs Beşiktaş betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Mon 14.March
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: NEF Stadyumu (52650 seats)

This is the game, this is Super Lig and this is Galatasaray - Beşiktaş. Get our full match guide!

Insights:
  • Galatasaray have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Beşiktaş have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Super Lig

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

Galatasaray have less rest than Beşiktaş in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at FC Barcelona, so at least Galatasaray are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Galatasaray form and stats

The total Super Lig results playing at home this season for Galatasaray are 6-3-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Goalkeeper Peña got the top rating on the team in that game; 8.1 out of ten. Peña topped it up with a clean sheet.

A Super Lig defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Konyaspor.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Galatasaray as they have a new game in only three days, a Europa League match thankfully also at home. FC Barcelona are visiting.

Galatasaray has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Galatasaray'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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Beşiktaş form and stats

3 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Beşiktaş playing as the away team in the Super Lig this season.

Beşiktaş delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Istanbul Basaksehir (placed 3rd) in their previous game. Midfielder Hutchinson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.62. Hutchinson hit two key passes and had 90 successful passes (of 96 total).

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Beşiktaş in our archives, and the results are: one win for Beşiktaş, two draws and two defeats.

Beşiktaş find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Beşiktaş have seen the ball go into their own net 20 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved faced each other earlier this match year: Beşiktaş - Galatasaray 2-1. Previous ten meetings between these sides: Galatasaray won three, Beşiktaş were winners in six and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BeşiktaşM. Batshuayi Tunga
M. Batshuayi Tunga
11 goals
GalatasarayM. Aktürkoğlu
M. Aktürkoğlu
6 goals
GalatasarayM. Abdallah
M. Abdallah
6 goals

Galatasaray missing players

Beşiktaş missing players

Galatasaray Beşiktaş
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 4 14 28
9 6 3 Won W 2 3 12
8 3 1 Drew D 1 6 9
11 5 0 Lost L 1 5 7
37 20 7 Scored S 4 17 42
41 17 2 Conceded C 3 20 36
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 93% 93%
82% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 71% 71%
50% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 43% 57%
29% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 36% 32%
14% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 21% 18%
61% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 64% 57%
18% 21% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 29%
25% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 21%
 
6.6 7.8 9.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.2 5.9
4.5 3.9 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 4.4 3.8
2.3 2.4 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.2 2.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 6
 
13.7 15 16.2 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13.9 13.8
5.1 5.6 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 6 6
26% 26% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 20% 25%
 
9.5 8.6 8 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 10.1 8.2
4.2 3.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.1 3.5
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Beşiktaş have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • 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 Trabzonspor 28 20 7 1 52 21 14 10 4 0 25 10 14 10 3 1 27 11 31 67
2 Konyaspor 28 15 7 6 44 29 15 10 4 1 25 11 13 5 3 5 19 18 15 52
3 Istanbul Basaksehir 28 14 5 9 41 28 14 9 1 4 23 13 14 5 4 5 18 15 13 47
4 Fenerbahce 28 13 8 7 43 32 14 7 4 3 24 14 14 6 4 4 19 18 11 47
5 Alanyaspor 28 13 7 8 51 42 14 6 4 4 29 21 14 7 3 4 22 21 9 46
6 Adana Demirspor 28 12 9 7 42 28 13 6 5 2 19 7 15 6 4 5 23 21 14 45
7 Beşiktaş 28 12 9 7 42 36 14 9 3 2 25 16 14 3 6 5 17 20 6 45
8 Hatayspor 28 13 4 11 44 45 13 8 2 3 27 17 15 5 2 8 17 28 -1 43
9 Fatih Karagumruk 28 11 7 10 33 40 14 6 5 3 18 13 14 5 2 7 15 27 -7 40
10 Kayserispor 28 10 8 10 41 42 14 9 3 2 24 11 14 1 5 8 17 31 -1 38
11 Gazisehir Gaziantep 28 10 7 11 36 39 14 9 4 1 28 14 14 1 3 10 8 25 -3 37
12 Galatasaray 28 9 8 11 37 41 14 6 3 5 20 17 14 3 5 6 17 24 -4 35
13 Antalyaspor 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 7 4 3 21 13 14 2 4 8 8 22 -6 35
14 Sivasspor 28 8 10 10 35 35 14 4 8 2 22 14 14 4 2 8 13 21 0 34
15 Kasimpasa 28 8 8 12 40 42 14 5 4 5 23 20 14 3 4 7 17 22 -2 32
16 Giresunspor 28 9 5 14 29 32 14 5 2 7 16 17 14 4 3 7 13 15 -3 32
17 Goztepe 28 7 6 15 34 44 15 4 2 9 16 21 13 3 4 6 18 23 -10 27
18 Altay 28 7 5 16 29 41 13 4 2 7 14 18 15 3 3 9 15 23 -12 26
19 Rizespor 28 6 5 17 25 50 15 6 2 7 18 20 13 0 3 10 7 30 -25 23
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 28 5 5 18 23 48 14 3 3 8 17 29 14 2 2 10 6 19 -25 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.