A key match in Super Lig as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Galatasaray in 3rd position and Besiktas placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Galatasaray form and stats
30 points is a decent return from 13 Super Lig games here at Türk Telekom Stadyumu for Galatasaray. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Ever since the Ankaragücü game Galatasaray has been unbeatable here at Türk Telekom Stadyumu producing five straight wins.
Galatasaray manager F. Terim and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Sivasspor (placed 4th) in the Super Lig. Ahead of that match, Galatasaray won a home game hosting Gençlerbirliği (3-0).
The Galatasaray goalkeeper Fernando Muslera was crucial in the match against Sivasspor last time out, making six saves.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Galatasaray handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, three draws and zero defeats.
A decent goal production from Galatasaray in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Galatasaray have conceded only 8 goals.
Beşiktaş form and stats
As the visiting team in Super Lig matches, Beşiktaş have produced an overall stat of 5-1-6 so far.
Impressive finishing from Burak Yılmaz and Adem Ljajić secured the home win 2-1 against Ankaragücü in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Alanyaspor with the score of 2-1.
Adem Ljajić came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Ankaragücü last time out, making the manager A. Yalçın feel like a tactical genius.
Beşiktaş are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and four defeats. From a total of four matches.
The visiting Beşiktaş have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 12 games. Beşiktaş's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 21 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Galatasaray and Beşiktaş have met before this season: Beşiktaş - Galatasaray 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Galatasaray won three games, one match ended with a draw and Beşiktaş has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / sevenTop Goalscorers
  B. Yılmaz 11 goals |   R. García Zárate 9 goals |  A. Büyük 6 goals |
Galatasaray missing players
Beşiktaş missing players
| Galatasaray | Beşiktaş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 14 | 9 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 44 | 25 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 40 |
| 20 | 8 | 3 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | 32 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 72% | 62% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 80% |
| 48% | 46% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 75% | 64% |
| 28% | 31% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 28% |
| 16% | 23% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 25% | 20% |
| 44% | 38% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 60% |
| 44% | 54% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 28% |
| 20% | 15% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 16% |
| 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 5.2 | 6.4 |
| 5.5 | 5.6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 301 | 163 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 62 | 146 | 326 |
| 123 | 66 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 56 | 129 |
| 36% | 38% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 27% | 31% |
- Beşiktaş has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Beşiktaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Beşiktaş have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Galatasaray has the fewest conceded goals (20)
- Galatasaray has the fewest conceded goals (8) at home
- Galatasaray has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Galatasaray has the most clean sheets (11)
- Galatasaray has the most clean sheets (7) at home
- Galatasaray have scored at least twice as many goals 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 | Trabzonspor | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 25 | 52 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 49 |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 49 |
| 5 | Beşiktaş | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 43 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 40 |
| 7 | Fenerbahçe | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 40 |
| 8 | Göztepe | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Denizlispor | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -9 | 28 |
| 11 | Gençlerbirliği | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -10 | 28 |
| 12 | Antalyaspor | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -15 | 27 |
| 13 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Rizespor | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 25 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -13 | 23 |
| 16 | Kasımpaşa | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -14 | 23 |
| 17 | Ankaragücü | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -23 | 20 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 42 | -35 | 19 |