A glance at the Super Lig table shows that this is top- against mid-table, but the outcome is not given. Read our Galatasaray - Fatih Karagümrük preview!
- Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have created more than twice as many corners as Fatih Karagümrük.
This is a local fight, usually meaning added tension and importance.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Galatasaray form and stats
Galatasaray have been very solid at home in the Super Lig so far, with 37 points collected from 14 matches (12-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. It’s been three wins in a row for Galatasaray here at NEF Stadyumu, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
It's back home for Galatasaray, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Alanyaspor away with the result 4-1. Mertens, Rashica, Icardi and Bardakçı found the net in that victory. Icardi has scored in three games in a row. Outstanding! Midfielder Mertens was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.44 (out of ten) in that game. Mertens scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Kayserispor in a game that was won 6-0.Galatasaray are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 4 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 3, drew 1 and lost 0.
Lots of goals and action? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 14 of the 16 latest league matches with this team has contained three goals or more.
Goals decide football matches and Galatasaray are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 14 league matches. Galatasaray have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Fatih Karagümrük form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super Lig travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
Impressive finishing from Borini (2), Diagne and Lobjanidze secured the home win 4-2 against Ümraniyespor in their previous game. As you can tell from the result, the match against Ümraniyespor was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? The attacker Borini got a match rating of 8.23 in that game. Borini scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
A loss against Fenerbahce was the result prior to that, in a home game.Goal-happy betting people should observe that 13 of this club's 16 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
Fatih Karagümrük are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 14 away games so far. Karagümrük have conceded 24 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Galatasaray have won at least one point in the last 4 games (2-2-0) versus Fatih Karagümrük.As it happens, Fatih Karagümrük have scored at least one goal in every league fixture they've performed in since NOT scoring against today's home team; the Karagümrük - Galatasaray 0-2 match 17 game weeks ago. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be rough and physical, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five duels.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Borini 17 goals |  M. Diagne 17 goals |   M. Icardi Rivero 13 goals |
Galatasaray missing players
Fatih Karagümrük missing players
| Galatasaray | Fatih Karagümrük | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 5 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 21 | 12 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 61 | 32 | 13 | Scored | S | 6 | 24 | 57 |
| 20 | 12 | 4 | Conceded | C | 11 | 24 | 51 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 85% | 93% |
| 78% | 86% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 77% | 89% |
| 70% | 79% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 69% | 74% |
| 30% | 29% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 62% | 59% |
| 19% | 14% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 31% | 41% |
| 52% | 64% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 69% | 78% |
| 44% | 29% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 31% | 19% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 15% | 11% |
| 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 6.3 | 6 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18.4 | 19.4 | 19.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 10.6 | 10.7 |
| 8 | 8 | 9.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 28% | 29% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 41% | 42% |
| 10.6 | 9.4 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 12.2 | 13 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
- Fatih Karagümrük have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Galatasaray have created more than twice as many corners as Fatih Karagümrük.
- Galatasaray have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Galatasaray have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (20) 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 (5) in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the most points (37) at home in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the the best goal difference (+44) 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 | Galatasaray | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 44 | 69 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 35 | 60 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 28 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 24 | 56 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 55 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 51 |
| 5 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 45 |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 45 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 45 |
| 7 | Kayserispor | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 44 |
| 8 | Fatih Karagümrük | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 40 |
| 9 | Konyaspor | 28 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 39 |
| 10 | Antalyaspor | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | Alanyaspor | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 34 | -13 | 32 |
| 12 | Kasimpasa | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | Sivasspor | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 26 | -5 | 31 |
| 14 | Ankaragucu | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 28 |
| 15 | Giresunspor | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -20 | 27 |
| 16 | Istanbulspor | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -22 | 27 |
| 17 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -17 | 25 |
| 18 | Ümraniyespor | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 38 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -14 | 23 |
| 19 | Hatayspor | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 56 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 34 | -37 | 23 |
