Galatasaray are thought of as favourites to win this home fixture vs İstanbulspor, if the league standings are to be trusted. Or are we looking at a possible?
- Galatasaray have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- İstanbulspor have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Super Lig
There's local pride at stake here, as these teams are practically neighbours. Expect lots of passion from both players and supporters.
There have been limited time to rest for the host team, as they performed in a Turkish Cup match only three days back. This match was also played here at NEF Stadyumu. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, İstanbulspor have had more rest.
Galatasaray form and stats
Galatasaray have collected 10 points from their Super Lig home games so far after 3-1-1.
Galatasaray's previous match was a Turkish Cup game also played at their own stadium, ending 1-0 against Keciorengucu. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Before that match, a Super Lig win away at Istanbul Basaksehir.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 2, drew 2 and lost 0.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Galatasaray as they are travelling to their away game against Sivasspor in the Super Lig. That match is four days after this one.
Galatasaray have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at NEF Stadyumu with 8 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Galatasaray have conceded 6 goals.
İstanbulspor form and stats
İstanbulspor have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Super Lig, after 2-1-4 (7 played).
Two away games in a row for İstanbulspor, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 vs Fenerbahce in the Turkish Cup.
Prior to that match, the İstanbulspor manager Tekke faced defeat when travelling to Kasimpasa and losing 1-3.After this away game İstanbulspor return home for a Super Lig game against Kasimpasa. That game is only three sleeps after this.
10 goals have been conceded by İstanbulspor in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's three Galatasaray victories, one draw and zero İstanbulspor wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Aktürkoğlu 5 goals |  M. Icardi 4 goals |  B. Gomis 4 goals |
Galatasaray missing players
İstanbulspor missing players
| Galatasaray | İstanbulspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 10 | 26 |
| 85% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 77% |
| 54% | 80% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 54% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 31% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 15% |
| 46% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 54% |
| 46% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 23% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 38% |
| 7.9 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 7.4 | 5.9 |
| 2.6 | 3.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3.3 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18.1 | 17 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.1 | 8.6 |
| 7.5 | 7.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 24% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 26% |
| 11.6 | 11.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 13.1 | 12.8 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
- Galatasaray have created more than twice as many corners as İstanbulspor.
- 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 scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Galatasaray have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- Galatasaray haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- İstanbulspor have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- İstanbulspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- İstanbulspor have the most conceded goals in the first half (14) in Super Lig
- İstanbulspor have the the worst goal difference (-14) in Super Lig
- İstanbulspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- İstanbulspor is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 29 |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 27 |
| 3 | Adana Demirspor | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 24 |
| 4 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 |
| 5 | Konyaspor | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 23 |
| 7 | Kayserispor | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 8 | Besiktas | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 22 |
| 9 | Alanyaspor | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 17 |
| 10 | Antalyaspor | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Giresunspor | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 13 | Kasimpasa | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 15 |
| 14 | Hatayspor | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 14 |
| 15 | Fatih Karagumruk | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 13 |
| 16 | Ankaragucu | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 13 |
| 17 | Sivasspor | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 18 | İstanbulspor | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -14 | 8 |
| 19 | Umraniyespor | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -9 | 7 |
