Most experts are most impressed by Galatasaray so far this season, with the 1st place in the Super Lig table and welcoming Sivasspor (who are in 11th).
- Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (26) in Super Lig
- Sivasspor have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Super Lig
These teams have little in common geographically as Sivasspor have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Galatasaray nor Sivasspor as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Galatasaray form and stats
This stadium, NEF Stadyumu, has been a fortress for Galatasaray in the Super Lig so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 13-2-1.
Galatasaray are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Galatasaray are returning here after visiting İstanbulspor and winning with a 2-0 scoreline. Icardi (2) scored the goal(s). Icardi has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Skilful! Midfielder Aktürkoğlu was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.75 (out of ten) in that game. Aktürkoğlu served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 8 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Istanbul Basaksehir in a game that was won 1-0.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 5 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won 4, drew 1 and lost 0.
Goal fest? Nobody knows the future, but we do know that 16 of the 20 latest league matches with this team has had three goals or more.
The Galatasaray manager Buruk has got the team scoring with 36 from 16 home games in the league. Galatasaray have only conceded 15 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sivasspor form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super Lig travels is 6 wins, 1 draw and 10 defeats. Recent form does not give Sivasspor much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Galatasaray will be a tough nut to crack.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Kasımpaşa with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Sáiz was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.23. Sáiz served one assist, hit five key passes and had 38 successful passes (of 47 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Umraniyespor wasn't a success with a 1-4 loss.Goal hungry football fans should note that 15 of this team's 19 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Turkish Cup trip to Fenerbahce.
The visiting Sivasspor have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 23 goals from 17 games. In the opposite end, Sivasspor have conceded 31 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This duo played each other before this match year: Sivasspor - Galatasaray 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - two - four (Galatasaray wins - draws - Sivasspor wins). As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Icardi Rivero 17 goals |  M. Aktürkoğlu 9 goals |  B. Gomis 8 goals |
Galatasaray missing players
Sivasspor missing players
| Galatasaray | Sivasspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 23 | 13 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| 68 | 36 | 14 | Scored | S | 5 | 20 | 41 |
| 26 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 9 | 31 | 51 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 77% | 81% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 81% | 84% |
| 68% | 75% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 75% | 62% |
| 32% | 31% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 31% | 25% |
| 19% | 19% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 12% |
| 52% | 62% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 56% | 62% |
| 45% | 31% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 12% | 19% |
| 10% | 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 31% | 22% |
| 7.3 | 8.3 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.8 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| 4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 18.4 | 19.7 | 21.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.2 | 10.4 | 11.7 |
| 7.7 | 8.1 | 10.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| 29% | 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 29% | 28% |
| 10.5 | 9.2 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 13.4 | 11.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.2 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
- 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 (26) in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the most clean sheets (14) in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the most points (41) at home in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Super Lig
- Galatasaray have the the best goal difference (+45) 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.
- Sivasspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sivasspor have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Super Lig
- Sivasspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 45 | 76 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 31 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 76 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 38 | 68 |
| 3 | Besiktas | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 63 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 33 | 68 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 66 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 60 |
| 5 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 51 |
| 6 | Konyaspor | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 49 |
| 7 | Kayserispor | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 54 | 53 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 1 | 49 |
| 8 | Trabzonspor | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 44 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 5 | 48 |
| 9 | Fatih Karagumruk | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 66 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 44 |
| 10 | Alanyaspor | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 62 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 38 | -14 | 38 |
| 11 | Sivasspor | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 44 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 31 | -7 | 37 |
| 12 | Kasımpaşa | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -13 | 37 |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 50 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -8 | 36 |
| 14 | Ankaragucu | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 35 |
| 15 | İstanbulspor | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 60 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | -20 | 35 |
| 16 | Giresunspor | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 31 | -25 | 28 |
| 17 | Umraniyespor | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 56 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -14 | 26 |
| 18 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -26 | 25 |
| 19 | Hatayspor | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 68 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 40 | -49 | 23 |
