Super Lig duel: Close contest expected between Galatasaray and Trabzonspor

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 23.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vodafone Stadyumu (41188 seats)

Both squads are in pretty good shape, Trabzonspor holding a 24 point lead on Galatasaray in the league table. Game on!

Insights:
  • Galatasaray have the most dropped points from leading position (18) in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the most scored goals (39) in Super Lig

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Trabzonspor, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Galatasaray form and stats

The total Super Lig statistics playing at home this season for Galatasaray are 5-2-4 (wins-draws-losses). Galatasaray has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Font and the players.

The Galatasaray crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-3 to Kasımpaşa here at Vodafone Stadyumu in a Super Lig match. The gifted forward Dervişoğlu outdid all others in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.85 out of 10. Dervişoğlu scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-4 away at Hatayspor.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Galatasaray have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn one and lost one.

Galatasaray has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Galatasaray have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Trabzonspor form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Super Lig.

There were no winners in Trabzonspor's previous match, a Super Lig home game that ended 1-1 vs Giresunspor (placed 14th). Attacker Cornelius got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Cornelius scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).

Before that, Trabzonspor travelled to Sivasspor and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Trabzonspor in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Trabzonspor, one draw and zero defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Trabzonspor's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 11 league matches away. Trabzonspor are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 11 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Galatasaray and Trabzonspor have faced off already this season: Trabzonspor - Galatasaray 2-2. Galatasaray-Trabzonspor H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Galatasaray three wins, Trabzonspor four wins, three draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

TrabzonsporA. Cornelius
A. Cornelius
11 goals
TrabzonsporA. Bakasetas
A. Bakasetas
7 goals
TrabzonsporA. Nwakaeme
A. Nwakaeme
6 goals

Galatasaray missing players

Trabzonspor missing players

Galatasaray Trabzonspor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 4 Played P 3 11 22
7 5 2 Won W 2 8 15
6 2 0 Drew D 1 2 6
9 4 2 Lost L 0 1 1
27 14 4 Scored S 5 20 39
31 12 4 Conceded C 2 9 16
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
77% 73% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 73% 77%
50% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 55% 50%
27% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 18%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 5%
55% 55% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 64% 59%
23% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 36% 41%
27% 18% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 5%
 
6.7 7.5 9.2 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2.7 4.1
4.1 3.5 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 4.6
2.4 2.3 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2.4 2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
14 14.6 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 9.7 12
4.8 5.4 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 5.1
25% 24% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 43% 35%
 
9.3 8.5 8 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.3 12.1
4.1 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.3 4.3
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Galatasaray have the most dropped points from leading position (18) 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.
  • Trabzonspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Trabzonspor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Trabzonspor have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Trabzonspor have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the most points (26) away in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the most scored goals (20) away in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the most scored goals (39) in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the the best goal difference (+11) away in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the the best goal difference (+23) in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Trabzonspor 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 Trabzonspor 22 15 6 1 39 16 11 7 4 0 19 7 11 8 2 1 20 9 23 51
2 Konyaspor 21 12 6 3 33 16 12 8 3 1 18 7 9 4 3 2 15 9 17 42
3 Fenerbahce 22 10 6 6 35 27 11 6 3 2 21 12 11 4 3 4 14 15 8 36
4 Alanyaspor 22 10 5 7 38 32 11 5 3 3 23 15 11 5 2 4 15 17 6 35
5 Besiktas 22 10 5 7 34 30 11 8 1 2 22 14 11 2 4 5 12 16 4 35
6 Hatayspor 22 11 2 9 32 34 10 6 1 3 20 14 12 5 1 6 12 20 -2 35
7 Istanbul Basaksehir 21 10 4 7 30 21 10 7 1 2 17 8 11 3 3 5 13 13 9 34
8 Adana Demirspor 22 9 7 6 30 25 10 5 3 2 13 6 12 4 4 4 17 19 5 34
9 Kayserispor 22 8 7 7 30 29 11 7 3 1 17 5 11 1 4 6 13 24 1 31
10 Gaziantep F.K. 21 9 4 8 27 28 10 8 2 0 21 8 11 1 2 8 6 20 -1 31
11 Sivasspor 22 7 9 6 29 23 11 3 7 1 17 9 11 4 2 5 12 14 6 30
12 Fatih Karagumruk 22 8 6 8 29 31 11 4 4 3 16 13 11 4 2 5 13 18 -2 30
13 Galatasaray 22 7 6 9 27 31 11 5 2 4 14 12 11 2 4 5 13 19 -4 27
14 Giresunspor 22 7 5 10 21 22 11 4 2 5 11 11 11 3 3 5 10 11 -1 26
15 Kasımpaşa 22 6 6 10 27 30 11 4 3 4 17 15 11 2 3 6 10 15 -3 24
16 Goztepe 22 6 6 10 26 30 12 4 2 6 12 13 10 2 4 4 14 17 -4 24
17 Antalyaspor 22 6 5 11 23 34 11 5 3 3 17 13 11 1 2 8 6 21 -11 23
18 Rizespor 22 6 3 13 21 39 12 6 2 4 16 13 10 0 1 9 5 26 -18 21
19 Altay 22 5 3 14 24 37 10 3 1 6 11 15 12 2 2 8 13 22 -13 18
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 21 4 3 14 17 37 11 2 2 7 14 26 10 2 1 7 3 11 -20 15

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.