Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Galatasaray welcomes Yeni Malatyaspor

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 16.February
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Türk Telekom Stadyumu (52650 seats)

Galatasaray perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Yeni Malatyaspor can look both up and down from their 10th position.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It's quite the trip for Yeni Malatyaspor when visiting Galatasaray as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Galatasaray form and stats

Galatasaray, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Super Lig, are steadily winning Super Lig games and points here at Türk Telekom Stadyumu. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Galatasaray has won five games in a row. The Göztepe match was the last time out without a victory. It’s been three wins in a row for Galatasaray here at Türk Telekom Stadyumu, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Galatasaray enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kasımpaşa's place. The match ended 3-0 with Adem Büyük (2) scoring. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Alanyaspor (0-2).

Galatasaray decided the match against Kasımpaşa in the first half, and held firmly on to their lead (3-0) without using too much effort. The team showed great control while saving some energy.

A decent goal production from Galatasaray in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 11 league matches. Galatasaray are not conceding a lot of goals here at Türk Telekom Stadyumu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches.

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Yeni Malatyaspor form and stats

3-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Yeni Malatyaspor in their Super Lig matches away. Recent form does not give Yeni Malatyaspor much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Galatasaray will be a tough nut to crack. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Yeni Malatyaspor have lost on their last two travels.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super Lig home defeat versus Ankaragucu with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A 1-2 defeat away at Alanyaspor before that.

Yeni Malatyaspor goalkeeper Fabien Farnolle had a great day against Ankaragucu, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.

Yeni Malatyaspor has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 11 games. Yeni Malatyaspor have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Yeni Malatyaspor - Galatasaray 1-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last seven meetings): Galatasaray won three games, two matches ended with a draw and Yeni Malatyaspor has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / four

Top Goalscorers

Yeni MalatyasporT. Bifouma Koulossa
T. Bifouma Koulossa
6 goals
GalatasarayA. Büyük
A. Büyük
5 goals
GalatasarayR. García Zárate
R. García Zárate
5 goals

Galatasaray missing players

Yeni Malatyaspor missing players

Galatasaray Yeni Malatyaspor
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 2 Played P 3 11 20
11 7 2 Won W 0 3 6
6 3 0 Drew D 0 4 6
4 1 0 Lost L 3 4 8
35 21 4 Scored S 3 18 34
17 8 1 Conceded C 8 18 29
90% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
71% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 90%
43% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 64% 60%
24% 36% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 40%
19% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 20%
43% 45% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 55%
43% 45% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 30%
24% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 9% 20%
 
5 5.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.3 4.7
5.2 5.3 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 4.3
2.4 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.1 2.6
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 4 5
 
244 133 27 Total Shots T S 32 108 232
100 57 10 Shots on Target S O 10 48 95
35% 37% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 38% 36%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • All of Yeni Malatyaspor's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Galatasaray has the fewest conceded goals (17)
  • Galatasaray has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
  • Galatasaray has the most clean sheets (9)
  • 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.
  • Yeni Malatyaspor has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Yeni Malatyaspor 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 Sivasspor 21 12 6 3 40 24 11 8 3 0 21 7 10 4 3 3 19 17 16 42
2 Trabzonspor 20 12 5 3 45 20 11 7 2 2 29 12 9 5 3 1 16 8 25 41
3 İstanbul Başakşehir 21 11 7 3 40 22 11 7 3 1 28 11 10 4 4 2 12 11 18 40
4 Alanyaspor 21 11 6 4 41 20 11 7 3 1 27 9 10 4 3 3 14 11 21 39
5 Galatasaray 21 11 6 4 35 17 11 7 3 1 21 8 10 4 3 3 14 9 18 39
6 Fenerbahce 21 11 5 5 40 24 10 7 2 1 27 10 11 4 3 4 13 14 16 38
7 Beşiktaş 21 11 3 7 34 27 11 7 2 2 21 8 10 4 1 5 13 19 7 36
8 Göztepe 20 8 6 6 25 22 9 4 3 2 13 10 11 4 3 4 12 12 3 30
9 Gazişehir Gaziantep 21 7 6 8 31 35 11 4 3 4 20 15 10 3 3 4 11 20 -4 27
10 Yeni Malatyaspor 20 6 6 8 34 29 9 3 2 4 16 11 11 3 4 4 18 18 5 24
11 Denizlispor 21 6 6 9 21 29 10 2 2 6 8 16 11 4 4 3 13 13 -8 24
12 Rizespor 20 7 3 10 21 30 11 5 1 5 14 13 9 2 2 5 7 17 -9 24
13 Gençlerbirliği 21 5 6 10 30 39 11 3 4 4 13 15 10 2 2 6 17 24 -9 21
14 Konyaspor 21 4 8 9 16 27 10 1 5 4 5 11 11 3 3 5 11 16 -11 20
15 Antalyaspor 21 4 7 10 20 38 10 1 4 5 10 21 11 3 3 5 10 17 -18 19
16 Ankaragucu 21 3 8 10 18 37 10 1 4 5 8 18 11 2 4 5 10 19 -19 17
17 Kasımpaşa 21 4 4 13 28 46 10 1 2 7 14 22 11 3 2 6 14 24 -18 16
18 Kayserispor 21 2 6 13 21 54 10 2 4 4 11 17 11 0 2 9 10 37 -33 12

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.