Soccer match preview: Galatasaray confident before travelling to Gençlerbirliği

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 02.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Eryaman Stadyumu (22000 seats)

Struggling Gençlerbirliği will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Galatasaray in the upcoming league round. It’s 20th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Gençlerbirliği have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (33) in Super Lig

Galatasaray could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super Lig game only four sleeps ago.

Gençlerbirliği are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Galatasaray are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Gençlerbirliği form and stats

When playing at home in the Super Lig, Gençlerbirliği, who have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Super Lig, have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 8 defeats from 18 games.

Gençlerbirliği lost their last game at Hatayspor (placed 5th) after a 1-3 scoreline. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Rizespor in a game that was won 2-1.

Kristoffer Nordfeldt had a busy but productive day in the Hatayspor match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

The Gençlerbirliği fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 22 in 18 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Gençlerbirliği defense is not exactly impregnable. 30 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Galatasaray form and stats

The away team, who have the fewest conceded goals (33) in Super Lig, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 12 wins, 0 draws and only 6 losses in the Super Lig. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Galatasaray are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

The Galatasaray goalkeeper Nestor Fernando Muslera Micol is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 194 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Galatasaray are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Super Lig against Konyaspor (placed 12th). Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Antalyaspor.

Emre Akbaba came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Konyaspor last time out, making the manager F. Terim feel like a tactical genius.

Galatasaray has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 29 goals from 18 games. Galatasaray have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Galatasaray - Gençlerbirliği 6-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - two - seven (Gençlerbirliği wins - draws - Galatasaray wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GalatasarayR. García Zárate
R. García Zárate
8 goals
GençlerbirliğiR. Piris Da Motta
R. Piris Da Motta
6 goals
GalatasarayM. Aktürkoğlu
M. Aktürkoğlu
6 goals

Gençlerbirliği missing players

Galatasaray missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gençlerbirliği Galatasaray
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 5 18 36
9 5 2 Won W 3 12 22
8 5 0 Drew D 0 0 6
19 8 4 Lost L 2 6 8
37 22 9 Scored S 8 29 68
64 30 15 Conceded C 4 18 33
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
81% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 72% 75%
61% 61% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 56% 56%
28% 28% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 25%
11% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
67% 78% 83% BTTS BTTS 40% 39% 47%
11% 6% 0% Clean Sheets C S 40% 44% 44%
28% 22% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 17% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.6 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2 2.1
4 3 0 Red cards R C 2 4 8
 
9.2 9.9 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 11.9 12.7
3.1 3.3 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.4 5.4
33% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 36% 35%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Galatasaray have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Galatasaray have the fewest conceded goals (33) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the most clean sheets (16) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray have the most scored goals in the first half (32) in Super Lig
  • Galatasaray haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Gençlerbirliği have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Super Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have the fewest clean sheets (4) in Super Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have the most conceded goals (30) at home in Super Lig

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Besiktas 36 24 6 6 78 38 18 13 3 2 41 12 18 11 3 4 37 26 40 78
2 Galatasaray 36 22 6 8 68 33 18 10 6 2 39 15 18 12 0 6 29 18 35 72
3 Fenerbahce 35 22 6 7 64 36 18 10 2 6 30 22 17 12 4 1 34 14 28 72
4 Trabzonspor 37 17 13 7 45 34 18 9 3 6 26 22 19 8 10 1 19 12 11 64
5 Hatayspor 36 16 9 11 60 44 18 9 4 5 34 22 18 7 5 6 26 22 16 57
6 Alanyaspor 36 16 8 12 55 39 18 12 3 3 40 18 18 4 5 9 15 21 16 56
7 Sivasspor 35 12 16 7 48 41 17 5 8 4 16 14 18 7 8 3 32 27 7 52
8 Gazisehir Gaziantep 35 13 12 10 53 45 18 10 6 2 33 18 17 3 6 8 20 27 8 51
9 Fatih Karagümrük 36 13 12 11 51 44 18 10 4 4 32 18 18 3 8 7 19 26 7 51
10 Göztepe 36 12 12 12 52 49 18 8 5 5 34 24 18 4 7 7 18 25 3 48
11 Antalyaspor 37 9 16 12 38 50 18 6 6 6 22 25 19 3 10 6 16 25 -12 43
12 Konyaspor 36 10 12 14 42 46 18 6 8 4 21 17 18 4 4 10 21 29 -4 42
13 Rizespor 36 10 12 14 47 59 18 7 7 4 27 24 18 3 5 10 20 35 -12 42
14 Yeni Malatyaspor 35 9 13 13 42 47 18 7 6 5 24 20 17 2 7 8 18 27 -5 40
15 Ankaragucu 35 10 8 17 43 56 17 8 3 6 25 21 18 2 5 11 18 35 -13 38
16 Kayserispor 36 9 11 16 33 49 18 5 6 7 19 23 18 4 5 9 14 26 -16 38
17 Kasimpasa 36 9 10 17 39 54 18 7 4 7 20 24 18 2 6 10 19 30 -15 37
18 Istanbul Basaksehir 35 9 10 16 37 53 18 4 7 7 24 27 17 5 3 9 13 26 -16 37
19 BB Erzurumspor 36 9 10 17 39 60 18 2 8 8 17 27 18 7 2 9 22 33 -21 37
20 Gençlerbirliği 36 9 8 19 37 64 18 5 5 8 22 30 18 4 3 11 15 34 -27 35
21 Denizlispor 36 6 10 20 36 66 18 4 6 8 16 22 18 2 4 12 20 44 -30 28

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Besiktas 36 24 6 6 78 38 18 13 3 2 41 12 18 11 3 4 37 26 40 78
2 Galatasaray 36 22 6 8 68 33 18 10 6 2 39 15 18 12 0 6 29 18 35 72
3 Fenerbahce 35 22 6 7 64 36 18 10 2 6 30 22 17 12 4 1 34 14 28 72
4 Trabzonspor 37 17 13 7 45 34 18 9 3 6 26 22 19 8 10 1 19 12 11 64
5 Hatayspor 36 16 9 11 60 44 18 9 4 5 34 22 18 7 5 6 26 22 16 57
6 Alanyaspor 36 16 8 12 55 39 18 12 3 3 40 18 18 4 5 9 15 21 16 56
7 Sivasspor 35 12 16 7 48 41 17 5 8 4 16 14 18 7 8 3 32 27 7 52
8 Gazisehir Gaziantep 35 13 12 10 53 45 18 10 6 2 33 18 17 3 6 8 20 27 8 51
9 Fatih Karagümrük 36 13 12 11 51 44 18 10 4 4 32 18 18 3 8 7 19 26 7 51
10 Göztepe 36 12 12 12 52 49 18 8 5 5 34 24 18 4 7 7 18 25 3 48
11 Antalyaspor 37 9 16 12 38 50 18 6 6 6 22 25 19 3 10 6 16 25 -12 43
12 Konyaspor 36 10 12 14 42 46 18 6 8 4 21 17 18 4 4 10 21 29 -4 42
13 Rizespor 36 10 12 14 47 59 18 7 7 4 27 24 18 3 5 10 20 35 -12 42
14 Yeni Malatyaspor 35 9 13 13 42 47 18 7 6 5 24 20 17 2 7 8 18 27 -5 40
15 Ankaragucu 35 10 8 17 43 56 17 8 3 6 25 21 18 2 5 11 18 35 -13 38
16 Kayserispor 36 9 11 16 33 49 18 5 6 7 19 23 18 4 5 9 14 26 -16 38
17 Kasimpasa 36 9 10 17 39 54 18 7 4 7 20 24 18 2 6 10 19 30 -15 37
18 Istanbul Basaksehir 35 9 10 16 37 53 18 4 7 7 24 27 17 5 3 9 13 26 -16 37
19 BB Erzurumspor 36 9 10 17 39 60 18 2 8 8 17 27 18 7 2 9 22 33 -21 37
20 Gençlerbirliği 36 9 8 19 37 64 18 5 5 8 22 30 18 4 3 11 15 34 -27 35
21 Denizlispor 36 6 10 20 36 66 18 4 6 8 16 22 18 2 4 12 20 44 -30 28

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