Soccer match preview: Galatasaray confident before travelling to Giresunspor

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Mon 16.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Çotanak Stadyumu

This fixture was marked in the calendar a long time ago by regulars of both contenders, as it's the first Super Lig fixture of the season. Both Giresunspor and Galatasaray are looking for a bright start to their league season.

Galatasaray could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at St. Johnstone. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

It's quite the trip for Galatasaray when visiting Giresunspor as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.

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Giresunspor form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Giresunspor as they were promoted from 1. Lig last season. Happy days that were secured through 21 wins, 7 draws and 6 losses from 34 games. The team scored 26 goals at home last season and conceded 11. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

Giresunspor have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and four practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Giresunspor scored 1 goal and let in 8 goals during these four games.

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Galatasaray form and stats

Let's have a look at how Galatasaray performed last season in the Super Lig: They landed a 2nd position in the league table after playing out 26 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats. In total they scored 80 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 14 - drew 0 and lost 6 with 35/19 goals scored/conceded.

The schedule is very tough for Galatasaray now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Europa League game at Randers is waiting in only three days.

It's a day of discovery for Galatasaray as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Galatasaray have played two with the results W2-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Galatasaray has scored 6 goals and conceded 3 times.

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Giresunspor missing players

Galatasaray missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Giresunspor Galatasaray
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Giresunspor Last season Galatasaray
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   20 40
21 11   Won W   14 26
7 3   Drew D   0 6
6 3   Lost L   6 8
54 26   Scored S   35 80
25 11   Conceded C   19 36
91% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 95%
68% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 78%
44% 41%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 57%
18% 6%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 30%
6% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   10% 12%
38% 35%   BTTS BTTS   40% 50%
53% 53%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 42%
18% 24%   Failed to Score F T   15% 12%
 
5.1 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 6
4.1 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.4 4.7
2.1 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 2
3 1   Red cards R C   4 8
 
9.8 8.9   Shots (avg) S (   12.7 13.6
4.3 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5 5.8
35% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 35%

  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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Adana Demirspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Alanyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Altay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Antalyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Fatih Karagumruk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fenerbahce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Galatasaray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Gazisehir Gaziantep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Giresunspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Goztepe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hatayspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Istanbul Basaksehir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Kasimpasa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Kayserispor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Konyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sivasspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Trabzonspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Yeni Malatyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Rizespor 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adana Demirspor 34 21 7 6 64 27 17 11 4 2 35 11 17 10 3 4 29 16 37 70
2 Giresunspor 34 21 7 6 54 25 17 11 3 3 26 11 17 10 4 3 28 14 29 70
3 Samsunspor 34 20 10 4 58 30 17 12 2 3 33 16 17 8 8 1 25 14 28 70
4 Istanbulspor 34 19 7 8 62 34 17 9 5 3 37 20 17 10 2 5 25 14 28 64
5 Altay 34 20 3 11 66 39 17 10 2 5 38 22 17 10 1 6 28 17 27 63
6 Altnordu 34 17 9 8 58 45 17 9 4 4 25 19 17 8 5 4 33 26 13 60
7 Keciorengucu 34 17 7 10 49 28 17 10 2 5 27 12 17 7 5 5 22 16 21 58
8 Umraniyespor 34 14 9 11 46 43 17 7 4 6 24 23 17 7 5 5 22 20 3 51
9 Tuzlaspor 34 14 5 15 46 53 17 8 1 8 24 27 17 6 4 7 22 26 -7 47
10 Bursaspor 34 14 4 16 56 57 17 8 1 8 27 27 17 6 3 8 29 30 -1 46
11 Bandrmaspor 34 12 6 16 48 51 17 8 5 4 26 23 17 4 1 12 22 28 -3 42
12 Boluspor 34 12 6 16 38 41 17 4 2 11 13 21 17 8 4 5 25 20 -3 42
13 Balkesirspor 34 9 8 17 35 53 17 5 4 8 21 29 17 4 4 9 14 24 -18 35
14 Adanaspor 34 9 7 18 44 55 17 5 3 9 26 33 17 4 4 9 18 22 -11 34
15 Menemen Belediyespor 34 7 13 14 38 62 17 4 6 7 22 32 17 3 7 7 16 30 -24 34
16 Akhisar Belediyespor 34 8 6 20 36 59 17 5 5 7 18 18 17 3 1 13 18 41 -23 30
17 Osmanlspor 34 6 8 20 33 61 17 4 6 7 18 25 17 2 2 13 15 36 -28 26
18 Eskisehirspor 34 1 8 25 23 91 17 1 6 10 9 36 17 0 2 15 14 55 -68 8
Last season 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 40 26 6 8 89 44 20 14 3 3 49 14 20 12 3 5 40 30 45 84
2 Galatasaray 40 26 6 8 80 36 20 12 6 2 45 17 20 14 0 6 35 19 44 84
3 Fenerbahce 40 25 7 8 72 41 20 11 2 7 34 25 20 14 5 1 38 16 31 82
4 Trabzonspor 40 19 14 7 50 37 20 11 3 6 30 24 20 8 11 1 20 13 13 71
5 Sivasspor 40 16 17 7 54 43 20 7 9 4 19 15 20 9 8 3 35 28 11 65
6 Hatayspor 40 17 10 13 62 53 20 10 4 6 35 23 20 7 6 7 27 30 9 61
7 Alanyaspor 40 17 9 14 58 45 20 12 4 4 42 21 20 5 5 10 16 24 13 60
8 Fatih Karagumruk 40 16 12 12 64 52 20 12 4 4 42 20 20 4 8 8 22 32 12 60
9 Gazisehir Gaziantep 40 15 13 12 59 51 20 10 6 4 37 24 20 5 7 8 22 27 8 58
10 Goztepe 40 13 12 15 59 59 20 8 5 7 35 27 20 5 7 8 24 32 0 51
11 Konyaspor 40 12 14 14 49 48 20 7 9 4 27 19 20 5 5 10 22 29 1 50
12 Istanbul Basaksehir 40 12 12 16 43 55 20 5 8 7 26 28 20 7 4 9 17 27 -12 48
13 Rizespor 40 12 12 16 53 69 20 7 7 6 27 30 20 5 5 10 26 39 -16 48
14 Kasimpasa 40 12 10 18 47 57 20 9 4 7 26 25 20 3 6 11 21 32 -10 46
15 Yeni Malatyaspor 40 10 15 15 49 53 20 7 8 5 26 22 20 3 7 10 23 31 -4 45
16 Antalyaspor 40 9 17 14 41 55 20 6 7 7 24 28 20 3 10 7 17 27 -14 44
17 Kayserispor 40 9 14 17 35 52 20 5 7 8 20 25 20 4 7 9 15 27 -17 41
18 BB Erzurumspor 40 10 10 20 44 68 20 2 8 10 18 30 20 8 2 10 26 38 -24 40
19 Ankaragucu 40 10 8 22 46 65 20 8 3 9 26 25 20 2 5 13 20 40 -19 38
20 Genclerbirligi 40 10 8 22 44 76 20 6 5 9 27 35 20 4 3 13 17 41 -32 38
21 Denizlispor 40 6 10 24 38 77 20 4 6 10 17 27 20 2 4 14 21 50 -39 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 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
2 Adana Demirspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Alanyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Altay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Antalyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Fatih Karagumruk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fenerbahce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Galatasaray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Gazisehir Gaziantep 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Giresunspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Goztepe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hatayspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Istanbul Basaksehir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Kasimpasa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Kayserispor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Konyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sivasspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Trabzonspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Yeni Malatyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Rizespor 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0

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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.