Betting preview: Konyaspor vs Galatasaray should be interesting

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu (41981 seats)

The home team, Konyaspor, should be odds-on favourites in this match, but Galatasaray have exhibited both flair and guts. Learn more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Konyaspor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Galatasaray have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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!

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Konyaspor form and stats

31 points is a decent return from 14 Super Lig games here at Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu for Konyaspor. The data says 9 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss.

No payout for Konyaspor in their previous match, an away game at Alanyaspor that ended in defeat 1-5. Bardakçı was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Bardakçı scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.

Prior to that, an away loss at Istanbul Basaksehir.

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 Konyaspor have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost two.

The Konyaspor fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 23 goals in 14 league matches. From these home matches, Konyaspor have conceded only 11 goals.

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Galatasaray form and stats

As the visiting team in Super Lig matches, Galatasaray have produced an overall stat of 3-5-5 so far.

Galatasaray go into this game after a win, the home game against Rizespor that ended 4-2. van Aanholt, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.84. Aanholt scored two goals, hit two key passes and won 4 of 7 duels.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Göztepe with the score of 3-2.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Galatasaray in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Galatasaray, two draws and three defeats.

Galatasaray have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Galatasaray have conceded 22 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the squads met previously this season; Galatasaray - Konyaspor 1-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Konyaspor victory, four draws and five Galatasaray wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KonyasporS. Cikalleshi
S. Cikalleshi
7 goals
GalatasarayM. Aktürkoğlu
M. Aktürkoğlu
6 goals
GalatasarayM. Abdallah
M. Abdallah
6 goals

Konyaspor missing players

Galatasaray missing players

Konyaspor Galatasaray
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 3 Played P 3 13 27
14 9 1 Won W 0 3 9
7 4 1 Drew D 1 5 8
6 1 1 Lost L 2 5 10
42 23 3 Scored S 3 17 37
29 11 2 Conceded C 6 22 39
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
63% 57% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 81%
48% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 54% 52%
30% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 30%
15% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 15%
52% 43% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 63%
41% 50% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 19%
15% 14% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 31% 22%
 
4.9 5.9 6.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.5 6.7
4.5 4.4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.9 4.4
2.1 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2.4 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
11.9 12.6 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 11.7 12.5 13.8
5 4.7 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.5 5.1
31% 35% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 29% 27%
 
11.1 10.1 7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.3 10.4 9.4
4.7 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.5 4.1
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Galatasaray have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Galatasaray have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Konyaspor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Konyaspor have won significantly more corners at home than 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 27 20 6 1 51 20 14 10 4 0 25 10 13 10 2 1 26 10 31 66
2 Konyaspor 27 14 7 6 42 29 14 9 4 1 23 11 13 5 3 5 19 18 13 49
3 Istanbul Basaksehir 27 14 4 9 39 26 14 9 1 4 23 13 13 5 3 5 16 13 13 46
4 Fenerbahce 27 13 7 7 42 31 13 7 3 3 23 13 14 6 4 4 19 18 11 46
5 Adana Demirspor 27 12 9 6 42 27 13 6 5 2 19 7 14 6 4 4 23 20 15 45
6 Besiktas 27 12 8 7 40 34 13 9 2 2 23 14 14 3 6 5 17 20 6 44
7 Alanyaspor 27 12 7 8 49 41 14 6 4 4 29 21 13 6 3 4 20 20 8 43
8 Hatayspor 27 13 3 11 42 43 13 8 2 3 27 17 14 5 1 8 15 26 -1 42
9 Fatih Karagumruk 27 11 6 10 33 40 13 6 4 3 18 13 14 5 2 7 15 27 -7 39
10 Kayserispor 27 10 8 9 40 40 13 9 3 1 23 9 14 1 5 8 17 31 0 38
11 Gazisehir Gaziantep 27 10 6 11 34 37 13 9 3 1 26 12 14 1 3 10 8 25 -3 36
12 Galatasaray 27 9 8 10 37 39 14 6 3 5 20 17 13 3 5 5 17 22 -2 35
13 Sivasspor 27 8 10 9 35 34 14 4 8 2 22 14 13 4 2 7 13 20 1 34
14 Antalyaspor 27 8 8 11 28 35 13 6 4 3 20 13 14 2 4 8 8 22 -7 32
15 Kasımpaşa 27 7 8 12 37 40 14 5 4 5 23 20 13 2 4 7 14 20 -3 29
16 Giresunspor 27 8 5 14 27 31 14 5 2 7 16 17 13 3 3 7 11 14 -4 29
17 Göztepe 27 7 6 14 32 41 14 4 2 8 14 18 13 3 4 6 18 23 -9 27
18 Altay 27 7 4 16 29 41 13 4 2 7 14 18 14 3 2 9 15 23 -12 25
19 Rizespor 27 6 5 16 24 48 14 6 2 6 17 18 13 0 3 10 7 30 -24 23
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 27 4 5 18 22 48 13 2 3 8 16 29 14 2 2 10 6 19 -26 17

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.