The league table is allowed to rest as Alanyaspor and Galatasaray battle for Turkish Cup honors in this first Quarter-finals leg of two fixtures.
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.
It's quite the trip for Galatasaray when visiting Alanyaspor as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Alanyaspor form and stats
Alanyaspor was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Turkish Cup. Kasımpaşa was too strong.24 points is a decent return from 11 Super Lig games here at Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadyumu for Alanyaspor. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. On the other hand, in the Turkish Cup, Alanyaspor has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Alanyaspor has won five games in a row. The Antalyaspor match was the last time out without a victory. Alanyaspor are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Alanyaspor's previous game was a Super Lig match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Yeni Malatyaspor. The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Kasımpaşa.
Alanyaspor are traveling soon after this match as the Super Lig match at Fenerbahçe awaits in three days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 11 games), Alanyaspor's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Alanyaspor have conceded only 9 goals.
Galatasaray form and stats
Nothing but glory last season for Galatasaray, as they won the Turkish Cup.The visitors are W3-D3-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Super Lig. When we have look at the Turkish Cup statistics, we find 2W-1D-1L. This is both home and away. The fact that Galatasaray have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Galatasaray had fun at their own home (Bahçeşehir Okulları Stadyumu) last time out, beating Kayserispor 4-1. Sofiane Feghouli (2), Adem Büyük and Ryan Donk scored. Prior to that result Galatasaray won their away game at Konyaspor in the Super Lig. The scoreline was 3-0.
Galatasaray has another fixture away, a Super Lig game, against Kasımpaşa in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
Galatasaray are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). Galatasaray have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Alanyaspor-Galatasaray H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Alanyaspor zero wins, Galatasaray six wins, one draw. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  P. Cissé 15 goals |  A. Bakasetas 6 goals |  A. Fernándes da Silva Vitoria 6 goals |
Alanyaspor missing players
Galatasaray missing players
| Alanyaspor | Galatasaray | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 16 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 56 | 38 | Scored | S | 12 | 41 | ||
| 25 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 30% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 19% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.4 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 318 | 210 | Total Shots | T S | 101 | 256 | ||
| 137 | 86 | Shots on Target | S O | 30 | 89 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 38% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 41 |
| 2 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 39 |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 23 | 38 |
| 4 | Alanyaspor | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 38 |
| 5 | Fenerbahçe | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 37 |
| 6 | Galatasaray | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 36 |
| 7 | Beşiktaş | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 33 |
| 8 | Goztepe | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 24 |
| 11 | Rizespor | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 24 |
| 12 | Denizlispor | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Genclerbirligi | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -7 | 21 |
| 14 | Konyaspor | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -11 | 19 |
| 15 | Antalyaspor | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -18 | 18 |
| 16 | Kasımpaşa | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -15 | 16 |
| 17 | Ankaragücü | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -20 | 14 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 37 | -33 | 11 |