Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Galatasaray & Alanyaspor face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Turkish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Galatasaray form and stats
Last season their Turkish Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Alanyaspor.24 points is a decent return from 11 Super Lig games here at Türk Telekom Stadyumu for Galatasaray. The data says 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Galatasaray has won five games in a row. The Besiktas match was the last time out without a victory. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Galatasaray, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Fatih Öztürk not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
A good away victory last time out for Galatasaray, who won 1-0 against Fenerbahce. Before that, Galatasaray had a Super Lig home game versus Istanbul Basaksehir which ended with a victory 3-0.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Galatasaray have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won four times, drawn two and lost one.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Galatasaray, as the Super Lig home game vs Kasimpasa is only four days away.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (27 in 11 games), Galatasaray's attacking play is working. 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 6 from 11 matches.
Alanyaspor form and stats
Alanyaspor's mission in Turkish Cup last season failed in the final.3 wins, 3 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Alanyaspor playing as the away team in the Super Lig this season. Alanyaspor has drawn their two previous away games.
Alanyaspor are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Super Lig against Rizespor. A 1-1 draw at Kayserispor's stadium before that.
The end of the last match, against Rizespor, was very satisfying as Mustafa Pektemek scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Alanyaspor are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and five defeats. From a total of eight matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Super Lig trip to Hatayspor.
Alanyaspor are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Alanyaspor in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Galatasaray won six, Alanyaspor won three and one draw. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. da Luz Pereira 8 goals |  K. El Hadji Babacar 7 goals |
Galatasaray missing players
Alanyaspor missing players
| Galatasaray | Alanyaspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 47 | 27 | Scored | S | 10 | 47 | ||
| 20 | 5 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 9% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 16% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12.4 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 14.3 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 29 | 48 |
| 2 | Besiktas | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 48 |
| 3 | Fenerbahce | 23 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 20 | 48 |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 42 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 41 |
| 6 | Hatayspor | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 38 |
| 7 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 23 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 38 |
| 8 | Fatih Karagumruk | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 37 |
| 9 | Antalyaspor | 23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -5 | 31 |
| 10 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -1 | 29 |
| 11 | Sivasspor | 23 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -3 | 28 |
| 12 | Goztepe | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 13 | Rizespor | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 29 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Kasimpasa | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 26 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 15 | -1 | 24 |
| 16 | Kayserispor | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 24 |
| 17 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | -14 | 24 |
| 18 | BB Erzurumspor | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -15 | 22 |
| 19 | Genclerbirligi | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 41 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -21 | 20 |
| 20 | Ankaragucu | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -13 | 18 |
| 21 | Denizlispor | 23 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 26 | -19 | 18 |