National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Galatasaray or Denizlispor that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Galatasaray form and stats
Galatasaray was eliminated in the quarter-finals last season in the Turkish Cup.Galatasaray have played 9 Super Lig games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Galatasaray last time playing, versus Antalyaspor. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-0 with Feghouli and Aktürkoğlu scoring for the victors. Mohamed, who usually features in attack, was the top performer for the team in that match, scoring a rating of 7.9 (out of 10). Mohamed hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
Prior to that, an away loss at Adana Demirspor in the Super Lig.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Galatasaray home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
The Galatasaray fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. Galatasaray have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Denizlispor form and stats
They also participated in Turkish Cup last season. This ended in the 4th round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Denizlispor so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Denizlispor, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus BB Erzurumspor.
The game before that, in the 1. Lig, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Umraniyespor.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Denizlispor played away with similar odds. This revealed ten games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, two were draws and the home team won as expected seven times.
The attacking power of Denizlispor when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 9 league matches away. As opposed to that, Denizlispor have seen the ball go into their own net 11 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Galatasaray-Denizlispor H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Galatasaray nine wins, Denizlispor one win, zero draws. eight of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Abdallah 5 goals |   Ö. Şişmanoğlu 5 goals |  M. Aktürkoğlu 4 goals |
Galatasaray missing players
Denizlispor missing players
| Galatasaray | Denizlispor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 37 | 29 | Scored | S | 9 | 24 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Conceded | C | 23 | 44 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.2 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 27% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| 10.1 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 13 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 5.5 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | Konyaspor | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 36 |
| 3 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 |
| 4 | Hatayspor | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Fenerbahce | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 29 |
| 6 | Adana Demirspor | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 29 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Galatasaray | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Alanyaspor | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -2 | 27 |
| 10 | Sivasspor | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 26 |
| 11 | Fatih Karagumruk | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 12 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Giresunspor | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 22 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -6 | 22 |
| 15 | Kayserispor | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -4 | 21 |
| 16 | Altay | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 17 | Rizespor | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 33 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | -16 | 17 |
| 18 | Kasımpaşa | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 15 |
| 19 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -16 | 15 |
| 20 | Goztepe | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | -10 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Umraniyespor | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 36 |
| 2 | BB Erzurumspor | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
| 3 | Ankaragucu | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 33 |
| 4 | Bandrmaspor | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | Eyupspor | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 31 |
| 6 | Istanbulspor | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
| 7 | Samsunspor | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Adanaspor | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Genclerbirligi | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 26 |
| 10 | Kocaelispor | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Tuzlaspor | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 23 |
| 12 | Manisa BBSK | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Altnordu | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -11 | 22 |
| 14 | Boluspor | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -1 | 21 |
| 15 | Menemen Belediyespor | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -10 | 21 |
| 16 | Keciorengucu | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 17 | Bursaspor | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 18 | Denizlispor | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -11 | 16 |
| 19 | Balkesirspor | 17 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -19 | 7 |
