National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Galatasaray or Kastamonuspor that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Galatasaray nor Kastamonuspor as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Galatasaray form and stats
Last season, Galatasaray's Turkish Cup journey ended in the 5th round.Galatasaray must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Super Lig games here at NEF Stadyumu.
Galatasaray faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kayserispor (1-2). Midfield player Oliveira got a match rating of 7.52 in that game, the max score being 10. Oliveira hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that, Galatasaray played out a Super Lig draw 0-0 when visiting Adana Demirspor.Galatasaray are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave NEF Stadyumu with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history 6 earlier games are comparable to this one, and Galatasaray has won 2 times, drawn 2 and lost 2. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Galatasaray has won by at least two goals 1 time when in this position.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Galatasaray as they have a new game in only four days, a Super Lig match thankfully also at home. Alanyaspor are visiting.
Galatasaray has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches.
Kastamonuspor form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Nevsehirspor in order to reach 3rd round of Turkish Cup. Kastamonuspor's mission in Turkish Cup last season failed in the 4th round.It might be tough going out on the road again for Kastamonuspor, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Zonguldak Komurspor. Kastamonuspor were so close to getting something from the game against Zonguldak Komurspor, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal four minutes into overtime.
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Adyaman 1954 in the 2. Lig: Kirmizi.Nobody expects Kastamonuspor to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 17 times before, with the overall statistics of won 9, draw 3 and lost 5. When defeated, 4 matches have been lost by two or more goals.
After this away game Kastamonuspor return home for a 2. Lig: Kirmizi game against Van BB. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Galatasaray two wins, zero draws and Kastamonuspor zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Gomis 4 goals |   E. Keleş 3 goals |  M. Aktürkoğlu 2 goals |
Galatasaray missing players
Kastamonuspor missing players
| Galatasaray | Kastamonuspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 12 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 20 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 4% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 5.6 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.5 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 2.3 | ||
| 22% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 26% | ||
| 11.9 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.8 | 7.4 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 21 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 20 |
| 3 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 | Besiktas | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Konyaspor | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 18 |
| 7 | Galatasaray | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Kayserispor | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 9 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 10 | Kasimpasa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -10 | 13 |
| 11 | Alanyaspor | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 12 | Sivasspor | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 13 | Fatih Karagumruk | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Giresunspor | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -7 | 8 |
| 15 | Istanbulspor | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Antalyaspor | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Ankaragucu | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Hatayspor | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | -9 | 7 |
| 19 | Umraniyespor | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -6 | 3 |
