📏 Form Guide

Beşiktaş

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Beşiktaş will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 1-0 Super Lig defeat in their last game at the hands of Konyaspor.

In that match, Beşiktaş managed 66% possession and 26 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Konyaspor had 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Uğurcan Yazğılı (44') scored for Konyaspor.

Ole Gunnar Solskjær's Beşiktaş have hit the target 10 times over their prior half-dozen outings. The corresponding number of goals that have been scored against them in those games amounts to 5.

Coming into this clash, Beşiktaş have not beaten Galatasaray in their previous 3 league matches.

Galatasaray

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Galatasaray head into the encounter after a 4-0 Super Lig win in the defeat of Antalyaspor in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Galatasaray had 61% possession and 23 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Galatasaray, goals were scored by Victor Osimhen (30', 45', 52') and Álvaro Morata (45'). At the other end, Antalyaspor got 6 shots at goal with 1 of them on target.

Proving their bias toward fruitful encounters, goals have been celebrated 20 times in the previous 6 games in which Galatasaray have taken to the pitch, giving a mean average of 3.33 goals per meeting. Their opponents have got 7 of those goals. That kind of pattern might not be sustained here, of course.

Going into this one, Galatasaray are undefeated in their previous 25 league matches away from home. An amazing run.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 05/11/2022 shows us that Beşiktaş have won 2 of these & Galatasaray 4, with the number of drawn matches being 0.

A sum of 19 goals were produced between them in these games, with 11 of them from Kara Kartallar and 8 netted by Cimbom. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The last league encounter featuring the two was Super Lig match day 10 on 28/10/2024 when it finished Galatasaray 2-1 Beşiktaş.

That day, Galatasaray managed 40% possession and 20 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Goals were scored by Davinson Sánchez (13') and Victor Osimhen (67').

For their opponents, Beşiktaş had 8 shots on goal with 2 on target. Ernest Muçi (94') was the scorer.

The referee was Arda Kardeşler.

📋 Team News: Beşiktaş

Necip Uysal (Cruciate ligament tear), Bakhtiyor Zaynutdinov (unknown injury), Emrecan Terzi (Fitness), Emir Yaşar (unknown injury) and Felix Uduokhai (Torn ankle ligaments) won’t be available for Beşiktaş boss Ole Gunnar Solskjær.

ℹ️ Team News: Galatasaray

Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Yunus Akgün (Knee problems), Roland Sallai (Groin strain), Ismail Jakobs (Achilles tendon problems) and Mauro Icardi (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

🧠 Prediction

Galatasaray and Beşiktaş could well end up finding themselves trading goals here.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility but, again, we don’t expect it to end goalless. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very competitive game with a 2-2 score draw after 90 minutes.

Victor Martins, 17:02 29/03/2025