📏 Form Guide

Galatasaray

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Galatasaray will want to continue from where they left off last time out with a 1-0 Super Lig success vs Hatayspor.

In that match, Galatasaray had 59% possession and 19 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Galatasaray was Mauro Icardi (12'). Hatayspor got 9 shots on goal with 2 on target.

Galatasaray haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 games.

They’ve hit an aggregate of 15 during that time and have conceded a total of 10. Let’s find out if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Fenerbahçe

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Fenerbahçe will go into the game following on from a 4-2 Super Lig win versus Adana Demirspor in their last outing.

In that match, Fenerbahçe had 58% possession and 22 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. For Fenerbahçe, the scorers were Alexander Djiku (17'), Edin Džeko (51'), Dušan Tadić (70') and Serdar Dursun (85'). For their opponents, Adana Demirspor got 13 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. Mario Balotelli (25') and Yusuf Barası (80') scored for Adana Demirspor.

Throughout their six previous matches, İsmail Kartal's Fenerbahçe have managed to stick the ball in the net a total of 14 times, giving them a goals per game average of 2.33.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their prior head to head clashes dating back to 06/02/2021 shows us that Galatasaray have won 3 of these & Fenerbahçe 2, with the tally of draws being 1.

A combined total of 12 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 for Cimbom and 4 belonging to Sarı Kanaryalar. That is an average goals per game value of 2.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was Super Lig match day 18 on 24/12/2023 when it finished Fenerbahçe 0-0 Galatasaray.

On that day, Fenerbahçe managed 46% possession and 6 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

For their opponents, Galatasaray got 8 attempts on goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Arda Kardeşler.

📰 Team News: Galatasaray

The Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk has no fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game owing to a fully injury-free group available to select from.

🗞️ Team News: Fenerbahçe

Due to a fully injury-free group to pick from, the Fenerbahçe boss İsmail Kartal has no fitness worries to speak of before this clash.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray should play out a closely-fought contest here.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens. We’re therefore expecting a very close game with a 1-1 score at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 18:01 07/04/2024