📊 Form Guide

Trabzonspor

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Trabzonspor head into this game coming off the back of a 1-1 Super Lig draw vs Kasimpasa.

In that game, Trabzonspor managed 47% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target. For Trabzonspor, goals were scored by Arseniy Batahov (18' Own goal) and Danylo Sikan (47'). For their opponents, Kasimpasa had 14 attempts at goal with 6 on target.

Trabzonspor haven’t had any problems with scoring, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They’ve hit an aggregate of 10 during that time while also conceding a total of 9. Let’s see if that trend will be continued on here.

Pre-game facts show that Trabzonspor:

• have left without a victory over Galatasaray in their last 5 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 home league matches.

Galatasaray

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Galatasaray come into this meeting after a 4-1 Super Lig win over Sivasspor in their previous outing.

In that match, Galatasaray had 72% possession and 26 shots on goal with 10 of them on target. For Galatasaray, the scorers were Lucas Torreira (9'), Victor Osimhen (15', 31') and Barış Yılmaz (21'). For their opponents, Sivasspor had 3 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Rey Manaj (33') scored for Sivasspor.

An offensively clinical Galatasaray have racked up an avalanche of goals over their last six clashes (18 to be exact). That’s given them the outstanding mean average of 3 goals scored per match for this time.

Taking a look at their past results, Galatasaray:

• are undefeated by Trabzonspor when having played them away from home in the previous 5 league matches. A very decent away record against them.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 23/01/2022 shows us that Trabzonspor have won 1 of these & Galatasaray 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

A combined total of 21 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 for Karadeniz Fırtınası and 14 for Cimbom. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.5.

The previous league clash between the two was Super Lig match day 16 on 16/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Galatasaray 4-3 Trabzonspor.

In that game, Galatasaray had 59% possession and 22 shots at goal with 11 on target. Goals were scored by Dries Mertens (8'), Yunus Akgün (29') and Michy Batshuayi (63').

Trabzonspor had 16 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Ozan Tufan (17', 55'), Simon Banza (51') and Ali Şahin Yılmaz (98' Own goal) scored.

The referee was Kadir Sağlam.

🗞️ Team News: Trabzonspor

Tim Jabol-Folcarelli (Muscle injury), Onuralp Çevikkan (Meniscus tear), Hüseyin Türkmen (Torn thigh muscle) and Stefan Savic (Muscle injury) won’t be playing for Trabzonspor boss Fatih Tekke.

We are thinking that Karadeniz Fırtınası will possibly employ a 4-2-3-1 formation and select Ugurcan Cakir, Pedro Malheiro, Okay Yokuslu, Arseniy Batagov, Mustafa Eskihellac, Batista Mendy, Ozan Tufan, Oleksandr Zubkov, Anthony Nwakaeme, Danylo Sikan and Simon Banza.

📰 Team News: Galatasaray

Galatasaray boss Okan Buruk has some current player fitness concerns. Elias Jelert (Fitness) and Mauro Icardi (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.

It’s our belief that Cimbom will likely elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, giving starts to N. Fernando Muslera, Roland Sallai, Davinson Sánchez, Abdlkerim Bardakci, Evren Eren Elmali, Yunus Akgün, Lucas Torreira, Mario Lemina, Gabriel Sara, Baris Yilmaz and Victor Osimhen.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the view that Galatasaray have the ability to be in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of their chances.

Conversely, Trabzonspor might well find it difficult finding the net themselves, although we do see them converting at least once here, too.

We’re predicting a comfortable 1-3 winning score for Galatasaray at full-time.

Peter Guest, 15:05 10/05/2025