📏 Form Guide

Galatasaray

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Galatasaray will be looking for a repeat result of the 3-4 Super Lig success versus Kasimpasa.

In that match, Galatasaray managed 60% possession and 17 shots at goal with 9 on target. For Galatasaray, the goalscorers were Dries Mertens (27'), Mauro Icardi (34' Own goal, 48', 83') and Carlos Vinícius (90'). On the other side, Kasimpasa got 20 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Aytaç Kara (57') and Nuno Joia Da Costa (77') scored for Kasimpasa.

Three or more goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where Galatasaray have been involved. Opposition teams scored 10 of them in these games whereas Galatasaray totted up 17. With no two games being the same, time will tell whether such a trend might continue on in this game.

Ahead of this meeting, Galatasaray are unbeaten in their previous 32 league matches at home. It really has been a fortress.

Hatayspor

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Hatayspor will come into the encounter following a 3-0 Super Lig win as they beat Samsunspor in their most recent match.

In that match, Hatayspor had 42% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Hatayspor, goals were scored by Carlos Strandberg (3'), Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (89') and Rigoberto Rivas (92'). At the other end, Samsunspor got 12 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target.

For 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Hatayspor, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game during that period works out to just 2.17, with the number of goals averaged by Hatayspor equalling 0.83.

Ahead of this meeting, Hatayspor have not won away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels stretching back to 03/04/2021, neither club has come out on top overall with Galatasaray winning 3 of those games, Hatayspor 3 and 0 being drawn in normal time.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 22 in total at an average of 3.67 goals per match.

The previous league contest featuring the two was Super Lig match day 12 on 11/11/2023 when it finished Hatayspor 2-1 Galatasaray.

On that day, Hatayspor had 29% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorers were Rigoberto Rivas (14') and Didier Lamkel Zé (55').

For their opponents, Galatasaray had 18 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Wilfried Zaha (28') scored.

The match was refereed by Bahattin Şimşek.

🗞️ Team News: Galatasaray

The Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk doesn’t have any fitness worries at all coming into this game thanks to a completely healthy group available to choose from. Günay Güvenç will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

We are thinking that Cimbom may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 system for the game, handing starts to Fernando Muslera, Baris Alper Yilmaz, Victor Nelsson, Abdulkerim Bardakci, Derrick Koehn, Lucas Torreira, Kerem Demirbay, Hakim Ziyech, Dries Mertens, Wilfried Zaha and Mauro Icardi.

ℹ️ Team News: Hatayspor

Thanks to a largely healthy group of players, there is only the lone fitness problem for the Hatayspor boss Volkan Demirel to be concerned with. Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi (unknown injury) won’t be in action.

We’re of the thinking that Hatayspor could decide to begin the game with a 4-1-4-1 formation by sending out Erce Kardesler, Kerim Alici, Guy-Marcelin Kilama, Nikola Maksimovic, Faouzi Ghoulam, Chandrel Massanga, Halil Dervisoglu, Omer Beyaz, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Rigoberto Rivas and Carlos Strandberg.

🧠 Prediction

In this match, Hatayspor will likely be able to score a goal against this Galatasaray lineup, but that might not quite be as many as they’ll concede.

We are anticipating a close game with a 2-1 win for Galatasaray at the end of the 90 minutes. Let’s see what eventuates.

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

Andre Moura, 17:09 02/04/2024