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Hatayspor

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Hatayspor will be looking for an improved result here following the 1-2 Super Lig losing effort in their last game against Çaykur Rizespor.

In that game, Hatayspor had 44% possession and 15 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Hatayspor, goals were scored by Lamine Diack (11' Own goal) and Bilal Boutobba (23'). On the other side, Caykur Rizespor had 15 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Rachid Ghezzal (63') scored for Çaykur Rizespor.

It has been seldom in recent games that Hatayspor have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Hatayspor have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 12 goals in the process. It will be interesting to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Leading up to this clash, Hatayspor:

• haven't beaten Galatasaray in their last 2 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 4 matches in the league. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Galatasaray

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Galatasaray head into the encounter after a 1-2 Super Lig win to defeat İstanbul Başakşehir in their most recent game.

In that match, Galatasaray managed 48% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Galatasaray was Barış Yılmaz (42', 59'). On the other side, Istanbul Basaksehir got 7 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Krzysztof Piątek (53') was the scorer for İstanbul Başakşehir.

In their last six outings, Galatasaray have helped themselves to the sum of 18 goals. Galatasaray have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. During those fixtures, they’ve seen 10 goals go into their own net.

Going into this one, Galatasaray have not been beaten in their last 20 league matches away from home. An amazing run.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their past head-to-head clashes dating back to 16/01/2022 shows that Hatayspor have won 2 of these and Galatasaray 4, with the number of draws standing at 0.

A combined total of 20 goals were scored between them in these games, with 7 from Hatayspor and 13 netted by Cimbom. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.33.

The previous league fixture between the two was Super Lig match day 1 on 09/08/2024 and the score finished Galatasaray 2-1 Hatayspor.

On that occasion, Galatasaray had 71% possession and 26 attempts at goal with 9 on target. The goalscorers were Mauro Icardi (80') and Michy Batshuayi (90').

For their opponents, Hatayspor got 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Joelson Fernandes (52') scored.

The referee was Turgut Doman.

📰 Team News: Hatayspor

Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Hatayspor manager to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Jonathan Okoronkwo (unknown injury) will miss out.

It seems likely that Hatayspor will possibly make use of the 4-1-4-1 system for this game, utilising Visar Bekaj, Kerim Alici, Guy-Marcelin Kilama, Francisco Calvo, Kamil Ahmet Cörekci, Abdulkadir Parmak, Lamine Diack, Funsho Bamgboye, Bilal Boutobba, Joelson Fernandes and Vincent Aboubakar.

🗞️ Team News: Galatasaray

Galatasaray boss Okan Buruk has to choose a team with limited availability. Gabriel Sara (Inner ligament stretch of the knee) and Mauro Icardi (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.

It’s our belief that Cimbom appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for N. Fernando Muslera, Kaan Ayhan, Davinson Sánchez, Abdlkerim Bardakci, Ismail Jakobs, Lucas Torreira, Kerem Demirbay, Yunus Akgün, Dries Mertens, Baris Yilmaz and Victor Osimhen.

🧠 Prediction

We feel that in this game, Galatasaray should create a decent amount of chances and shots on target.

In contrast, Hatayspor won’t find it easy getting on the scoresheet although we reckon that they could well end up managing to get on the scoresheet.

We reckon that it will be a fairly comfortable 1-3 winning margin for Galatasaray at the end of the match.

Andre Moura, 16:07 17/01/2025