📏 Form Guide

Samsunspor

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Samsunspor will be hoping for a better result after the 2-1 Super Lig defeat in their last game at the hands of Antalyaspor.

In that match, Samsunspor managed 48% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Samsunspor was Zeki Yavru (52'). For their opponents, Antalyaspor got 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Soner Dikmen (45') and Adolfo Gaich (84') scored for Antalyaspor.

It has been all too rare in recent games where Samsunspor haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Samsunspor have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 11 goals along the way.

Coming into this contest, Samsunspor have left without a victory over Galatasaray in their previous 7 matches in the league.

Galatasaray

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Beşiktaş in Super Lig competition, Galatasaray will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Galatasaray had 47% possession and 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Galatasaray was Lucas Torreira (45'). On the other side, Besiktas had 20 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Rafa Silva (23') and Gedson Fernandes (66') scored for Beşiktaş.

Showing their involvement in eventful encounters, we’ve seen goals 20 times in the last 6 matches in which Galatasaray have taken to the pitch, yielding an average of 3.33 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have managed 8 of this grand total. That kind of trend won’t necessarily be continued into this next game, however.

Coming into this fixture, Galatasaray have not been beaten by Samsunspor when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results stretching back to 04/03/2006 reveals that these encounters have not been fruitful for Samsunspor. They have not managed to get any wins whatsoever whereas Galatasaray have maintained the edge over them, beating them in 100% of those match-ups.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 28 overall at an average of 4.67 goals per match.

The last league meeting between these sides was Super Lig match day 12 on 10/11/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Galatasaray 3-2 Samsunspor.

That day, Galatasaray managed 59% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 7 on target. The goals were scored by Victor Osimhen (3', 55') and Michy Batshuayi (85').

Samsunspor got 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Olivier Ntcham (50') and Youssef Aït Bennasser (92') scored.

The referee was Halil Umut Meler.

ℹ️ Team News: Samsunspor

Youssef Aït Bennasser (unknown injury), Celil Yüksel (unknown injury) and Marc Bola (unknown injury) won’t be able to feature for Samsunspor boss Thomas Reis.

ℹ️ Team News: Galatasaray

Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk has some current player fitness concerns. Kaan Ayhan (Knee injury), Kerem Demirbay (Groin strain), Elias Jelert (Fitness) and Mauro Icardi (Cruciate ligament tear) are not ready for selection.

💭 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Samsunspor have the firepower to score against this Galatasaray lineup, although just one goal might not be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re going for a close game with a 1-2 win for Galatasaray at the end of this one. It’s a very tough call.

Peter Guest, 16:04 11/04/2025