Galatasaray make the trip to Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadyumu on Friday for the Super Lig tie with hosts Samsunspor.
To see all of our predictions, user poll & stats for Samsunspor v Galatasaray, scroll down - as well as the best betting odds.
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Samsunspor
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Samsunspor will be hoping to return to winning ways here after a 2-1 Super Lig defeat last time out to Antalyaspor.
In that game, Samsunspor had 48% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Samsunspor was Zeki Yavru (52'). At the other end, Antalyaspor had 12 shots on 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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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Beşiktaş in Super Lig action, Galatasaray will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, Galatasaray managed 47% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Galatasaray was Lucas Torreira (45'). At the other end, Besiktas had 20 attempts 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.
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Head to head
A study of their past head to head results stretching back to 04/03/2006 shows that these encounters have not been fruitful for Samsunspor. They’ve not been able to come away with any victories at all whereas Galatasaray have just been too good for them, running out winners in 100% of those matches.
There were also goals galore in those games, with 28 in all at an average of 4.67 goals per match.
The last league clash between the two was Super Lig match day 12 on 10/11/2024 when it finished Galatasaray 3-2 Samsunspor.
On that day, Galatasaray had 59% possession and 19 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The goals were scored by Victor Osimhen (3', 55') and Michy Batshuayi (85').
Samsunspor got 10 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Olivier Ntcham (50') and Youssef Aït Bennasser (92') scored.
The referee was Halil Umut Meler.
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Team News: Samsunspor
Youssef Aït Bennasser (unknown injury), Celil Yüksel (unknown injury) and Marc Bola (unknown injury) won’t be available for Samsunspor gaffer Thomas Reis.
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Team News: Galatasaray
Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk has a number of players out of action. Kaan Ayhan (Knee injury), Kerem Demirbay (Groin strain), Elias Jelert (Fitness) and Mauro Icardi (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be playing here.
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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.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Regarding the latest bookmaker odds in the win-draw-win market, putting your money on Samsunspor is available for 5, backing a draw is 4 and putting your money on the winning team to be Galatasaray gets 1.65. These are the most competitive market prices offered at this very moment.
Peter Guest,
03:10 11/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Samsunspor
Formed: 1965
Stadium: Samsun 19 Mayıs Stadyumu (33,919)
Captain: Zeki Yavru
Chairman: Yüksel Yıldırım
Manager: Thomas Reis
Competitions: Super Lig position 3
🔑 Key Player: Marius Mouandilmadji
Customarily taking to the field in the Striker position, Marius Mouandilmadji was born in Doba, Chad. Having played his first senior match for Porto in the 2018 - 2019 season, the gifted Forward has scored 8 league goals in the Süper Lig 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 27 appearances.