Turkey - Süper LigStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Galatasaray and Besiktas, taking place on Saturday, 21 October 2023, at Rams Park in Istanbul.
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Galatasaray, Recent FormGalatasaray have set themselves up nicely for this match by securing a 2-0 away win against Antalyaspor in their previous league match. In that game they had 58% possession and managed 13 attempts on goal, with 6 on target, compared to Antalyaspor who had 11 attempts and 4 on target.
Okan Buruk will be very satisfied with his team's ability to find the net, with 14 goals in their last 6 matches; however, he will be less pleased with his back line, who have conceded4 goals during those same matches. Their goal scoring streak at home now stands at 20 games in a row.
They are showing impressive league form with a run of 7 straight wins in a row and are also unbeaten in their last 14 games.
When it comes to home matches at Rams Park, Mauro Icardi will be feeling confident about finding the net again, with 7 league goals for Galatasaray in their last 6 home games.
Besiktas, Recent FormBesiktas enter this game with a comfortable 2-0 home win over Istanbulspor last time out in the league. They came away from that fixture with a 65% share of the possession and clocked up 18 attempts on goal with 5 on target, in comparison to Istanbulspor, who managed 4 attempts on goal, 2 of which were on target.
Manager Şenol Güneş will be reasonably pleased with his team's performances in front of goal, having scored 10 goals in their last 6 games, but will want to tighten up his defence with 8 goals conceded in the same period. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games.
This squad has enjoyed a decent run of league form on the road of late with 4 wins from their last 6 away matches.
With 5 goals scored in his last 6 away games for Besiktas, Vincent Aboubakar will be looking to add more goals against Galatasaray in this match.
When these two teams last met in the league it was a 3-1 win for Besiktas.
Kara Kartallar will be looking to extend their current run of scoring against Galatasaray having scored at least 1 goal in each of their previous 6 meetings.
Playing at home, Galatasaray have won the last 3 and are unbeaten in the last 6 times they have faced Besiktas in the league.
Besiktas player Cenk Tosun will be feeling confident about recording goals against Galatasaray ahead of this encounter, with a scoring record of 3 goals from their last 5 meetings.
There is only really one injury concern for the Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk ahead of this clash, with Hakim Ziyech (Physical discomfort) missing out, which gives Buruk a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Şenol Güneş has a number of injury concerns in his Besiktas squad to contend with: Gedson Fernandes (Muscle), Mert Günok (Muscle), Tayyib Sanuç (Cruciate ligament) and Emrecan Uzunhan (Personal reasons)
Galatasaray Playing at home | Besiktas Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | Goals scored | 1.3 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 28' | Time first goal scored | 70' |
| 47' | Time first goal conceded | 19' |
| 1.7 | Yellow cards | 1.5 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 5 | Subs used | 4.8 |
| 4-2 | Biggest victory | 2-0 |
| - | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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