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Fenerbahce vs Galatasaray Prediction & Betting tips
The crème de la crème – the best that Turkish football has to offer: Fenerbahce against Galatasaray! The big derby of the two most successful Turkish teams – measured by the titles – is coming. In the British football magazine “FourFourTwo”, the “Kitalar Arasi Derbi” ranks sixth among the 50 most explosive football derbies worldwide between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray.
Ali Koc, president of Fenerbahce, has poured oil into the fire in the run-up to the big intercontinental derby against archrival. The current situation in the Süper Lig, in particular the wrong decisions of the referees, was criticized in a press conference. Indirectly there was talk of a distortion of competition.
Mustafa Cengiz, club president of Galatasaray, was not very pleased with Ali Koc’s statements. In the run-up to the big derby, making such statements in a press conference only serves – according to Cengiz – to influence the impartial. The statements by the derby referee Halil Umut Meler will not have left their mark.
The extent to which the referee is restricted in the intercontinental derby in the decision-making space will be shown on Sunday evening. The fact that the home advantage of the canaries can also have an impact on the referee has already been explained in detail in the betting base information article on the home advantage.
Bookies see Fenerbahce vs. Galatasaray as favorites according to odds. We would not recommend a tip on the 1X2 market for the derby, especially given the explosiveness of the derby, the course of the game can be influenced by various game events.
Fenerbahce:
The tide can turn so quickly. Fenerbahce is still in the title race, but recently suffered some setbacks. With three games without a win, the canaries slipped to sixth place in the table. If Fenerbahce misses points again in the home derby against arch-rivals, the title dream is likely to be a long way off.
In the run-up to the 23rd game day, Fenerbahce separate the leaders Trabzonspor by six points – even though the Black Sea club still has one game less. The intercontinental derby is therefore of great importance for the canaries. Fenerbahce had a derby record of 3-2-1 this season.
A home win over Galatasaray would be the fourth derby win of the current season. So far, Fenerbahce has only suffered a defeat against Trabzonspor. The result against the Black Sea Club was surprising, as the canaries took the lead in the first minute of the game. Trabzonspor recovered from the early shock moment with a double strike in the first half.
On Sunday evening, Fenerbahce will at least enjoy the home advantage. The Canaries have so far performed well in the Sükrü Saracoglu Stadium and are therefore among the best home teams in the Süper Lig. So far Fenerbahce has had a record of 7-2-1 in ten home games.
Coach Ersun Yanal will have to do without two important midfielders in the derby against Galatasaray. Luiz Gustavo (yellow card suspension) and Emre Belözoglu (injury) pause. Garry Rodrigues also lacks an offensive man. Gustavo’s failure is particularly serious.
Fenerbahce’s defense will be challenged as the defensive midfield is missing. Why we therefore tend to give Serdar Aziz a yellow card is easy to understand.
Galatasaray:
Catching up 2020! As in the previous year, the Turkish record champions reduced the gap in the second half of the season and are now a hot candidate for the title. Although the options in the squad are manageable, the “Emperor” Fatih Terim has managed to form a competitive team with the resources available.
With the weak start to the season, such a chase was hardly conceivable. Now the Turkish record champion is building on the momentum of the winning streak and wants to take another step towards the 23rd championship in club history with the next victory. The goal is to end the Kadiköy curse on the arch rival.
Fenerbahce has had Galatasaray without an away win for 20 years. As you can see from Galatasaray’s away record for the current season, there is not really much to be said for an away win for the Lions this year either. In the ten away games of the current season there was a manageable record of 4-3-3 for Galatasaray. The last two away games have been won.
With only 17 goals conceded, the Lions are currently the best defense of the Süper Lig. Undoubtedly Fernando Muslera played a large part in this. The Uruguayan keeper of the lions is a strong backing and over the course of the season numerous defenses in the defensive were compensated for with heroic deeds. However, the performances of the central defenders should not be diminished.
With Mario Lemina, an important top player on the part of the lions will take a break due to injury. Otherwise, the personnel situation at Galatasaray has not changed much. Nagatomo and Luyindama do not have a player license for the second half of the year.
Fenerbahce vs Galatasaray head to head matches
28.09.19 SL Galatasaray Fenerbahce 0 : 0
14.04.19 SL Fenerbahce Galatasaray 1 : 1
02.11.18 SL Galatasaray Fenerbahce 2 : 2
17.03.18 SL Fenerbahce Galatasaray 0 : 0
22.10.17 SL Galatasaray Fenerbahce 0 : 0