On Sunday, starting with 17:00, the Galatasaray – Fenerbahce match will be played, within the 3rd stage of the first league in Turkey. Galatasaray is undefeated in 10 of the last 11 direct matches with Fenerbahce at home, but has not won since 2014 on “Ali Sami Yen”. Last season, the “cimbom” team won 3-1 away and drew “home”, score 0-0.
Galatasaray has 4 consecutive victories in the new season, two in the Super League and two in the Europa League. The last of them on Thursday night, in the 3rd preliminary round of the Europa League, score 2-0 with Hajduk Split. In the domestic championship, Fatih Terim’s team is ranked first after two stages, being next to Alanyaspor, the only one with maximum score. Galatasaray is forced to improve its performance in Turkey, after finishing the previous season only on the 6th place.
Fenerbahce has only 4 points in the first two rounds, after the victory with Rizespor, score 2-1 away, respectively the white draw with Hatayspor. Without massive investments this season, the “yellow canaries” will try to tick a qualification in the European cups, after in 2019/2020 they ranked 7th, 3 points away from Galatasaray. The defeat with Terim’s team from last season was the first after a break of 21 years on their own field in front of the rival.
-Galatasaray has 124 victories in the derby, Fenerbahce 146, and 121 were draws;
-The most severe defeat in the derby, Fenerbahce – Galatasaray 6-0 (2001);
-Galatasaray has not defeated Fenerbahce “at home” in the Super League since 2014 (2-1);
PREDICTION: Galatasaray to win @ 2,05
