On Sunday, starting at 16:00, the match Galatasaray – Besiktas, from the 26th round of the Turkish Super Lig, 2019/2020 edition will be played. Galatasaray has had major success in front of the rival in the last seasons on his own field, gaining 16 victories in the last 23 matches. Besiktas won 5 times in this interval and only one game ended with a draw. In the tour, “Vulturii” won 1-0, through Nayir’s success in the 69th minute.
Galatasaray accumulated 49 points in the first 25 stages, taking 3rd place in the standings, 3 points away from leader Trabzonspor. The “Cimbom” formation has performed excellently on its own ground this season, achieving 9 successes, 3 draws and one defeat in Istanbul. The students of Fatih Terim drew in the tour with Fenerbahce, score 0-0, and in return they defeated 3-1 in the “yellow canary”, for the first time after a break of 21 years.
Besiktas struggled this season, and former glory Sergen Yalcin took over the technical bank on January 29 this year. The results improved, and the “Vulturii” climbed to the 5th place in the ranking, with 43 points, 6 distance from the Galatasaray rival. Besiktas has figured this season in the Europa League, managing a single victory and 5 defeats in the group stage. However, Sergen achieved 4 successes in the 6 matches with Besiktas, being defeated only once, 0-1 on Basaksehir’s ground.
Galatasaray has always been in control of the matches with Besiktas on his own ground and it is difficult to presume a victory of the “Vultures”. However, the match is played without spectators, and a surprise could be drawn.
Galatasaray: Muslera – Saracchi, Marcao, Donk, Mariano – Seri, Bayram – Onyekuru, Lemina, Feghouli – Falcao
Besiktas: Karius – Gonul, Ruiz, Vida, Erkin – Hutchinson, Elneny – Lens, Boateng, Nkoudou – Yilmaz
PREDICTION: Galatasaray to win @ 2,00
