Galatasaray – Kayserispor PREDICTION (23.11.2020)

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Galatasaray – Kayserispor SOCCER PICKS

Galatasaray and Kayserispor face at Türk Telekom Stadyumu, in a match for the 9th round of the Süper Lig. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which registers 4 wins and 1 loss in the last 5 games. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match at this stadium was on 02‑02‑2020, in a match for the Süper Lig that ended with the victory of Galatasaray by (4‑1). The goals of the match were scored by A. Büyük (5 ‘), S. Feghouli (64’ and 90 ‘) and R. Donk (21’), for Galatasaray, and M. Mešanović (69 ‘), for Kayserispor. Despite being a match between 3rd and 18th in the table, it is actually a confrontation between the 10th ranked in home games and the 15th away.

Galatasaray:

The home team is currently in the 3rd position, with 16 points won, after 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. In the penultimate match, they won at home against Ankaragücü by (1‑0). In the last match, they won away against Sivasspor by (1‑2). This is a team that tends to achieve more positive results away from home than at home, since they have won 9 points away and 7 in their stadium, with 6 goals scored and 3 suffered as away, against 5 goals scored and 3 suffered at home. In their last 4 home games for the championship, Galatasaray won 2, drew 1 and lost 1, thus conquering 7 points out of 12 possible. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 6 of the last 8 matches for this competition. The team does not usually have problems opening the scoring: they scored the first goal in 6 of the last 8 games for the Süper Lig, of these 6 they reached the break in advantage in 4 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 5 In the last 20 home matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 6 of their 16 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).

The team is coming off a victory (1-2), away from home, against Sivasspor. In the previous match, they also beat Ankaragucu’s team, at home, 1-0. Occupying the tenth position, he makes an average campaign, but below expectations due to the investments made in the team. The coach will have several absences for the game: goalkeeper Fernando Muslera, forward Falcao, central Christian Luyindama and midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo are injured. In addition, left backs Ryan Babel and Arda Turan, center-backs Omar Elabdellaoui and Emre Tasdemir, goalkeeper Okan Kocuk and forward Younès Belhanda are infected with coronavirus.

Kayserispor :

After 2 wins and 5 losses, the visiting team is currently in 18th position, with 6 points won. In their last match, they lost to Hatayspor at home by (0‑1), after having lost away in the previous match, in a match against Rizespor, by (1‑0). This is a team little affected by the home factor, since they achieved similar results at home and abroad. In their last 10 away matches Kayserispor has recorded 3 wins and 7 losses. Their defense has not been very solid, since they have conceded goals in 5 of the last 7 matches for this competition. In 15 games, they suffered the first goal 9 times and never managed to come back. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 16 away matches for all competitions: they have scored 6 of their 16 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘); they have conceded 15 of their 41 goals between minutes (76’ ‑ 90 ‘).

The visitors lost the last home game against Göztepe, 1-1. In the previous match, they also lost 1-0 against the Rizespor team, away from home. At 18th place, he has a worrying season and needs to start scoring points if he wants to escape relegation. The coach will have five absences for the match: forwards Ömer Uzun and Wilfried Kanga, left-back Nurettin Korkmaz and Pedro Enrique, as well as right-back Ilhan Depe, all of them injured.


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