Galatasaray vs Besiktas 13th Turkish League derby is scheduled for Saturday, November 5 at 19:00 at Istanbul’s Ali Sami Yen, live on Prima Sport 3 .
Galatasaray and Besiktas, two of the big three clubs in Turkey and the city of Istanbul, along with Fenerbahce, meet in a traditional derby that does not take into account current form or places in the rankings and has always been marked by incidents between fans two teams
Galatasaray went on the road this season with the stated goal of challenging for the league title, especially as the Basques brought in big-name players such as Dries Mertens, Sergio Oliveira, Lucas Torreira, Milot Rasika, Haris Seferovic, Juan Mata, Leo Dubois and Mauro Icardi.
Unfortunately, the results are lower than expected: the Lions are only in 5th place with 21 points from 11 matches, five points behind leaders Fenerbahce.
In these conditions, the coach of “Cim-Bom”, the former legendary player of the team Okan Buruk (seven titles, four cups, the UEFA Cup and the European Super Cup), faces an almost impossible mission, especially since in the previous season Galatasaray finished the championship in a disappointing 13th place (from 20).
Beşiktaş are in 4th place with 22 points from 12 matches (in the current edition of the 19-team Super League, with one team not playing at each stage), after finishing in 6th place last season.
Since October 28, after the dismissal of Frenchman Valerien Ismael, the team was trained by Senol Gunes, the coach with whom Turkey took 3rd place at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, and the coach with whom the Eagles won. two titles, in 2016 and 2017.
Beşiktaş have chosen this season to bank on “experienced” Premier League players, thus bringing in big names such as Vout Weghorst, Cenk Tosun, Dele Alli, Hedson Fernandez and Artur Masuaku.
The best scorers of the two teams are the Frenchman Bafetimbi Gomis (Galatasaray), who has 4 goals, respectively, the Dutchman Wout Weghorst (Besiktas) – six goals.
Last season, Galatasaray and Besiktas shared the victories, each team managed to win at home with the same score of 2-1.
Supebet offers odds of 1.60 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the match Galatasaray – Besiktas.
| Galatasaray – Besiktas | GG | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Share it | 1.60 |
* the tariff is valid at the time of publication of the article
Source: Hot News RO
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