​Galatasaray vs Istanbulspor 15th leg tie match is scheduled for Sunday, December 25 at 18:00 at Ali Sami Yen live on Prima Sport 1.

In one of the Istanbul derbies, “Galatasaray” and “Istanbulspor” meet in completely different positions: the hosts occupy the 2nd place, two points behind the leader “Fenerbahçe”, and the visitors occupy the penultimate 18th place, retreating from the 15th position by seven points. a, the first above the line of retrogradation.

Galatasaray resumed official matches in the middle of last week, in the 1/8 finals of the Turkish Cup, when they beat Ankara Keciorengucu at home with a score of 1:0 (goal by Gomis, 82nd minute).

Before the competitive break caused by the World Cup in Qatar, Kim-Bom had a run of three consecutive victories in the championship, 2-0 with Fatih Karagumruk (d), 2-1 with Besiktas (a) and a hallucinatory 7-0 with Istanbul Basaksehir (d ).

Without a title since 2019, Galatasaray have brought in a number of first-class stars this season, even if almost all are nearing the end of their careers: Dries Mertens, Sergio Oliveira, Lucas Torreira, Milot Rashica, Haris Seferovic, Juan Mata, Leo Dubois and Mauro Icardi

The top scorer for the team coached by its former legend Okan Buruk is Turkish international Kerim Akturkoglu with five goals, followed by Argentine Mauro Icardi, the former PSG striker who scored four times in the Super League.

Istanbulspor, who were promoted in the summer after the play-offs (they finished 4th in the second division, from which only the top two sides were promoted), were in serious trouble before the championship break, suffering four consecutive defeats in the Super Lig. .

At the end of October, the team was led by Fatih Tekke, a former player of the Turkish national team who had a career with Trabzonspor and Zenit. However, a few days ago, the St. Petersburg team qualified for the 1/8 finals of the Turkish Cup after a 3:2 home win over second division side Etimesgut Belediyespor.

Galatasaray have won four of their last five head-to-head games against Istanbulspor, with a 2-1 win in their most recent friendly on September 24.

Superbet offers odds of 1.28 on prediction 1: victory of the hosts in the match Galatasaray – Istanbulspor.

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