Fenerbahçe vs Galatasaray, the countdown to the 17th stage of the Turkish Championship, will take place on Sunday, December 24 from 18:00 at Şükru Saraçoğlu in Istanbul, live on Prima Sport 1.

Fenerbahce and Galatasaray will meet in a new episode of the Turkish classic, this time at the 17th stage of the Super League, at a time when the two teams are leading the standings, separated only by goal difference (the first game was more than a century ago, in 1909, Galatasaray – Fenerbahce 2-0).

It is called the “intercontinental derby” because Fenerbahçe is located in the Kadıköy district, located in the Asian part of the city, while Galatasaray is located in Seyrant, a district located in the European part of Istanbul.

Fenerbahçe are top of the table with 43 points (44-14 goal difference) after four wins and a draw in their last five league matches, with a 4-3 win at Kayerispor in the previous round.

During this interval, Ismail Kartal’s team also played two games in Europe: 1-6 away to Nordsjaelland and 4-0 at home to Spartak Trnava, which saw them win Group H and qualify directly for Round of 16 of the Conference. League.

Fenerbahçe have seven wins and one defeat at home this domestic season, while Edin Dzeko is the team’s and league’s top scorer alongside Galatasaray’s Mauro Icardi with 12 wins in the Super League.

The main stars of “Fenerbahce” are Edin Dzeko, Dusan Tadic, Michy Batshuayi, Dimonic Livakovic, Fred, Ryan Kent and Cengiz Under.

Galatasaray are in 2nd place, also with 43 points (32-9 goal difference) and come after four wins and one loss in the previous five stages of the Super League, the last of which they managed to win at home against Fatih Team Karagumruk, score 1-0.

The Okan Buruk-coached side crashed out of the Champions League after 3-3 at home to Manchester United and 0-1 away to Copenhagen, but finished 3rd in Group A and remain in the play-offs for 1 / 8 finals in the Europa League, in which he will meet with Sparta Prague.

Galatarasai have six wins, one draw and one defeat in their away matches in the Super League this season, with the team’s top scorer being Mauro Icardi, who is also the league’s top scorer with 12 goals. , drawing with Edin Dzeko of Fenerbahce.

The main stars of Galatasaray are Fernando Muslera, Mauro Icardi, Dries Mertens, Wilfried Zaha, Sergio Oliveira, Lucas Torreira, Hakim Ziyech and Kerem Akturkoglu.

Galatasaray defeated Fenerbahçe by the same score of 3-0 in the two matches of the previous Super League season, both in the away leg and in the second leg at home.

Superbet offers odds of 1.57 on the GG prediction: both teams will score in the match Fenerbahce – Galatasaray.

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