Galatasaray
- Galatasaray have won their last two home games and have 3 wins in their last 5 matches.
- Okan Buruk’s side are almost home and dry in the title race with 64 points from 27 games, but they know the importance of three points against Selcuk Inan’s side.
Kocaelispor
- The visitors have had a solid campaign to date, sitting 8th with 34 points from 28 matches, but they have had some disappointing results recently.
- Kocaelispor have won only one, drawn only one and lost three of their last five Super Lig games, including a heavy 5-0 defeat to Alanyaspor.
Recent meeting
Bruno Petkovic leads the way for Kocaelispor with only six league goals in 17 appearances , but one of those was their winner against Galatasaray five months ago.
Galatasaray
- Buruk’s men are an incredibly efficient unit, which has played at a high tempo with an aggressive pressing system and rapid vertical play since the manager took over in June 2022.
- They have the firepower to unlock the stubborn blocks of other pragmatic teams and can dominate the ball and flood the box with players during the second halves of games.
- Mauro Icardi remains their top scorer with 13 goals in 25 Super Lig appearances and there is just as much quality and pace behind him, and Victor Osimhen, who has scored three of their last eight, provides another dimension to their attacking play.
Betting Insights
Backing Galatasaray to win at 1.32 looks an obvious choice, but we are going to have a bit of fun on the over/under market by taking over 2.5 goals at 1.57 and BTTS at 1.85 as we expect a goal fest and the hosts to prevail.
