While Galatasaray played good football and scored many goals against Karagümrük, Beşiktaş and Başakşehir one after the other, the World Cup break started. They were in very good form. Lastly, they beat the lower league representative Keciorengucu 1-0 in the Turkish Cup and moved on to the next round. The key players of the team, Sergio Oliveira and Mauro Icardi, are injured, but they may not need them against Istanbulspor, one of the weakest teams in the league.

Istanbulspor are at the bottom of the league and have lost 6 matches in a row in the league. They also lost 3-1 against Fenerbahce in the Turkish Cup recently and were eliminated from the tournament. The mood and quality of play in the team seem pretty bad while being extra motivated on the road to Galatasaray won’t work either.

Galatasaray are the team with the highest xG value in the league. Especially in the xG values of the last 3 match weeks, he made a big difference to all his opponents. Istanbulspor is one of the two worst teams in the league in this respect. However, they still managed to score 2 goals against both Besiktas and Fenerbahce. Even if they cannot win the game against the big teams, they contribute to the score.

Galatasaray will win the match comfortably under these conditions, but I recommend Galatasaray and Over 2.5 as I foresee that Istanbulspor will also contribute to the score.