Bursaspor vs Galatasaray: Preview and Prediction

Bursaspor vs Galatasaray
Turkish Super Lig
Date: Monday, 1st May April 2017
Kick off at 18:00 UK/ 19:00 CET
Venue: Bursa Atatürk Stadyumu.

Bursaspor are sitting at 12th in the league table and will be keen to distance themselves further from the relegation zone. In short, it has been a disappointing couple of seasons for the 2009/10 champions. They were playing European football from 2010 to 2015 and this will be the second consecutive season where they finish in the bottom half of the league table.

Bursa are coming on the back of a humbling 5-1 defeat away at Akhisar Genclik Spor. This summarize their inconsistency since the start of 2017. There are only two wins in their last 13 league games, while they drew 2 and lost 9.

In home matches, Bursa have a moderate record. The 14 matches so far produced 7 wins and 3 draws, while suffering defeats in 4. However, three of those four defeats came inside the six matches in 2017.

Galatasaray are coming on back-to-back defeats without scoring. Their latest clash was at home against fierce rivals Fenerbahce and feel to a narrow 1-0 defeat. However, one of the alarming defeat came in the previous round when they were thrashed 4-0 by the second placed Istanbul Basaksehir.

In the super Lig standings, Galatasaray are sitting at 4th, the final Europa League qualification spot. They could well fall below at the kick-off on Monday as Trabzon on fifth position are just 2 points behind them.

Gala’s recent away form has been worrisome. They managed to win just once in the last 5 road trips, drew 1 and lost 3. Also, they conceded 11 goals during the period.

Bursaspor vs Galatasaray: Head-to-head

It’s all Galatasaray, if you look at their recent head-to-head matches. Bursaspor’s last win can be dated back to 2012 which puts Gala on a 13-match unbeaten run with 8 wins and 5 draws.

At home, Bursa lost 2 and drew 3 from the last five, with all three draws finishing with the same 1-1 score line.

Bursaspor vs Galatasaray: Prediction

Galatasaray are on a poor run of form, but their good h2h record against Bursa makes this contest interesting. We believe this will be an evenly poised contest with both team having equal chance to get the full-points. Therefore, we recommend to go with goal markets rather than selecting an outright winner.