Antalyaspor – Galatasaray

Antalyaspor and Galatasaray will meet for the second time in 5 days after drawing 0-0 in Istanbul in a meaningless Turkish Cup game on 12 February.

The hosts are not doing so well in the league, with just 3 points separating them from the relegation zone. However, Antalyaspor looks to be in pretty good form right now despite losing 4 of the last 6 matches in Superliga. Before drawing with Galatasaray in the Cup, they held Bursaspor to a 1-1 result on the road in Superliga, playing pretty good football especially in the second half. A low point for Antalyaspor this season has been their form at home, where they have a really bad statline of 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats, playing worse than they do on the road.

Galatasaray put together a dream team this season but domestic results have not been quite what the Cim-Bom side expected. Just third place in the league right now, 7 points away from leaders Fenerbahce, but with a win today Galata will climb up to the second spot and would close the gap to just 4 points from the first place – thus taking advantage of Fenerbahce’s recent struggles. Galatasaray is in amazing short term form, winning the last 2 league games against Bursaspor and Erciyesspor with a combined goal difference of 9-0!

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Team news: Both teams are relatively healthy with no more than 3-4 missing players to their name. No new injury worries have been reported and Galatasaray should have all their stars available for this one.

After some serious thinking I will go with Galatasaray to win this. The Cim-Bom side has been simply devastating recently and they are very motivated here, with a win being mandatory for their title chances to stay alive. Antalyaspor is an almost decent side but nothing impressive – their form is mediocre and home court advantage does not mean anything to them. Indeed, Galata did not play too good on the road this season but they are in their best form right now and I expect them to come out with the three points in this one. Class, experience, form and maybe even motivation are on the visitors` side. I`m not too worried by the 0-0 draw in the cup 4 days ago, as both teams were already qualified and rotated their squads.

My tip is Galatasaray to win, despite the fact that I would have liked slightly better odds for this bet. I can see the visitors’ destructive offense creating enough chances to score the needed goals against relegation battlers Antalya. Prediction: Antalyaspor – Galatasaray 1-2.

Pick: Galatasaray
Odds: 1.64 @ Pinnacle
Stake: 8
Possible profit: 5.12
Event date: 17 February