Historically looking, Galatasaray have a positive record in H2H matches with the Black Eagles.Cimbom lead the tie by 13 wins coming into 270th encounter with Besiktas.
The Black Eagles, however, won three of past four clashes with Galatasaray, including this term’s 1-0 victory in early-December at Vodafone Stadyumu.
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None of past four H2H encounters between the two sides saw goals scored at both ends.A real buzz is expected in and around Turk Telekom Stadyumu on Sunday afternoon when fierce Istanbul rivals Galatasaray and Besiktas are set to battle it out in a mouth-watering derby of the Matchday No 31.
Apart from bragging rights, a place in the next term of Champions League and even the Super Lig title might be at stake when these two likes come across each other.
Galatasaray: Muslera, Semih, Chedjou, Hakan, Carole, Selcuk, De Jong, Yasin, Sneijder, Bruma, Podolski.
Besiktas: Fabri, Gökhan, Marcelo, Mitrovic, Adriano, Atiba, G.İnler, Quaresma, Oğuzhan, Babel, Cenk.
Cimbom failed to take advantage of Istanbul Basaksehir’s shocking 0-2 home loss to relegation-threatened Goztepe. They could not break the deadlock past a stern Konyaspor side in the last fixture of the previous round on Monday evening.
Such slip-up left Fatih Terim’s men two points shy of table-toppers Istanbul Basaksehir. Nevertheless, Galatasaray will have the opportunity to fix the mentioned draw to Konya with a pair of wins in two most important games of the season – this one against Besiktas and the one against Istanbul Basaksehir in two weeks at Turk Telekom Stadyumu.