Galatasaray vs Istanbulspor prediction and betting tips on January 25, 2024
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This week the next, 22nd round of the local Turkish Süper Lig is decided to be held in Turkey. The participants will play 3 matches even on Thursday. There will also be an Istanbul derby between Galatasaray and Istanbulspor. The champion versus the outsider – is there any intrigue here? The website contains an exclusive prediction for the football confrontation on January 25, 2024.
Galatasaray wants to retain gold medals like a season ago
“The Blood Golds” failed in the season of 2021/2022, finishing outside the top 10. Still, then a local former footballer, Okan Buruk, came and brought back the championship title ahead of schedule. Taking into account such success, “the Lions” were able to lure a number of high-status footballers to Istanbul, from Zaha to Ndombélé, in the summer. At the same time, it’s too early to say what this has done. Speaking about the Champions League, the Turkish club took 3rd place in the group – near Copenhagen, but above Manchester United. And as for the inner arena, there is a 1 on 1 race for gold with its neighbour, Fenerbahçe. Now the opponents are on par, and Galatasaray defeated Trabzonspor on the away arena in the previous round – currently the third-ranked team of the country was beaten with a 5-1 score.
Istanbulspor looks really toothless
“The Yellow Bulls” were even national champions, but that happened 90 years ago, in 1932. Moreover, the team has been “hanging” out in the lower divisions, right up to the third league of the country, in recent decades. Still, then there was a fairly rapid rise, and, the team, after a pause of 17 years, managed to return to the Süper Lig in 2021 – although only through the play-offs. To begin with, the newcomer climbed to 12th place, which was an unconditional success. Taking into account the higher mentioned result, the current season, when little is happening at all, is far from being perfect – the team is in last position. What is even more surprising is that it managed to beat Kayserispor on the away field in the previous round (even if the only goal was scored in the 5th added minute of the game).
Previous head-to-head matches
“The Blood Golds” are clearly stronger in this derby. And this fact was proved even after “the Bulls” returned to the elite division – they won all 3 matches.
Free prediction for the match Galatasaray vs Istanbulspor on January 25:
It’s hard to believe that the underdog will somehow compete with the champion. The grandee must beat such an opponent with “a -2.0 goal handicap” (odd: 1.64).