Rizespor vs Galatasaray prediction and betting tips on February 17, 2025
Game Prediction
A match between Rizespor and Galatasaray will take place in the 24th round of the Turkish Süper Lig on February 17, 2025. Despite the load of the guests from Istanbul in the European competition, only the champion’s away victory is expected.
Our prediction for the match Rizespor vs Galatasaray
“The Black Sea Hawks” returned to the Süper Lig in 2023 after a one-season break. And they managed to get exactly half a hundred points, eventually finishing at the top of the table, in 9th position. “The Blood and Gold” won the race against neighbouring Fenerbahçe again and retain the championship title.
“The Lions” failed to start the new season: there happened a 0-5 failure in the struggle with Beşiktaş in the Turkish Super Cup and defeats in both matches against Young Boys in the Champions League qualification. Still, then they were able to show themselves well in the Europa League. There, the Turks reached the play-offs, but they failed in the game against AZ on Thursday – 1-4. Now the club needs a real feat on the native field in the return match. Fortunately, it has already managed to take a sole lead in the national championship. Adana Demirspor, however, left the field with a scandal in the previous round. The champion’s next opponent first lost in 5 rounds in a row, then won 6 out of 7 meetings, including the cup confrontation. Then, successful results, mainly at the home arena, alternated with failures. For instance, the previous round, which took place on Kasimpasa’s field, brought a 2-3 result.
Ilhan Palut’s footballers were able to score about 1.18 goals per round in the championship, but they concede more – 1.68. The leader of the draw has got corresponding statistics – their impressive ratio is 2.57/1.05.
Rizespor vs Galatasaray: key statistics and trends
- Rizespor has won 3 of 6 previous matches, including the cup confrontation.
- 55% of Rizespor games have ended with “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per meeting is 2.86.
- Galatasaray has lost 2 of 4 previous confrontations.
- 71% of Galatasaray struggles have brought “both teams to score: yes” and the average number of goals per battle is 3.62.
Rizespor vs Galatasaray: possible starting line-ups
Rizespor (possible line-up): Cetin – Hojer, Alikulov, Mocsi, Şahin – Papanikolaou,
Olawoyin, Akintola, Varešanovic, Ghezzal – Sowe.
Galatasaray (possible line-up): Muslera – Bardakci, Sanchez, Ayhan – Sallai, Mertens, Sara, Torreira, Jelert – Kutucu, Osimhen.
Previous head-to-head matches: Rizespor vs Galatasaray
All 5 previous head-to-head matches, including a 5-0 result in September, ended in victories for “the Blood and Gold”.
Free prediction for the match Rizespor vs Galatasaray
The hosts will not be helped by the field factor, although it is important for them – the champion needs to rehabilitate itself in the eyes of the fans for the failure in the Netherlands. And the team will be able to win on the away field (odd: 1.64).