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Süper Lig · Matchday 8 Match report

Gençlerbirliği 0-1 Galatasaray: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Eryaman Stadyumu, Ankara

Our picks against the result

9 of 12 right

  • Result Galatasaray win67% 0-1
  • Double chance Galatasaray or draw (X2)86% 0-1
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.560% 1 goal
  • More corners Galatasaray74% Galatasaray (9-10)
  • Yellow cards Below average 1 yellow card · league 3.9
  • Yellow cards 1 yellow card 3.5 Under55% 4.5 Under74% 5.5 Under87%
  • Corners Around average 19 corners · league 9.5
  • Corners 19 corners 8.5 Over63% 9.5 Over52% 10.5 Under59%

Match stats

Gençlerbirliği Galatasaray
  • 0 Goals 1
  • 0 Yellow cards 1
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 9 Corners 10

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Süper Lig Matchday 8 brings Gençlerbirliği vs Galatasaray to Eryaman Stadyumu on Saturday 17 October 2026, and our model backs the visitors. Galatasaray win is the result pick, with a Galatasaray win or draw double chance.

Why this pick?

Our model backs Galatasaray mainly on the strength gap: the leaders rate clearly higher at both ends, while Gençlerbirliği sit clearly below the Süper Lig average. The goal model reads the matchup the same way, and the head-to-head leans heavily towards the visitors, winners of 14 of the 23 meetings since 2010. Home advantage in Ankara is the real point on the other side. It does not change the call, because Gençlerbirliği have taken two points from their last five league games and concede plenty of clear chances, while Galatasaray have won five of seven. The pick is a clear one.

Form guide

Gençlerbirliği

  • D 2-2 vs Amed Sportif (H) Süper Lig · 10 Oct
  • L 0-4 at Başakşehir (A) Süper Lig · 19 Sep
  • L 1-2 vs Kasımpaşa (H) Süper Lig · 13 Sep
  • L 0-5 at Trabzonspor (A) Süper Lig · 6 Sep
  • D 1-1 vs Erzurumspor FK (H) Süper Lig · 28 Aug

Galatasaray

  • L 1-4 vs Barcelona (H) Champions League · 13 Oct
  • W 3-1 vs Kasımpaşa (H) Süper Lig · 9 Oct
  • L 0-4 at Trabzonspor (A) Süper Lig · 19 Sep
  • W 1-0 vs Kocaelispor (H) Süper Lig · 13 Sep
  • L 1-3 at Sporting CP (A) Champions League · 9 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

GençlerbirliğiGalatasaray
Attack 6 100 1.0 goals per match this season2.3 goals per match this season
Defence 24 94 2.1 conceded per match this season1.6 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Süper Lig clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

4Gençlerbirliği wins
5draws
14Galatasaray wins

23 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.

  • 22 Apr 2026 · Turkish Cup Galatasaray 0-2 Gençlerbirliği
  • 18 Apr 2026 · Süper Lig Gençlerbirliği 1-2 Galatasaray
  • 22 Nov 2025 · Süper Lig Galatasaray 3-2 Gençlerbirliği
  • 2 May 2021 · Süper Lig Gençlerbirliği 0-2 Galatasaray
  • 9 Jan 2021 · Süper Lig Galatasaray 6-0 Gençlerbirliği

Süper Lig so far

Süper Lig records before the match
#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
1 Galatasaray 7 511 16:11 +5 16
13 Gençlerbirliği 7 223 7:15 -8 8

Positions in our table of 18 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Süper Lig, Matchday 8
Kick-off
Venue
Eryaman Stadyumu, Ankara

Questions and answers

What was the score of Gençlerbirliği vs Galatasaray?

Gençlerbirliği 0-1 Galatasaray in the Süper Lig (Matchday 8) on Saturday 17 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Gençlerbirliği vs Galatasaray right?

Yes: our result pick was Galatasaray win, and the score after 90 minutes was 0-1. 9 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Gençlerbirliği vs Galatasaray?

1 yellow card (Gençlerbirliği 0, Galatasaray 1), no red cards and 19 corners (Gençlerbirliği 9, Galatasaray 10).

Other Süper Lig results that day

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