Hatayspor vs Galatasaray betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Super Lig match on January 17th, 2025

Hatayspor and Galatasaray are scheduled to play against each other on January 17th, 2025, Friday at 17:00h (UTC), in a Super Lig match to be held in Turkey, check the Hatayspor vs Galatasaray betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Hatayspor vs Galatasaray will occur

The game takes place in the small Mersin Stadyumu stadium, in the city of Mersin, with a capacity for 4201 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

Including statistics, events and odds, you can follow the match live with access to all the information to help with your sports betting on Betarena.

Introduction to the Hatayspor vs Galatasaray betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Super Lig has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.88 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.79 goals per game of the last championship.

Hatayspor last match

Hatayspor come from a defeat in the last match. The game against Rizespor, valid for the Super Lig, ended with a 1-2. The team coached by R. Çalımbay lined up in the last match with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Before the kick-off the home team's defeat had odds of 1.91, which explains why it was considered a fairly even match.

The defense showed numerous shortcomings during the match. Kamil Ahmet Çörekçi was on a bad day, never on time for his appointment with the ball, definitely one of the worst on the field.

Galatasaray last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Super Lig, Galatasaray, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the İstanbul Başakşehir team with a final score of 1-2.

The team's favoritism prior to the match was confirmed thanks to the positive result, a victory that had odds of 1.57.

Hatayspor vs Galatasaray h2h

Galatasaray was in 1st place when they last went head-to-head in Super Lig against Hatayspor, who was in 18th place. Galatasaray formed a 4-2-3-1 arrangement while Hatayspor took to the pitch with a 4-1-4-1 formation.

The previous meeting between these two teams was in the 2024/2025 season of the Super Lig. The meeting took place on 09-08-2024 and ended with a 2-1 win for Galatasaray.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

The Galatasaray team in the last five matches has achieved more regular results, with a total of 4 wins, compared to the Hatayspor team, which has no wins recently.

Teams with their unique strengths and objectives.

Hatayspor

Super Lig leaderboard now

With 9 points won, Hatayspor is in 18th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 1 win against 11 losses, plus 6 draws.

This means that in the 20th round the team has an advantage of 4 points in relation to the Adana Demirspor team that is in the 19th place.

Hatayspor analysis

Hatayspor have a negative goal difference, having after 19 rounds conceded 31 goals to opponents and scored 16. An average to improve.

Hatayspor team comes to this game with a sequence of 3 losses in the Super Lig that has been affecting the team's morale.

Hatayspor is not a team that imposes its rhythms on the field, it usually has a rather counterattacking game: in fact, during this league we see that it has an average ball possession of 47.33%. In the next match against Galatasaray a change of attitude on the field will be needed, Hatayspor will have to try to maintain possession to create goal chances and win.

Best goalscorer from Hatayspor

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Vincent Aboubakar. The Attacker scored 3 goals in the current season, helping Hatayspor to achieve victory in several disputes.

Galatasaray

Super Lig leaderboard now

The Galatasaray team with 50 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the UEFA Champions League Qualifiers, with a campaign of 16 wins, 2 draws, and 0 losses.

Galatasaray analysis

We have reached matchday 19 in Super Lig and at the moment Galatasaray has made 51 goals and conceded 21.

Galatasaray is in that enviable position as the favorite after they had 5 wins in the Super Lig.

As we approach the Regular Season, Galatasaray is gearing up for another gripping match. In the opening game, the team managed 7.61 shots on target, offering a glimpse into their offensive capabilities.

This is a top 5 team in the Super Lig that wants to keep up with the good performances!

Ball possession above 50% typically gives teams some control over their opponents. For this reason, the Galatasaray team usually goes for an average ball possession of 55.78% to try to control the game.

Opponents usually do not have much of a chance against away team Galatasaray, with a balance of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws in the Super Lig.

Coming from a 5 wins streak in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will try to get a good result in this game, even if they are playing away from home, mainly because playing away Galatasaray in 8 games, has not lost a game.

Galatasaray is a more offensive team than Hatayspor, having 1796 attacks vs. 1633 from Hatayspor, having scored 51 times, in comparison, Hatayspor converted into goal 16 times.

Best goalscorer from Galatasaray

Until this stage of the season, in terms of individual exhibitions, the highlight is Victor Osimhen. The Attacker has scored 10 times in this competition and helped Galatasaray avoiding adverse outcomes on several occasions.

It should also be noted that 3 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Hatayspor is Vincent Aboubakar, who has already scored 3 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Galatasaray is Victor Osimhen, he has scored in 10 opportunities.

Most goals are scored between 75-90 as some study shows, which makes this a good time to bet for those following the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Hatayspor 0.9 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Galatasaray 3 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Handicap Betting Tip

It is very clear the huge favoritism that Galatasaray has for this match. The difference between the teams is big, and that should be evident in the final result. Therefore, a good bet for this clash is on the Asian handicap of -1.5 in favor of the visiting team.

Corners Top Betting Tips

By combining the number of corners of both teams, we can see an average of 6.08 corners per game, also a market to explore to obtain good results in sports betting.

Galatasaray is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 7.56 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Galatasaray in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Hatayspor has an average of 2.6 yellow cards per game over the 19 rounds, while Galatasaray has an average of 2. In other words, these teams together are averaging 4.95 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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