Mid-table Konyaspor will hope their recent home record against Galatasaray can help put the brakes as the league leaders come visiting. This Süper Lig match will be played on Friday at the Torku Arena in Konya. The hosts are 8th in the standings ahead of this round with 31 points from 24 matches while the visitors are 1st with 60 points. Konyaspor have a comfortable seven-point cushion with the relegation zone, but that may soon evaporate if their recent form doesn’t improve. They have won only once across their last ten league matches and that too was a declared result 3-0 over Hatayspor. Little wonder then that the home fans are hoping that they can look back at two wins in their last two home league matches against Galatasaray. Yet, that record may be difficult to extend as Konyaspor have failed to win their last eight home league matches, losing four.
Galatasaray are sitting pretty atop the standings with a nine-point cushion over second-placed Fenerbahçe. There is no stopping the visitors who are coming into this match on the back of a 17-match winning run in all competitions. Even in the league, they have won their last 14 matches including declared matches so the confidence will be sky-high. It is their impressive backline that has been doing the job for Gala with their record of 17 goals conceded the best in the league. There’s no stopping them on the road either with Galatasaray winning their last six league matches in a row, five with a clean sheet.