Galatasaray have been superb in the league this season and are the clear favorites for this one. The Lions have won every league game at home in this campaign (14) and we think they will stretch that run to 15 games on Friday.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Galatasaray win with a probability of 75.13%. A draw had a probability of 14.9% and a win for Caykur Rizespor had a probability of 9.94%.
The most likely scoreline for a Galatasaray win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.41%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 3-0 (9.17%) and 2-1 (9.06%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.85%), while for a Caykur Rizespor win it was 1-2 (2.98%). The actual scoreline of 6-2 was predicted with a 0.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Galatasaray would win this match.
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