While Galatasaray will be wounded by their heavy Super Cup defeat last week, they should have more than enough quality to bounce back and start their Super Lig defence with a comfortable home win 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 70.57%. A draw had a probability of 17% and a win for Hatayspor had a probability of 12.44%.
The most likely scoreline for a Galatasaray win was 2-0 with a probability of 10.3%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.53%) and 1-0 (8.47%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (7.83%), while for a Hatayspor win it was 1-2 (3.62%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Galatasaray would win this match.