Galatasaray and Konyaspor have both kicked off the new campaign in fine form and find themselves separated by just one point in the upper echelons of the table. The hosts have been imperious in the history of this fixture and we predict that they will extend their dominance over the Anadolu Kartali by claiming all three points.
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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 47.11%. A win for Konyaspor had a probability of 28.18% and a draw had a probability of 24.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Galatasaray win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.87%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.37%) and 2-0 (7.92%). The likeliest Konyaspor win was 0-1 (7.29%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.68%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Galatasaray would win this match.