Previewing Sunday’s Besiktas vs. Galatasaray Turkish Super Lig soccer matchup, with soccer betting odds, picks and best bets.
Besiktas (13-8-4) and Galatasaray (14-4-7) tangle Sunday in Turkish Super Lig action at noon ET at Turk Telecom Stadyumu in Istanbul. We analyze the Besiktas-Galatasaray sports betting odds and lines, while providing Super Lig betting tips and picks around this matchup.
Besiktas vs. Galatasaray: Key injuries
Besiktas
- R-B Douglas Pereira Dos Santos (thigh) out
- MF Dorukhan Tokoz (knee) out
Galatasaray
- F Adem Buyuk (back) out
- D Christian Luyindama Nekadio (undisclosed) out
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Besiktas vs. Galatasaray: Super Lig odds, betting lines and picks
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 3:30 a.m. ET.
Prediction
Galatasaray 2, Besiktas 1
GALATASARAY (+125) plays host to Besiktas (+230) in what essentially is the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry of baseball. These sides do not like each other at all. Galatasaray is on its home pitch, and it’s the play. It is coming off a 2-2 draw against Sivasspor, but previous to that it rattled off four consecutive victories against Genclerbirligi, Fenerbahce, Yeni Malatyaspor and Alanyaspor. Galatasaray owns an impressive plus-24 goal differential to just plus-8 for Besiktas. Galatasaray will be looking for revenge after suffering a 1-0 setback to Besiktas in the most recent meeting Oct. 27, 2019.
If you want to roll the dice on a league you might not be terribly familiar, you can play the ‘Double Chance’ bet, with GALATASARAY OR TIE (-304), and the only way you lose your wager is if Besiktas pulls the upset.
And if you really want to get crazy, take Galatasaray’s RADAMEL FALCAO as the first goal of the match at (+333) just to make things interesting. He has nine goals in 13 games played during this session. Besiktas’ BURAK YILMAZ (+500) is also a decent small-unit wager.
OVER 2.5 (-139) is a good play, as we should see at least three goals in this match. Across its past six competitions Galatasaray is averaging 2.5 goals per game. It will also be looking for revenge after a setback in the most recent meeting. In addition, taking the prop of BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE: YES (-167) is a solid play.
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