Gaziantep vs Galatasaray Tips & Preview - Champions to begin title defence with away win

By Tolu Shotade

06 Aug 2025

Tolu Shotade 06 Aug 2025

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Galatasaray begin their title defense against Gaziantep.
Preseason boost with the signing of star forward Victor Osimhen.
Gaziantep aims to rebound from a challenging past season.

Gaziantep vs Galatasaray

Galatasaray begin their Turkish Super Lig title defence with a Friday night trip to Gaziantep.

The champions looked impressive in preseason and will come into the season opener with an extra bounce, having won the race to sign Victor Osimhen on a permanent deal. They should be too strong for the hosts, who have struggled lately.

Gaziantep News

Gaziantep endured a difficult campaign last season and finished in the bottom half of the table. They were particularly poor in the final weeks, failing to win any of their last seven Super Lig matches, suffering four defeats on this run.

While Gaziantep will be keen for a fresh start, preseason does not inspire much confidence, having failed to win their two friendly matches, playing out a 0-0 draw with Alanyaspor in their final warm-up game. Ismet Tasdemir's team also struggled at home towards the end of last season, suffering two defeats and playing out one draw in their final three league fixtures in front of their fans.

Poor defending remains an issue for Gaziantep, who are without a clean sheet in three of their last four matches. However, they have scored in all three fixtures, which have produced over 2.5 goals.

Galatasaray News

Galatasaray will be targeting a strong start as they begin their title defence on Friday night. Okan Buruk’s team had a solid preseason, picking up four straight wins before playing out a 2-2 draw with Lazio in their final warm-up game.

A major coup for Galatasaray was winning the signature of Osimhen, who netted 26 league goals last season and leads a prolific attack. However, the champions are without a clean sheet in their last five matches, all of which have produced over 2.5 goals.

Galatasaray’s preseason form is an extension of their showings from last term, having claimed 14 wins and a draw from their last 15 matches across all competitions. They have also won their last four Super Lig away matches.

Head to Head

Galatasaray have only lost once in this fixture, picking up 10 wins and two draws from 13 previous matches against Gaziantep. The Champions did the double last season, winning 3-1 at home before a 1-0 away victory in the reverse fixture

Verdict

Gaziantep FK v Galatasaray

This clash is often a mismatch, with Galatasaray usually coming out on top against Gaziantep. The champions should claim the upper hand once again and, having earned a win and over 2.5 goals in five of the last six meetings, a similar outcome is expected here.

Osimhen will be keen to kick on from last season when he scored 26 league goals and is likely to find the net here. Both teams have scored in two of their last three meetings, and a repeat is on the cards.

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