In the 18th week of the Trendyol Super League, Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray will face off on Sunday, December 24.
An interesting statistic draws attention in the derby.
In the derbies between the arch-rivals in recent years, the side that scores the first goal is not easily defeated.
In the last 60 league matches spanning 29 years in the competition, the team that scored the first goal was defeated only 5 times.
During the period in question, Galatasaray won 14 matches in which it scored the first goal. Fenerbahçe, on the other hand, won 24 matches in which it broke the goalless tie.
8 of the last 60 league matches between the two teams ended in a goal draw. While Fenerbahçe scored the first goal in 6 of these competitions, Galatasaray was the side that achieved the draw.
In 4 matches in this period, Galatasaray could not prevent Fenerbahçe’s comeback despite scoring the first goal and left the field defeated.
In the match between the two teams in Kadıköy in the 2019-2020 season, Fenerbahçe took the lead 1-0, but the yellow-reds won the match 3-1. Although Fenerbahçe took the lead in the said period, it suffered its first derby defeat.
9 of the last 60 league matches in the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe rivalry ended in a goalless draw.
IF FENERBAHÇE GETS AHEAD, IT DOES NOT GIVE POINTS
Fenerbahçe won all the matches in the Trendyol Super League this season.
The yellow-dark blue team, which has played 16 matches in the league so far and won 14 of them, won all the matches in which it scored the first goal.
While Fenerbahçe won the Antalyaspor and Karagümrük matches, it was defeated by Trabzonspor.
The yellow-dark blue team had their only draw in the Adana Demirspor match, where they could not score a goal.
SIMILAR PERFORMANCE FROM GALATASARAY
Galatasaray won all the matches in the Trendyol Super League this season in which it scored the first goal.
The yellow-red team managed to win all 14 matches in the league in which they scored against their opponents.
The yellow-reds, who knew how to convert the match against MKE Ankaragücü, in which they scored the first goal, lost only to Hatayspor among the matches in which they were defeated.