- 1 Trabzonspor vs Galatasaray: six points apart and the league leaders are missing their main striker
- 2 Trabzonspor: from 5-0 to blanks
- 3 Galatasaray keep rolling, but do it without Osimhen
- 4 Football Prediction Trabzonspor vs Galatasaray
- 5 First, a note on our free predictions
- 6 No commitment from us
- 7 Information changes
- 8 Your role
- 9 Responsible gambling first
- 10 Legal age
- 11 About the images…
Trabzonspor vs Galatasaray: six points apart and the league leaders are missing their main striker 
Galatasaray have taken 13 points from a possible 15 and sit top of the Süper Lig. Trabzonspor are ninth with seven.
So there are six points between the clubs heading into round six. But the table does a poor job of telling the full story.
The reigning champions arrive without Victor Osimhen, who picked up a groin injury against Başakşehir. The Nigerian has already missed the last two games.
Trabzonspor have just come through a messy spell: Fatih Tekke was sacked after the European exit to Ferencvaros, with former player Huysyin Cimsir brought in on an interim basis.
April is still fresh enough in the memory. Trabzonspor beat Galatasaray 2-1 at Papara Park, with Paul Onuachu scoring after four minutes, Wilfried Singo levelling it up and Chibuike Nwaiwu landing the blow on 62 minutes.
Kick-off is set for Saturday 19 September at 19:00 Paris time, at Papara Park.
A leader without its centre forward, a home side that beat them here five months ago: this one looks a lot more open than the standings suggest.
Galatasaray are chasing a fifth straight league title. The Istanbul club are one point ahead of Besiktas going into the round.
Trabzonspor have not lifted the trophy for four seasons. Last term ended eight points behind the champions.
This is the sixth round of the Turkish top flight. A Trabzonspor win would cut the gap to the leaders to three points.
Trabzonspor: from 5-0 to blanks 
Two wins, one draw, two defeats from five league games. Nine scored, five conceded, the seventh-best attack in Turkey.
Cimsir’s first game in charge set the tone going forward: a 5-0 thumping of Genclerbirligi, with Paul Onuachu netting twice.
The drop-off was immediate. A week later, Trabzonspor came away from Konya on the wrong end of a 1-0 defeat, and barely threatened.
Mohamed Salah, signed in the 2026 summer window, carries a big chunk of the threat. The Egyptian already has four goals and one assist in the league.
Aral Simsir brings a different edge: six big chances created since the start of the season, enough to put him among the division’s leading creators.
The squad is still not at full strength. Ruslan Malinovskyi, Okay Yokuslu, Tim Jabol-Folcarelli, Arseniy Batagov and Noah Saviolo, who has a shoulder issue, are all out.
The club have not won the title for four seasons and finished eight points behind Galatasaray in May. Papara Park, though, is still a ground where the champions have slipped up.
The 4-2-3-1 used by Cimsir should stay in place. Fabinho and Ozan Tufan will screen the back four.
Onuachu’s place up front depends on his fitness. The Nigerian striker remains the focal point of everything going forward.
The change in coach has delivered only one strong display in two. The 5-0 against Genclerbirligi was followed by a goalless defeat in Konya.
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Galatasaray keep rolling, but do it without Osimhen 
Four wins and a draw to start the season for Galatasaray before this trip to Trabzonspor. Thirteen scored, six conceded, one point ahead of Besiktas.
The only points dropped came on opening day, a 2-2 draw at home to promoted Corum Belediyespor.
Since then, it’s been four wins on the spin. The latest was a slog: a 1-0 victory over Kocaelispor, sealed by captain Abdulkerim Bardakci on 71 minutes.
Away from Istanbul, the record is excellent. Two trips, two wins, seven goals scored and two conceded at Erzurumspor (4-0) and Basaksehir (3-2).
Europe offered a harsher reality check. Sporting beat the Lions 3-1 in Lisbon in the Champions League.
The injury list is a problem. Osimhen is expected back at the end of September, while Mario Lemina, Wilfried Singo and goalkeeper Guny Guvenc are also missing.
Okan Buruk is leaning on Baris Alper Yilmaz or Deniz Gul through the middle, with Rafael Leao and Leroy Sane supplying the width. Yunus Akgun has also created six big chances this season.
Buruk has already found a way without his main scorer. Deniz Gul and Baris Alper Yilmaz have shared the centre-forward role in the last two matches.
Gabriel Sara adds 2.1 expected assists, the best total in the Süper Lig. Yunus Akgun is right behind him on 2.0.
Osimhen is pencilled in for a late-September return. Galatasaray, then, have to get through this trip and the international break without their best finisher.
Expected Trabzonspor line-up: Onana; Pina, Nwaiwu, Savić, Eskihellac; Fabinho, Ozan Tufan; Salah, Muçi, Simsir; Onuachu
Expected Galatasaray line-up: Cakir; Sallai, Sanchez, Bardakci, Ismail Jakobs; Torreira, Sara; Sane, Akgun, Leao; B. A. Yilmaz
Football Prediction Trabzonspor vs Galatasaray
Our prediction: both teams to score
Trabzonspor have scored in four of their five Süper Lig matches, with nine goals in total and Salah already on four.
Galatasaray have conceded six goals in five games and have let in at least one in three of those five, including the 3-2 win at Basaksehir.
The last meeting at Papara Park ended 2-1, with both sides on the scoresheet. Nothing in the numbers points to a cagey one.
Both teams found the net in the champions’ last visit to Papara Park. Trabzonspor have also won both of their home games this season, while Galatasaray have won both away.
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