Galatasaray v Kasımpaşa — prediction, stats and goal analysis

Süper Lig · Friday, 9 October 2026. Final score 3–1 (half-time 1–0). Before kick-off we rated it 59% over 2.5 goals — the match finished with 4, so that call landed. That rating was frozen into a version-controlled ledger before the game and has not been touched since.

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Our ratings for this match

MarketYesNoOur call
Over 2.5 goals58%42%Over
Over 3.5 goals34%66%no pick
Both teams to score55%45%Yes

The result model puts Galatasaray at 66%, the draw at 19% and Kasımpaşa at 15%, from expected goals of 2.28 and 0.98.

How we got this number

The league sets the starting point. Süper Lig has produced over 2.5 goals in 53% of its matches, and that is where a team with no record of its own would sit.

Each side's own record. Galatasaray have 5 in 6 this season (2 of 3 at home), Kasımpaşa 2 in 6 (1 of 3 away). Those records are pulled toward the league rate with the weight of about 24 matches — enough that two or three unusual games cannot swing a rating — giving 59% and 49%.

Last season still counts, briefly. With 6 and 6 games played this season, last season's rates are still blended in and fade out entirely by game 40 — the point at which our testing showed they stop adding accuracy. A single season is part luck, so each club's record is first pulled toward the league average by 34 games' weight. That moves the two figures to 60% and 49%.

The mix. Weighted 40% home side, 40% away side and 20% league — the split that beat every alternative across 30,582 matches of testing — that gives 54%.

Head to head. These sides have met 6 times in three years, producing over 2.5 goals in 83%. That nudges the number 5% of the way toward the head-to-head pattern — deliberately small, because fixtures change more than reputations do — landing on 56%.

Goal expectation. Separately a Poisson model built from attack and defence strength — using real expected-goals data where the league has it — puts this match at 63%, from expected goals of 2.28 for Galatasaray and 0.98 for Kasımpaşa. Folding in 30% of that view gives 58%.

This breakdown is generated from the same inputs the rating uses, so it cannot describe a calculation we did not perform. The full model is set out in the methodology.

Season form

TeamGamesO2.5O3.5BTTS
Galatasaray683%83%50%
Kasımpaşa633%17%67%

Head to head

17 May 26Kasımpaşa 1–0 GalatasarayU2.5
21 Dec 25Galatasaray 3–0 KasımpaşaO2.5
2 Mar 25Kasımpaşa 3–3 GalatasarayO2.5
28 Sept 24Galatasaray 3–3 KasımpaşaO2.5
17 Mar 24Kasımpaşa 3–4 GalatasarayO2.5
3 Nov 23Galatasaray 2–1 KasımpaşaO2.5

More: Galatasaray season stats · Kasımpaşa season stats · Süper Lig table and form. Ratings are calibrated probabilities, not tips — a 60% call is expected to miss two times in five.