Galatasaray vs Amed SK preview, team news, h2h: Goal kings Osimhen & Orban clash

Galatasaray vs Amed SK presents the battle of the champions against the unexpected challengers as the Turkish Super Lig braces for a clash of the titans.

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen and fellow Nigerian Gift Orban sit joint-top of the Süper Lig scoring chart, and on Saturday, November 7, 2026, they meet in the first-versus-second showdown at RAMS Park in Istanbul (kickoff 17:00 Nigeria time).

Galatasaray lead on 25 points, newcomers Amed are two behind, and a win for the visitors would put them top on 26 points to 25.

A third Nigerian could feature, as Super Eagles winger Yira Sor, signed from Genk in August, is expected to start in the visitors’ attack.

Galatasaray vs Amed SK match radar

⚽ Galatasaray vs Amed SK
Competition	Trendyol Süper Lig, round 11
Kickoff	Saturday, November 7, 2026, 17:00 Nigeria time (19:00 Istanbul)
Venue	RAMS Park, Istanbul
Where to Watch	beIN SPORTS 1 (Türkiye)
Champions against newcomers, with three Nigerians in the likely line-ups

Galatasaray vs Amed SK form: Five wins in a row meet an 8-game unbeaten run

Galatasaray arrive on a five-match winning run in all competitions, beating Gençlerbirliği 1-0, Lille 4-2, Fenerbahçe 2-1, Konyaspor 4-0 and Stuttgart 2-0.

Their only league defeat was a 4-0 loss at Trabzonspor on September 19, and at home they have won four and drawn one of their five league games.

Amed are unbeaten in eight, and their last outing was a 5-1 home win over Eyüpspor on November 1.

Before that they won 2-1 at Samsunspor on October 24 and 1-0 at home to Konyaspor on October 17.

Amed have the division’s best home record, with 19 goals in six wins, but only six goals in four away games and five points from the road.

Galatasaray, meanwhile, have the league’s best away record, with four wins in five and 12 points.

A Galatasaray win would stretch their lead to five points, while a draw would leave it at two.

The attacking numbers are almost identical, at 2.3 goals per game for Galatasaray and 2.5 for Amed, with 1.2 and 1.1 conceded respectively.

Galatasaray vs Amed SK head-to-head: A first league meeting

The clubs have never met in the league, and the return fixture is scheduled for April 11, 2027.

Their only competitive games were in the 2014/15 Turkish Cup, where Galatasaray won 4-1 at Amed on December 23, 2014 and Amed won 2-0 at Galatasaray on January 22, 2015.

Galatasaray vs Amed SK team news and predicted XIs

Galatasaray miss defender Abdülkerim Bardakçı, who serves the second game of a two-match ban for his red card in the derby against Fenerbahçe on October 26.

He has scored twice in the league, so his absence removes a goal threat as well as a centre-back.

Galatasaray won 4-0 at Konyaspor on October 30 without him and kept a clean sheet, which shows the squad can cope.

Wilfried Singo and Davinson Sánchez are expected to partner each other at centre-back, with Chelsea-linked Osimhen leading the line.

Amed lose Samuel Ballet, who scored a hat-trick against Eyüpspor and was sent off in stoppage time, while Dilhan Demir remains out with a cruciate ligament injury.

Sor, who made his Super Eagles debut in the March friendly against Jordan, would make it three Nigerians on the pitch alongside Osimhen and Orban.

Orban, Dia Saba, Ballet and Mbaye Diagne account for 20 of Amed’s 25 league goals, so the visitors must find Ballet’s four elsewhere.

Referee Halil Umut Meler averages 5.1 yellow cards per Süper Lig game, and a fourth booking would trigger a one-match ban for the players listed below on three.

Galatasaray	Amed SK
Abdülkerim Bardakçı: suspended (second of two matches) Booking risk (three league yellows): Rafael Leão, Roland Sallai, Davinson Sánchez	Samuel Ballet: suspended (red card) Dilhan Demir: out (cruciate ligament injury) Booking risk (three league yellows): Dia Saba, Ermal Krasniqi, Furkan Soyalp, Alban Lafont

Galatasaray vs Amed SK star player comparison: Victor Osimhen vs Gift Orban

Orban, on loan from Hoffenheim, matches Osimhen on goals and leads him on assists, though Osimhen has made two fewer league appearances.

The expected goals figures sit 0.02 apart, which suggests the tie at the top of the scoring chart reflects chance quality rather than luck.

Victor Osimhen FW · Galatasaray	League stat	Gift Orban FW · Amed SK
9	Goals	9
3	Assists	4
8	Appearances	10
7.33	Expected goals	7.35

Galatasaray vs Amed SK managers: Okan Buruk vs Besnik Hasi

Okan Buruk leads the reigning champions and has kept a 4-2-3-1 base through the current winning run.

Besnik Hasi signed a two-year contract with Amed on June 10, 2026, in his first job in Türkiye, after leaving Anderlecht in February.

He has faced Galatasaray before as Anderlecht manager in the 2014/15 Champions League, drawing 1-1 in Istanbul and winning 2-0 in Brussels.

Hasi said after the Eyüpspor win that his side’s 10-game return is no coincidence, and he described this fixture as a good test.

Galatasaray vs Amed SK tactical preview

Both coaches use a 4-2-3-1, but Galatasaray average 59.8% possession against 48.4% for Amed, so the visitors are likely to defend in a compact shape and counter.

Two changes are expected in the Galatasaray back four compared with the Stuttgart game, with Singo replacing Bardakçı and Elmalı coming in for Jakobs, and the rearranged unit faces the league’s highest-scoring attack.

Amed spread their chances around, with Orban on four league assists, Raveloson on three and Krasniqi and Lutin on two each, so the threat is not limited to one runner.

Galatasaray have kept four league clean sheets this season and Amed three, which leaves room for goals at both ends.

Depth is the visitors’ concern, because Hasi has said his squad is not deep and both Ballet and Demir are missing.

Amed have also conceded seven goals in four away games, a heavier rate than their 1.1 season average, while Galatasaray have won four of five at home.

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Galatasaray vs Amed SK score prediction

We expect Galatasaray to edge a high-scoring game, because Amed score 1.5 goals a game on the road against 2.3 for the champions overall, while Galatasaray’s home games average 2.2 scored and 1.2 conceded.

🔮 Galatasaray 2-1 Amed SK

Galatasaray to win through home strength and Osimhen’s finishing, with Orban giving Amed a goal. Likely scorers: Osimhen, Orban.