Galatasaray vs Karabukspor Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

Galatasaray are favourites for their opening Super Lig match of the season, but their odds are surprisingly generous considering they are coming up against a newly-promoted club.

Karabukspor bounced back from the second tier at the first attempt, but they have lost their last eight away matches in the Super Lig and it will be hard to turn that record around this weekend at the Turk Telecom Arena.

In fact, in their last three away matches in the Turkish top division, they conceded at least four goals, so although a lot of new players have arrived since then, the team has a reputation for a poor defence at this level.

Gala are without centre-back Koray Gunter for this game and Lukas Podolski is also unavailable due to injury, with the experienced forward having recently announced his retirement from the German national team.

Serdar Aziz, Eren Derdiyok and Tolga Cigerci could all make their debuts for the hosts in this match and Derdiyok in particular looks set to have a fine campaign.

This should be a reasonably easy win for the hosts so we are happy to back them to get off to a fast start.

Galatasaray HT/FT at 6/4 with bet365 is our tip for this game, while Galatasaray to Win 3-1 at 12/1 with bet365 stands out as being well worthy of consideration from the correct scores market.