Galatasaray will face Parma on Saturday at the Raiffeisen Arena in a friendly between the two teams. Turkish giants Galatasaray have had a slow start to their pre-season, suffering a 3-2 defeat to LASK in their opening game before losing 5-2 to German side Fortuna Düsseldorf a few days later.
However, they returned to winning ways in their third game, beating Trencin 4-1 in largely convincing fashion, before recording a 2-1 victory over Lecce last time out, with Hakim Ziyech and Wilfried Zaha scoring the goals.
Parma has returned to Serie A after a three-year absence and is now working to retain its top-flight status next season. After losing to Lugano in the first pre-season game The Crusaders defeated Royal Antwerp 2-1 in their last match, with Anthony Partipilo and Hernani scoring twice to quickly overcome a one-goal deficit.
After Saturday’s match, the Italian team will face Heidenheim in another pre-season match in Austria next week, while Galatasaray returns to competitive football and faces rivals Besiktas in the Turkish Super Cup.
Galatasaray vs. Parma: Direct comparison and important numbers
- Saturday’s match will be the first meeting between Galatasaray and Parma since 1997, when the two sides met in the UEFA Champions League group stage and drew 1-1.
- Parma have played seven competitive matches against Turkish teams, winning three of these games, drawing one and losing the other three.
- Cimbom has played against Italian teams 26 times in European competitions. They have won eight of these games, drawn ten times and lost the other eight.
- I Crociati have not conceded a goal in their last five games in all competitions.
Galatasaray vs Parma Prediction
Galatasaray have won two games in a row after losing three of their previous four matches. They are the much better team heading into Saturday’s match and will be looking forward to that match.
Parma’s latest result ended a five-match winless streak and they will be looking to build on that this weekend. However, they have struggled to win away from home recently and could suffer a defeat here.
forecast: Galatasaray – Parma 3:1
Galatasaray vs Parma betting tips
Tip 1 – Result: Galatasaray
Tip 2 – Goals – Over/Under 2.5 – Over 2.5 goals (Galatasaray’s last five games have seen more than 2.5 goals scored)
Tip 3 – Both teams to score: YES (Both teams have scored a goal in Parma’s last five matches)
Edited by Nived Zenith
