Yeni Malatyaspor vs Galatasaray Predictions & Tips - Galatasaray backed to reach quarter-finals

Yeni Malatyaspor are winless in their last five matches and are short on confidence. My best bet is for Galatasaray to win this match inside 90 minutes and advance to the quarters.

Galatasaray lead 4-2 in their eight matches against Yeni Malatyaspor. Two matches have ended in draws.

They last met in February 2020 where Galatasaray won 1-0 at home.

Yeni Malatyaspor come into this last 16 Turkish Cup fixture without a win in their last five matches. They progressed to this stage thanks to a 5-0 home win over Hekimoglu Trabzon in the previous round.

Malatayaspor have played six league matches since that cup success and only won once. Their last four matches have seen them lose 3-1 at home to Erzurumspor, go down 3-1 at Ankaragucu and draw 2-2 at home to Sivasspor.

In their last match Yeni Malatyaspor lost 1-0 at Kayserispor. It was a disappointing performance where Semih Kaya’s own goal sealed the win for the hosts.

Left-back Karim Hafez and midfielder Christian Cueva are both suspended for this encounter. Centre-back Murat Akca will not feature due to injury.

Galatasaray defeated Darica Genclerbirligi 1-0 at home in mid-December to secure their passage through to the Turkish Cup last 16.

Over their last six matches since that cup victory, Galatasaray have won three, lost two and drawn one. Galatasaray however come into this match full of confidence after beating Genclerbirligi 6-0 in their last match.

Younes Belhanda scored a hat-trick while Mbaye Diagne, Oulcan Calayan and Ryan Babel scored the others.

In the matches leading up to their latest win, Galatasaray beat Trabzonspor 2-0 away, drew 0-0 at home to Antalyaspor and lost 4-3 at Konyaspor.

Goalkeeper Fernando Muslera is still a fitness doubt for this match.

Oghenekaro Etebo will be missing in midfield while Sofiane Feghouli is out with a thigh strain. Forward Falcao is still expected to be out for some time.

Winger Ryan Babel returned from injury in the last match but he is unlikely to be risked from the start in this one. Attacker Ogulcan Caglayan is suspended for this match.