Galatasaray and Kocaelispor will face each other for the 43rd time

Galatasaray and Kocaelispor will face each other for the 43rd time in the Super League. While Galatasaray won 24 times in the remaining 42 matches of the two teams in the league, Kocaelispor won 7 times. 11 matches ended in a draw. While the yellow-reds scored 77 goals in these matches, the Kocaeli representative responded with 38 goals. Galatasaray won 13 matches in the 21 league matches it hosted Kocaelispor in Istanbul. While the yellow-red team was defeated 4 times in these matches at home, 4 matches ended in a draw.

Galatasaray, who could not win in the last 3 matches against Kocaelispor in the Super League, experienced 2 defeats and 1 draw in this period. The yellow-red team, which lost 5-2 to its opponent in the match played in Istanbul in the 2008-2009 season, left the match held in Izmit in the first half of the 2025-2026 season with a 1-0 defeat. The last meeting between the two teams in Istanbul in the second half of the 2025-2026 season ended in a 1-1 draw. Galatasaray has never experienced a 3-game win streak in a row at home against the green-black representative in the history of the league.