Team Scoring First in the Derby Has a High Win Rate

Ahead of the Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe match, scheduled for Monday, 26 October, in Week 9 of the Trendyol Süper Lig, the clubs' league history has returned to the agenda. In the 138 league matches played in this rivalry so far, the team that scored first has lost only 10 times.

According to the data, Galatasaray won 34 of the matches in which they took the lead, while Fenerbahçe won 48 matches in which they broke the goalless deadlock. 26 of the meetings between the two clubs ended in a draw with goals, and 20 matches saw no goals at all.

There are also notable examples in derby history of the team that took the lead losing. In the 1970-1971 season, Fenerbahçe won 2-1 in a match where Galatasaray had gone ahead, and that result was the first time the team that led lost between the two sides. In the 1975-1976 season, Fenerbahçe lost 3-1 in a match where they led 1-0.

Comebacks are another notable feature of the derbies. In the 2008-2009 season, Fenerbahçe came from 1-0 down to win 4-1. In the 2010-2011 season, they again trailed 1-0 away from home and won 2-1. In the 2012-2013 and 2021-2022 seasons, the yellow-navy side also conceded first and still won 2-1 to take all three points.