Galatasaray-Juventus match without 3 stars!

In the first match of the UEFA Champions League last 16 play-off round, Galatasaray will face Italian representative Juventus at RAMS Park tomorrow at 20:45. The rematch will be played in Italy on Wednesday, February 25. The yellow-reds want to go to Italy with an advantageous score in the first leg.

Galatasaray defeated Liverpool 1-0, Bodo/Glimt 3-1 and Ajax 3-0 in the Champions League this season. They lost 5-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt, 1-0 to Union Saint-Gilloise, 1-0 to Monaco and 2-0 to Manchester City, and drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid. After these results, Cimbom finished the league stage in 20th place with 10 points.

7th date

Galatasaray have played against Juventus 6 times so far in European competitions. In these matches, the yellow-reds have won 2 times while the Italian team has won 1 time. 3 matches ended in a draw. In these matches, Aslan scored 9 goals and conceded 7.

The last match in 2013 lasted two days

The two teams last played on December 10, 2013 in a UEFA Champions League group match. The match was postponed to December 11 due to snowfall. The yellow-reds defeated their opponent 1-0 with a goal scored by Wesley Sneijder in the 85th minute and exited the group.

26 matches against the Italians

Galatasaray have played 26 matches against Italian teams in European competitions so far. The yellow-reds have defeated their opponents 8 times and lost 8 times in these matches. In 10 matches, there was no winner. Aslan scored 32 goals and conceded 38 against the Italian teams.

337th match in European cups

Galatasaray have played 336 matches in European cups so far. In these matches, the yellow-reds have been victorious 119 times and defeated 127 times. 90 matches ended in a draw. In the remaining matches, Cimbom have found the opponent's net 460 times and 509 goals in their goal.

131st match in the Champions League

Galatasaray played 130 matches in UEFA Champions League history, winning 32 of them and losing 66. 32 matches ended in a draw. The Lion scored 131 goals against 221 goals conceded.

Okan Buruk's European record

Okan Buruk has played 34 matches in European competitions as Galatasaray manager. Buruk won 13 of these matches, 22 in the Champions League group and qualifiers and 12 in the Europa League, while he was defeated in 12 of them. They drew in 9 competitions.

Osimhen scored 6 goals, Yunus 2 goals

Galatasaray have found the back of the net 9 times in their Champions League matches this season. Nigerian footballer Victor Osimhen scored 6 of the goals for the yellow-reds, while Yunus Akgün scored 2 goals. Marcos Llorente scored an own goal against Atletico Madrid.

Boey, Lang and Asprilla added to the list

Galatasaray included new signings Sacha Boey, Noa Lang and Yaser Asprilla in the list submitted to UEFA. Other new signings Renato Nhaga and Can Armando Güner were not included in the list.

Lemina suspended, Jakobs, Sanchez and Lang borderline

Galatasaray will be without Gabon international Mario Lemina for the match against Juventus due to his yellow card suspension. Ismail Jakobs, Davinson Sanchez and Noa Lang are also on the yellow card limit for the yellow-reds.

Juventus 13th in the Champions League

Juventus finished the Champions League in 13th place with 13 points and an average of 3 wins, 4 draws and 1 defeat. The Italian team defeated Bodo/Glimt 3-2, Pafos 2-0 and Benfica 2-0 in the Champions League, while losing 1-0 to Real Madrid. The Turin representative drew 4-4 with Borussia Dortmund, 2-2 with Villarreal, 1-1 with Sporting and 0-0 with Monaco.

5th place in Serie A

Juventus is in 5th place in Serie A with 46 points in 25 matches this season with 17 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. The Turin team, who won twice in their last 5 matches in the league, lost 3-2 away to Inter this week.

National footballer Kenan Yıldız is wearing the jersey

Juventus have two familiar players in their squad. Kenan Yildiz and Filip Kostic, who played for Fenerbahce last season, are in the Italian team. Kenan has made 33 official appearances for Juventus this season, scoring 9 goals and 7 assists. The 20-year old footballer scored 1 goal and 3 assists in the Champions League.

Luciano Spalletti came after Igor Tudor

Juventus, who started the season under Igor Tudor, parted ways with the Croatian coach on October 27 after failing to achieve the desired results. The black-whites then entrusted the team to Luciano Spalletti. Under Spalletti, the Turin team won 13, drew 6 and lost 4 in 23 matches.

3 goals each from McKennie and Vlahovic

Juventus scored 14 goals and conceded 10 goals in 8 matches played in the Champions League this season. Dusan Vlahovic and Weston McKennie were the prominent names in the Italian team with 3 goals each. Jonathan David scored 2 goals and Kenan Yıldız scored 1 goal for the Black and Whites.

Dutch Danny Makkelie will whistle

The match between Galatasaray and Juventus will be refereed by Danny Makkelie from the Dutch Football Association. Makkelie will be assisted by Hessel Steegstra and Jan de Vries. The fourth referee of the match will be Allard Lindhout. Bastian Dankert will be the VAR and Benjamin Brand will be the AVAR.Danny Makkelie has previously officiated Galatasaray's away game against French side Monaco in the league stage this season.