Galatasaray is on the first date with Lille!

In the 3rd week of the UEFA Champions League, Galatasaray will face the French team Lille at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium tomorrow at 19.45 CET. In the Champions League, the yellow-reds are in the 35th place with 2 defeats. Lille, which has no points, is in the 34th place.

While Galatasaray lost 3-1 to Sporting and 4-1 to Barcelona, ​​Lille lost to Real Betis with scores of 3-2 and Arsenal with scores of 3-0. The yellow-reds want to get their first 3 points of this season by winning the Lille away game.

FIRST APPOINTMENT

Galatasaray will face Lille for the first time in European cups. The yellow-reds have previously played against Monaco, Paris Saint Germain, Nantes, Bordeaux and Marseille from France. In the 22 matches in question, Aslan defeated the French teams 7 times and lost 10 times. There was no winner in 5 matches. In these competitions, Cimbom scored 23 goals and conceded 37 goals.

343rd MEETING IN EUROPEAN CUP

Galatasaray has played 342 matches in European cups so far. In these matches, the yellow-reds won 121 times and lost 131 times. 90 matches ended in a draw. In the remaining matches, Aslan scored 470 goals and conceded 525 goals.

137TH COMPETITION IN THE GIANTS LEAGUE

Playing 136 matches in the tournament called UEFA Champions League, Galatasaray won 34 of these matches and lost 70 of them. All 32 matches ended in a draw. While Aslan scored 141 goals, it could not prevent 237 goals in its goal.

OKAN BURUK IS IN HIS 41st MATCH WITH GALATASARAY IN EUROPE

Okan Buruk played 40 matches in European cups as Galatasaray coach. While Buruk won 15 of the 40 competitions he played in, including 28 in the Champions League and qualifiers and 12 in the Europa League, he lost in 16 and drew in 9 competitions.

HE WANTS TO END THE BAD STREAK IN EUROPEAN AWAY

Galatasaray has not won away matches in the Champions League for 5 matches. The yellow-reds last defeated Ajax on the away field on November 5, 2025, and then lost to Monaco, Manchester City, Liverpool, Juventus and Sporting.

LAST WIN IN FRANCE WAS IN 2001

Galatasaray got its last win in France by beating Nantes with a score of 1-0 on 26 September 2001. Since then, in the away matches against French teams, the yellow-reds were defeated 4 times and drew 2 times. Cimbom last lost 1-0 away to Monaco in France last season.

OSIMHEN AGAINST HIS OLD TEAM

Galatasaray has players who previously played for Lille. Victor Osimhen played for the yellow-reds in the 2019-2020 season, and Rafael Leao played in Lille in the 2018-2019 season. The French team also includes Turkish goalkeeper Berke Özer and Turkish football player Başar Önal.

LEAO HAS AN INJURY

The MRI and further examinations of the Portuguese football player Rafael Leao, who was injured in Galatasaray's match against Gençlerbirliği, revealed mild to moderate strain in the groin muscle, and therefore he will not be in the away match against France. Wilfried Singo, who started training with the team, is expected to be in the squad that will go to France.

4TH RANK IN LIGUE 1

Lille is coached by Italian coach Davide Ancelotti. The French representative has 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 7 weeks of Ligue 1 this season, and ranks 4th with 14 points and goal difference. Lille drew 1-1 at home with Brest in the last week of the league. Ethan Mbappe has a red card in the team.

LİLLE'S MATCHES WITH TURKISH TEAMS

Lille competed against Turkish teams Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor in the European cups. The French team got 2 wins and 4 draws in 6 matches with Turkish teams. Lille last faced Fenerbahçe on August 13, 2024 and drew 1-1.

RADE OBRENOVIC WILL BLOW THE WHISTLE