In the 7th week of the UEFA Champions League, Galatasaray will face the Spanish team Atletico Madrid at RAMS Park tomorrow at 20.45. In the league, the yellow-reds are in the 18th place with 9 points from 3 wins and 3 draws. Madrid representative is in the 8th place with 12 points and goal difference as a result of 4 wins and 2 draws.
While the yellow-reds defeated Liverpool 1-0, Bodo/Glimt 3-1 and Ajax 3-0 in the Champions League this season, they lost to Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1, Union Saint-Gilloise 1-0 and Monaco 1-0.
335th match in European cups
Galatasaray has played 334 matches in European cups so far. In these competitions, the yellow-reds won 119 times and lost 126 times. 89 matches ended in a draw. In the remaining matches, Cimbom scored 459 goals and conceded 506 goals.
129th match in the Giants League
Galatasaray, which played 128 matches in the history of the UEFA Champions League, won 32 of these matches and lost 65 of them. All 31 matches ended in a draw. Aslan could not prevent 218 goals against the 130 goals it scored.
Okan Buruk’s European report card
Okan Buruk played 32 matches in European cups as Galatasaray coach. Buruk won 13 of these matches, 20 in the Champions League group and qualifiers and 12 in the Europa League, while losing 11 times. All 8 matches ended in a draw.
Victor Osimhen is second in the top scorer race
Galatasaray’s Nigerian football player Victor Osimhen is the top scorer of his team with 6 goals in the UEFA Champions League. While Real Madrid’s French football player Kylian Mbappe is at the top of the Champions League king race with 9 goals, Osimhen is following with Manchester City’s Norwegian football player Erling Haaland with 6 goals each.
Apart from Victor Osimhen, Yunus Akgün also scored 2 goals for the yellow-reds.
7th date
Galatasaray and Atletico Madrid have competed in European cups 6 times so far. While the yellow-reds could not win in the competitions in question, the Spanish team won 4 times. Both matches ended in a draw. In these matches, Aslan scored 2 goals and Madrid team scored 8 goals. The two teams last met in Spain in the Champions League group match on November 25, 2015, and Atletico Madrid won the field with a score of 2-0.
He encountered the Spanish 35 times
Galatasaray has faced Spanish teams 35 times so far. The yellow-reds played these matches against Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, RCD Mallorca, Real Madrid, Deportivo de La Coruna, Barcelona, Real Sociedad and Villarreal. Cimbom had 8 wins, 7 draws and 20 losses in the last 35 matches.
The only Turkish team to defeat Atletico Madrid is Ankaragücü.
Atletico Madrid is one of the Turkish teams in the European cups; He played with Galatasaray, Beşiktaş, Trabzonspor, Ankaragücü and Kayseri Erciyesspor. Madrid team played in these 14 matches; He won 10 times and lost once. There were draws in all 3 matches. The only Turkish team to beat the Spanish representative was Ankaragücü with a score of 1-0 in the 1st round of the 1999-2000 season UEFA Cup.
4th place in La Liga
Atletico Madrid has collected 41 points with 12 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses in 20 matches played in La Liga this season and ranks 4th in terms of goal difference. In the Champions League, the Madrid team defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1, Union Saint-Gilloise 3-1, Inter 2-1 and PSV 3-2, and lost 3-2 to Liverpool and 4-0 to Arsenal.
missing
While Gabriel Sara and Arda Ünyay were injured in Galatasaray before the Atletico Madrid match, Kazımcan Karataş will not be in the squad because he is not on the list given to UEFA. The condition of Wilfried Singo, who has recovered from his injury, will be determined after the last training session. Victor Osimhen, who returned from the African Cup of Nations, will also take his place on the field.
Istvan Kovacs will blow the whistle
The match between Galatasaray and Atletico Madrid will be managed by Istvan Kovacs from the Romanian Football Federation. Kovacs’ assistants will be Mihai Marica and Ferencz Tunyogi. The fourth referee of the match will be Szabolcs Kovacs. In the match, Rob Dieperink will be on duty as VAR and Catalin Popa will be on duty as AVAR.
