Postat 1 minute
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Manager:Arne Slot
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager:Okan Buruk
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager:Arne Slot
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
Manager:Okan Buruk
Formation:4 - 2 - 3 - 1
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Having been unbeaten in their first three UEFA Champions League meetings with Galatasaray (W1 D2), Liverpool have now lost their last three against the Turkish side, though all three defeats have come away from home.
Galatasaray have won just one of their 12 away games against English teams in all competitions (D3 L8), winning 3-2 at Manchester United in October 2023.
Only twice have Liverpool lost the first leg of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie and gone on to progress to the next round, with both previous instances coming in the semi-finals of the competition (2006-07 vs Chelsea, 2018-19 vs Barcelona).
Liverpool have lost twice against Galatasaray already this season – the last team to beat the Reds three times in the same campaign were West Ham United in 2015-16 (2x Premier League, 1x FA Cup).
None of Liverpool’s last 30 UEFA Champions League games has finished in a draw (W21 L9), with only Marseille ever having a longer run in the competition (a current run of 32).
Galatasaray have lost 20 of their last 25 away games in the UEFA Champions League (W2 D3), while in the knockout stages they’ve lost four of their five on the road, beating Schalke 3-2 in March 2013 in the other.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored 49 UEFA Champions League goals (2 for Basel, 1 for Roma, 46 for Liverpool) and could become the first African player to net 50 in the competition.
Victor Osimhen’s assist for Galatasaray’s winner against Liverpool in the first leg was his first ever UEFA Champions League assist (16 goals). A goal or assist in this match will see him become the Nigerian player with the outmost goal involvements in the competition’s history (currently level with Kanu on 17).
Virgil van Dijk has been directly involved in five goals in the UEFA Champions League this season (2 goals, 3 assists); the most by a centre back in a single edition since Jérôme Boateng in 2014-15 (6), and already the most by a Liverpool centre back.
Hugo Ekitiké completed six dribbles in the first leg against Galatasaray, the most by a Liverpool player in a UEFA Champions League knockout stage game since Mohamed Salah in March 2020 v Atlético Madrid (7).