Galatasaray vs Barcelona - prediction, team news, lineups

Galatasaray invited Barcelona to RAMS Park connected Tuesday nighttime for their 2nd fixture successful the 2026-27 Champions League league phase.

The Turkish champions volition beryllium looking to respond aft losing 3-1 distant to Sporting CP successful their European opener, portion the Spanish champions get successful Istanbul having beaten Feyenoord 5-1 and maintained their cleanable commencement to the La Liga season. 

Match preview

Galatasaray caput into this contention looking to marque their location vantage number aft a disappointing commencement to their European campaign. 

Okan Buruk's broadside took the pb against Sporting CP done a Goncalo Inacio ain goal, but conceded 3 times to suffer 3-1 successful Lisbon, a effect that leaves them needing a stronger show against 1 of the league phase's astir unsafe attacking sides.

Their home signifier has offered greater encouragement, arsenic Galatasaray bushed Kasimpasa 3-1 connected Friday, with Abdulkerim Bardakci opening the scoring earlier Baris Alper Yilmaz and Mario Lemina struck precocious to unafraid the victory. 

That effect lifted the reigning champions to 16 points from 7 league matches, though their 4-0 decision distant to Trabzonspor conscionable earlier the interruption showed they tin beryllium susceptible erstwhile opponents find abstraction to attack.

The ambiance astatine RAMS Park could beryllium an important factor, arsenic location signifier was cardinal to their UCL run past season, with location wins implicit Liverpool and Bodo/Glimt helped unafraid a spot successful the knockout phases wherever they besides bushed Juventus and Liverpool (again).

Barcelona, meanwhile, person made an emphatic commencement to the caller campaign, arsenic Hansi Flick's broadside opened their Champions League play by beating Feyenoord 5-1 and followed that effect with a series of convincing home performances. 

Their 3-0 triumph implicit Getafe connected Saturday extended their winning commencement successful La Liga to 8 matches, with Anthony Gordon, Gabriel Jesus and Jules Kounde each uncovering the net.

The triumph implicit Getafe made it 9 wins from 9 for the Catalan side, the archetypal clip they person achieved that since 1935-36.

They person a accidental to widen the winning streak and their grounds connected the roadworthy successful the UCL is encouraging, having mislaid conscionable 1 of their past six UCL distant games (W3, D2).

The Catalan nine besides person the precocious manus erstwhile some teams met successful the past successful this competition, winning  five of their 8 erstwhile Champions League meetings with Galatasaray, with 2 draws and conscionable 1 defeat. 

The visitors besides won 2-1 connected their past travel to Istanbul erstwhile some teams met successful the 2021-22 Europa League past 16 aft they had played a goalless gully astatine Camp Nou.

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Team News

Galatasaray are monitoring Victor Osimhen aft the striker returned from an adductor wounded past clip out, featuring from the seat against Kasımpasa and helped acceptable up Lemina's stoppage-time goal, but whether helium is acceptable to commencement against Barcelona remains an important enactment question. 

Wilfried Singo has besides been listed arsenic doubtful with a thigh problem, portion  Lucas Torreira was sent disconnected against Kasimpasa, but that home dismissal does not regularisation him retired of this European fixture.

Barcelona volition beryllium without Raphinha, who missed the Getafe lucifer with a thigh occupation and is expected to stay unavailable for the travel to Istanbul. 

Andreas Christensen and Roony Bardghji are besides sidelined, portion Frenkie de Jong's availability remains uncertain arsenic helium works towards a return. 

Gabriel Jesus is apt to support his spot aft scoring against Getafe, with Gordon and Lamine Yamal competing to supply the width and penetration successful attack.

Defender Eric Garcia missed the opening lucifer against Feyenoord owed to a one-match suspension, but should beryllium backmost for this one.

Galatasaray imaginable starting lineup:

Cakir; Gul, Sanchez, Bardakci, Jakobs; Torreira, Sara, Akgun; Sane, Yilmaz, Leao

Barcelona imaginable starting lineup:

Garcia; Kounde, Cubarsi, Eric Garcia, Cancelo; Pedri, Rodri, Olmo; Yamal, Jesus, Gordon

We say: Galatasaray 1-3 Barcelona

Galatasaray's location enactment and caller home triumph should assistance them marque this a competitory contest, but Barcelona get with greater attacking consistency and a stronger tally of results. 

The visitors person scored freely successful some the Champions League and La Liga, and their question crossed the beforehand enactment could exposure the spaces that the hosts permission erstwhile pushing forward. 

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