Barcelona hosts Galatasaray in the first leg of the Europa League 1/8 finals. The match will be played on Thursday, March 10th at Camp Nou (Barcelona)
Barcelona is not only the favorite in the confrontation against Galatasaray. The Catalans are considered one of the main contenders for victory in the Europa League. Actually, this is not surprising because their squad is suitable for performances in the Champions League. In the last Europa League stage, Barcelona confidently eliminated Napoli. The first game at Camp Nou ended in a 1-1 draw. But in the second leg, Xavi Hernandez’s men gained a 2-4 victory. I remind you that the Catalans moved to the UEL from the group stage of the Champions League, where they took third place after Bayern Munich and Benfica. All their six games in the Champions League ended with “Both teams to score — no.”
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Few people expected to see Galatasaray in the 1/8 finals of the Europa League. However, the Yellow-Reds sensationally won their group, earning 12 points in six games. They managed to leave behind such serious opponents as Lazio, Marseille, and Lokomotiv Moscow. Taking into account the qualification of the Champions League, Galatasaray has already played 12 matches in the current European campaign. All its results look like this: five victories, five draws, and two defeats. The Turkish team has never been distinguished by good statistics of away matches in European competitions. Still, their recent away results in the Europa League do not look so bad. In eight previous matches, the Yellow-Reds gained three victories and four draws and suffered only one defeat.
With all due respect to Galatasaray, it has no chance of advancing to the quarterfinals. Barcelona is a team of a completely different level. In addition, the Catalans have begun to show very nice football in recent weeks. Last but not least, this became possible thanks to the transfer of Aubameyang. Now the Blue-Garnets have a player capable of scoring a lot of goals! I think that the best solution is to bet on the hosts to score over 2.5 goals.
Prediction for the match: Barcelona to score over 2.5 goals
