Galatasaray take on the visitors Schalke 04 at the Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi – Turk Telekom Stadium in the Round 3 of the UEFA Champions League Group D. The match will be played in Istanbul on Wednesday, October 24th.
Galatasaray managed to get three points in their two starting fixtures of the UEFA Champions League Group D. In the Round 1 of the tournament they beat Lokomotiv Moscow with a 3-0 score in front of their home crowd. In the Round 2 the Cimbom lost to Porto with a 0-1 score on the away field. It`s worth noting that the team of Fatih Terim has been looking great in front of their home crowd recently and has been almost undefeated in their local Super Lig this season there. That fact tells you about the great motivation players of the team have every fixture. In their last three matches Galatasaray drew against Bursaspor with a 1-1 score, beat Antalyaspor with a 1-0 score and lost to Porto with a 0-1 score in their UEFA Champions League Group D fixture.
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Schalke 04 are on the second place in the UEFA Champions League Group D with four points and a 2-1 goal difference to their credit at the moment. They have been leaning on their defensive line and have been avoiding choosing a too open playing style for them recently. In the Round 1 of the Group D Die Konigsblauen drew against Porto with a 1-1 score in front of their home crowd, that was a great result for them. In the Round 2 of the tournament the team of Domenico Tedesco beat Lokomotiv Moscow with a 1-0 score on the away field after they scored the crucial goal on the last minutes of that game. In their last three matches Schalke 04 lost to Werder Bremen with a 0-2 score, beat Fortuna Dusseldorf with a 2-0 score and Lokomotiv Moscow with a 1-0 score in their UEFA Champions League Group D fixture.
Galatasaray and Schalke 04 faced each other in the 2013/2014 UEFA Champions League season. Back then the Cimbom avoided losses in both games against the Germans. Interestingly, both the Turks and the Germans scored some goals in those fixtures between them. Now it will be hard for Die Konigsblauen to show a good performance on the away field. The team of Fatih Terim will be super motivated on the other hand to show a good performance in front of their home crowd so they are likely to get a positive result for them on Wednesday.
Prediction for the match: Galatasaray to win with 0 handicap.
