Galatasaray v Liverpool: 14 stats to know about UCL clash

Arne Slot’s Reds travel out to Turkiye for an 8pm BST kick-off at RAMS Park, seeking to follow up their 3-2 win over Atletico Madrid on matchday one.

Read on for a range of statistics about the game…

Liverpool have faced Galatasaray four times previously. They drew 0-0 at Anfield and 1-1 away from home in the 2001-02 Champions League’s second group stage. The clubs also clashed in the competition’s 2006-07 group phase and each won their home fixture 3-2.

The Reds have won only once before against a Turkish team in Turkiye – a 2-1 victory over Trabzonspor in a Europa League play-off tie in 2010-11 under Roy Hodgson.

They will also be seeking their first clean sheet in Turkiye.

Liverpool’s overall record against Turkish opponents is: played 12, won six, drawn two, lost four.

The Reds need one goal to reach 300 as the away team in all European fixtures.

Mohamed Salah remains two goals short of recording 250 for the club in all competitions.

This is Slot’s 70th career match as a head coach in European competition. It will be the first time he has faced Turkish opponents.

Only Milos Kerkez has appeared in all nine Liverpool games so far this season – seven starts plus two outings from the bench.

The Reds have won six of their last seven away matches in Europe.

Galatasaray have lost only three of their last 19 games at home in Europe.

However, they have not won any of their last seven matches in European competition (four draws and three defeats).

Galatasaray lost 5-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt in the first matchweek of the Champions League after taking the lead on eight minutes through Yunus Akgun.

Their coach, Okan Buruk, played and scored for Galatasaray against Liverpool in their 3-2 home victory of December 2006. He took charge of the club in June 2022.

Last season, Galatasaray won the Turkish top flight for a third successive season, completing the campaign with 95 points after 30 wins, five draws and only one defeat (at Besiktas).