Galatasaray Vrs Barcelona Preview : Xavi Chasing Glory In Europe

Galatasaray will host Barcelona in the return leg of the Europa League Round 16 Match at Nef Stadium.

Both teams played a goalless draw at Camp Nou in the first leg.

FORM GUIDE

Galatasaray

Have won three, draw two and loss one in last six games in all competitions.

Barcelona: They are unbeaten in last six games in all competitions

Galatasaray have never won against Barca since 2001. Barca have won 3 and two draws.

Key stats

Galatasaray have kept a clean sheet in 5 of their last 7 matches

Galatasaray are undefeated in their last 11 matches

There have been under 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Galatasaray’s last 7 games

Barcelona are undefeated in 10 of their last 11 matches

Barcelona are undefeated in their last 5 matches against Galatasaray in all competitions.

Galatasaray boss Domènec Torrent was on the coaching staff at Barcelona from 2007 to 2012, and followed Josep Guardiola to both Bayern and Manchester City before going it alone in 2018.

Barca

Barcelona have no fresh injury concerns for their trip to Turkey, with Ansu Fati, Samuel Umtiti and Sergi Roberto among those sidelined.
Dani Alves was not registered for Barcelona’s Europa League squad, so Sergino Dest is expected to keep his place in the side.
Barcelona were held by Galatasaray 0-0 in the first leg, but Xavi may opt against making sweeping changes to his side.

Galatasaray:
Galatasaray could go with an unchanged XI from the first leg 0-0 draw at Camp Nou.
Sofiane Feghouli was withdrawn at the break in Gala’s 2-1 win over Besiktas on Monday, but there is no suggestion that was due to injury.

Possible Lineup:

Galatasaray possible starting lineup:
Pena; Boey, Marcao, Nelsson, Van Aanholt; Antalyali, Kutlu; Kilinc, Feghouli, Akturkoglu; Mohamed

Barcelona possible starting lineup:
Ter Stegen; Dest, Araujo, Garcia, Alba; Pedri, Busquets, De Jong; Traore, Aubameyang, Torres

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