Today game between Galatasaray and Barcelona go kick off at 20:00. In current Champions League standings, Barcelona sit third while Galatasaray dey twenty-ninth. That gap dey reflect their respective starts to competition and underline why Flick side arrive as clear favourites.
Galatasaray arrive in mixed form. Across all competitions, their last five matches give two wins, one draw, and two defeats. Their most recent outing na 3-1 Super Lig win over Kasimpasa. But before that, dem suffer heavy 4-0 defeat to Trabzonspor in September and lost 3-1 to Sporting CP for Champions League. A 3-3 draw with Pendikspor for friendly sit between those results. Galatasaray score eight goals in their last five matches but concede eleven, and that point to vulnerabilities at the back.
Barcelona form dey opposite. Dem win all five of their last matches without dropping a point. Dem beat Getafe 3-0 most recently, and earlier dem put seven past Racing Santander in 7-2 LaLiga win. Their Champions League campaign begin with 5-1 victory over Feyenoord. Across those five games, Barcelona score twenty goals and concede seven, with no match ending in defeat.
The two clubs meet most recently for Europa League in March 2022. Barcelona win 2-1 in Istanbul before drawing 0-0 in return leg at Camp Nou. Looking across five previous meetings on record, Barcelona win four times, Galatasaray never record victory. Spanish club concede just one goal across that run while scoring seven.
Borussia Dortmund manager Niko Kovac admit say his side only get themselves to blame after dem concede twice in final minutes against Werder Bremen. Strikes from Ludovit Reis and Niclas Fullkrug wipe out Dortmund late 2-0 advantage.
Borussia Dortmund suffer late defensive meltdown at Signal Iduna Park, throw away two-goal lead in final minutes. Despite goals from David Svensson and Nico Schlotterbeck, Werder Bremen snatch point in stoppage time. It be tale of two halves, or more accurately, tale of eighty minutes of dominance followed by ten minutes of sheer tactical anarchy.
Borussia Dortmund control 72% of possession and register impressive 22 shots, yet dem leave Signal Iduna Park with only one point. After cagey first half wey end goalless, match explode into life when David Svensson break deadlock for 80th minute, followed quickly by Nico Schlotterbeck strike wey seem to secure all three points for hosts.
However, psychological fragility wey dey occasionally plague BVB resurface for dying embers of game. Werder Bremen, who had been largely peripheral, strike twice through Ludovit Reis and former Dortmund man Niclas Fullkrug to level scores at 2-2. GOAL rate Borussia Dortmund players from Signal Iduna Park.
