Juventus vs Galatasaray: UEFA Champions League stats & head-to-head

Juventus’ 5-2 defeat within the first leg towards Galatasaray was simply the second time they’ve misplaced the primary leg of a significant European knockout tie by a 3-goal margin, after the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League quarter-final towards Real Madrid (0-3 first leg, 3-1 second leg).

Galatasaray have progressed from all 11 of their knockout ties in European competitors when successful the primary leg by at the least three targets (together with qualifiers).

Before this season, there have been 49 events of a group shedding the primary leg of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie by 3+ targets; solely 4 of these have progressed to the following spherical – Deportivo de La Coruña (2003-04 vs Milan), Barcelona (2016-17 vs PSG), Roma (2017-18 vs Barcelona) and Liverpool (2018-19 vs Barcelona).

Juventus have received simply one in all their seven conferences with Galatasaray within the UEFA Champions League (D3 L3), beating them 2-1 at residence in September 2003.

Galatasaray have by no means received away in 13 makes an attempt towards Italian sides in main European competitors (D6 L7), though solely a kind of outcomes would see them eradicated from this tie (0-5 vs Milan in March 1963).

Juventus’ 5-2 defeat within the first leg was simply the second time they’ve conceded 5+ targets in a match in main European competitors, following a 7-0 loss to Wiener Sport-Club within the 1958-59 UEFA European Cup.

Galatasaray are getting ready to reaching the UEFA Champions League spherical of 16 for the primary time since 2013-14. However, they’ve misplaced 46 of their 65 away video games within the competitors, the second highest loss fee of both aspect with at the least 50 video games on the street (71%, behind Olympiakos).

Weston McKennie has been concerned in 4 targets in his final 5 UEFA Champions League video games for Juventus (3 targets, 1 help), making 2025-26 his finest return for objective involvements within the competitors.

Noa Lang scored twice on his UEFA Champions League debut for Galatasaray within the first leg, as many targets he’d scored in his earlier 29 appearances within the competitors. Only two gamers have scored in each of their first two video games for the Turkish aspect – Ümit Karan in 2001 and Victor Osimhen this season.

Gabriel Sara created seven probabilities towards Juventus within the first leg, probably the most on report (since 2003-04) by a Galatasaray participant in a UEFA Champions League match. He additionally turned simply the second participant to each rating and help in a knockout stage match for the Turkish aspect, after Wesley Sneijder in April 2013 vs Real Madrid.