It's time for episode two of the Galatasaray - Molde Play-offs battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Tue 29.Aug
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: NEF Stadyumu (52650 seats)

The first leg ended Molde-Galatasaray 2-3. All is set for the decider in this Champions League Play-offs fixture!

13 - 2 - 4 with 36-18. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Molde when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Molde play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both sides have had ample time to rest since their last game. Let's look for an active fixture!

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Galatasaray form and stats

Action has already taken place for Galatasaray in Champions League as they have defeated Zalgiris and Olimpija to reach the Play-offs. Last season, Galatasaray's Europa League journey ended in the round of 16 against Barcelona.

Galatasaray have played 1 Super Lig games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). 4W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Galatasaray.

The Galatasaray goalkeeper Nestor Fernando Muslera Micol is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 344 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super Lig.

Galatasaray are returning here after guesting Molde in a Champions League game and winning with a 3-2 scoreline. The attacking player Icardi was named "man of the match" for Galatasaray with the rating of 8.83/10. Icardi scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Previous to that game, a Super Lig home match hosting Trabzonspor in a game that was won 2-0.

At NEF Stadyumu, Galatasaray has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Molde form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated HJK and KI in order to reach play-offs of Champions League.

As the visiting team in Eliteserien matches, Molde have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far. Total Champions League statistics for Molde: 2 wins, 0 draws and 3 losses.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, a Champions League home loss versus Galatasaray with 2-3 on the scoreboard. The attacker Eikrem got a match rating of 8.01 in that game. Eikrem hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Vålerenga.

Molde are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. Molde have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams get together this season, as the results database show this recent match: Molde - Galatasaray 2-3.

Top Goalscorers

MoldeO. Brynhildsen
O. Brynhildsen
7 goals
MoldeE. Breivik
E. Breivik
6 goals
MoldeM. Retsius Grødem
M. Retsius Grødem
5 goals

Galatasaray missing players

Molde missing players

Galatasaray Molde
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
16 10   Won W   7 17
4 1   Drew D   2 3
5 2   Lost L   4 5
52 29   Scored S   30 61
25 10   Conceded C   14 21
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
80% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   69% 76%
52% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   69% 64%
36% 31%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   62% 52%
28% 31%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 24%
44% 23%   BTTS BTTS   38% 36%
52% 77%   Clean Sheets C S   46% 56%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   15% 12%
 
6.6 7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 6.8
4 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4 3.6
1.4 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.6
2 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
16.8 17.7   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 15.4
6.6 6.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5.4
32% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   51% 45%
 
10.7 7.2   Shots against (avg) S A   10 8.8
3.4 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 2.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fenerbahce 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
2 Hatayspor 2 1 1 0 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 4
3 Sivasspor 2 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 4
4 Galatasaray 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
5 Alanyaspor 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
6 Adana Demirspor 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
7 Kasimpasa 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Besiktas 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
9 Fatih Karagumruk 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
10 Trabzonspor 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 3
11 Istanbulspor 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
12 Konyaspor 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
13 Kayserispor 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2
14 Ankaragucu 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
15 Antalyaspor 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
16 Rizespor 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
17 Samsunspor 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
18 Pendikspor 2 0 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
19 Gazisehir Gaziantep 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -3 0
20 Istanbul Basaksehir 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bodø / Glimt 19 14 2 3 48 22 9 6 2 1 23 10 10 8 0 2 25 12 26 44
2 Viking 19 14 2 3 43 25 10 8 1 1 28 14 9 6 1 2 15 11 18 44
3 Tromsø 18 12 3 3 27 15 10 6 2 2 15 9 8 6 1 1 12 6 12 39
4 Molde 19 10 4 5 41 21 9 6 2 1 22 7 10 4 2 4 19 14 20 34
5 Brann 19 10 3 6 35 24 10 7 2 1 23 9 9 3 1 5 12 15 11 33
6 Lillestrøm 19 10 2 7 36 30 10 6 0 4 24 17 9 4 2 3 12 13 6 32
7 Sarpsborg 08 19 8 3 8 33 33 9 4 1 4 17 14 10 4 2 4 16 19 0 27
8 Odd 19 7 4 8 21 22 9 4 2 3 10 8 10 3 2 5 11 14 -1 25
9 Rosenborg 19 7 4 8 23 28 10 5 1 4 14 14 9 2 3 4 9 14 -5 25
10 Strømsgodset 19 7 2 10 23 25 9 4 0 5 12 11 10 3 2 5 11 14 -2 23
11 HamKam 19 7 1 11 25 39 10 5 1 4 13 12 9 2 0 7 12 27 -14 22
12 Haugesund 19 5 4 10 18 29 9 4 2 3 13 13 10 1 2 7 5 16 -11 19
13 Sandefjord 18 4 5 9 27 36 8 3 3 2 18 11 10 1 2 7 9 25 -9 17
14 Vålerenga 18 4 4 10 22 30 9 1 1 7 11 20 9 3 3 3 11 10 -8 16
15 Stabæk 18 4 4 10 17 30 9 3 3 3 9 7 9 1 1 7 8 23 -13 16
16 Aalesund 19 3 1 15 13 43 10 3 1 6 8 16 9 0 0 9 5 27 -30 10

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.