It's time for episode two of the Galatasaray - PSV 2nd Qualifying Round battle

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 28.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu (17319 seats)

The first leg ended PSV-Galatasaray 5-1. All is set for the decider in this Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round fixture!

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

PSV have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Galatasaray form and stats

Galatasaray was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.

Galatasaray are steadily winning Super Lig games and points here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu. 12 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 20 games. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of six straight victories regardless of arena.

In their previous game, the manager F. Terim led his Galatasaray to a defeat in the Champions League match away at PSV. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu. Midfield player Ömer Bayram got a match rating of 7.21 in that game, the max score being 10. Bayram served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times. Galatasaray were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

Before that, Galatasaray had a Super Lig home game versus Yeni Malatyaspor which ended with a victory 3-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Galatasaray have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won zero, drawn zero and lost two.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (45 in 20 games), Galatasaray's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Galatasaray have conceded only 17 goals.

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PSV form and stats

PSV was sent out of Champions League in the 2nd qualifying round last season.

Playing away, PSV have won 8 games, drawn 6 and suffered 3 defeats in the Eredivisie this season.

PSV go into this game after a win, the home game against Galatasaray that ended 5-1. The attacker Eran Zahavi got a match rating of 10.0 in that game. Zahavi scored three goals, served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 21 successful passes (of 26 total). As you can tell from the results above, PSV was very dominant against Galatasaray, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Mario Götze (2) and Eran Zahavi (3) providing the goals. Eran Zahavi certainly enjoyed PSV's last game versus Galatasaray, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 5-1 victory.

Before that, PSV travelled to FC Utrecht and returned home with a draw after the Eredivisie game finished 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with PSV playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were zero PSV wins, zero draws and four defeats.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, PSV are regular goalscorers on their travels. 22 goals have been conceded by PSV in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the PSV - Galatasaray 5-1 earlier this season. Numbers for the last four meetings between these two teams are: zero wins for Galatasaray, zero draws and four wins for PSV. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Galatasaray missing players

PSV missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Galatasaray PSV
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
17 8   Won W   5 15
3 3   Drew D   3 6
5 2   Lost L   4 4
49 29   Scored S   26 60
30 17   Conceded C   16 27
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
80% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 88%
64% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
36% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 40%
20% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 20%
60% 77%   BTTS BTTS   58% 60%
36% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 36%
4% 0%   Failed to Score F T   17% 8%
 
6 6.6   Corners for (avg) C F   7 5.9
3.8 3.3   Corners against (avg) C A   3 3
1.8 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.3 1.3
3 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.5 14.4   Shots (avg) S (   15.4 16.3
5.6 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.1 7.2
35% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 27%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Besiktas 40 26 6 8 89 44 20 14 3 3 49 14 20 12 3 5 40 30 45 84
2 Galatasaray 40 26 6 8 80 36 20 12 6 2 45 17 20 14 0 6 35 19 44 84
3 Fenerbahce 40 25 7 8 72 41 20 11 2 7 34 25 20 14 5 1 38 16 31 82
4 Trabzonspor 40 19 14 7 50 37 20 11 3 6 30 24 20 8 11 1 20 13 13 71
5 Sivasspor 40 16 17 7 54 43 20 7 9 4 19 15 20 9 8 3 35 28 11 65
6 Hatayspor 40 17 10 13 62 53 20 10 4 6 35 23 20 7 6 7 27 30 9 61
7 Alanyaspor 40 17 9 14 58 45 20 12 4 4 42 21 20 5 5 10 16 24 13 60
8 Fatih Karagumruk 40 16 12 12 64 52 20 12 4 4 42 20 20 4 8 8 22 32 12 60
9 Gazisehir Gaziantep 40 15 13 12 59 51 20 10 6 4 37 24 20 5 7 8 22 27 8 58
10 Goztepe 40 13 12 15 59 59 20 8 5 7 35 27 20 5 7 8 24 32 0 51
11 Konyaspor 40 12 14 14 49 48 20 7 9 4 27 19 20 5 5 10 22 29 1 50
12 Istanbul Basaksehir 40 12 12 16 43 55 20 5 8 7 26 28 20 7 4 9 17 27 -12 48
13 Rizespor 40 12 12 16 53 69 20 7 7 6 27 30 20 5 5 10 26 39 -16 48
14 Kasimpasa 40 12 10 18 47 57 20 9 4 7 26 25 20 3 6 11 21 32 -10 46
15 Yeni Malatyaspor 40 10 15 15 49 53 20 7 8 5 26 22 20 3 7 10 23 31 -4 45
16 Antalyaspor 40 9 17 14 41 55 20 6 7 7 24 28 20 3 10 7 17 27 -14 44
17 Kayserispor 40 9 14 17 35 52 20 5 7 8 20 25 20 4 7 9 15 27 -17 41
18 BB Erzurumspor 40 10 10 20 44 68 20 2 8 10 18 30 20 8 2 10 26 38 -24 40
19 Ankaragucu 40 10 8 22 46 65 20 8 3 9 26 25 20 2 5 13 20 40 -19 38
20 Genclerbirligi 40 10 8 22 44 76 20 6 5 9 27 35 20 4 3 13 17 41 -32 38
21 Denizlispor 40 6 10 24 38 77 20 4 6 10 17 27 20 2 4 14 21 50 -39 28
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ajax 34 28 4 2 102 23 17 14 2 1 53 14 17 14 2 1 49 9 79 88
2 PSV 34 21 9 4 74 35 17 13 3 1 39 13 17 8 6 3 35 22 39 72
3 AZ 34 21 8 5 75 41 17 12 2 3 39 18 17 9 6 2 36 23 34 71
4 Vitesse 34 18 7 9 52 38 17 11 4 2 26 12 17 7 3 7 26 26 14 61
5 Feyenoord 34 16 11 7 64 36 17 9 6 2 35 13 17 7 5 5 29 23 28 59
6 FC Utrecht 34 13 14 7 52 41 17 6 7 4 27 25 17 7 7 3 25 16 11 53
7 FC Groningen 34 14 8 12 40 37 17 7 6 4 17 13 17 7 2 8 23 24 3 50
8 Sparta Rotterdam 34 13 8 13 49 48 17 6 4 7 30 27 17 7 4 6 19 21 1 47
9 Heracles 34 12 8 14 42 53 17 8 4 5 29 16 17 4 4 9 13 37 -11 44
10 FC Twente 34 10 11 13 48 50 17 4 6 7 23 25 17 6 5 6 25 25 -2 41
11 Fortuna Sittard 34 12 5 17 50 58 17 5 3 9 27 33 17 7 2 8 23 25 -8 41
12 SC Heerenveen 34 9 12 13 43 49 17 6 5 6 22 18 17 3 7 7 21 31 -6 39
13 PEC Zwolle 34 9 11 14 44 53 17 6 6 5 19 18 17 3 5 9 25 35 -9 38
14 Willem II 34 8 7 19 40 68 17 6 2 9 22 33 17 2 5 10 18 35 -28 31
15 RKC Waalwijk 34 7 9 18 33 55 17 5 4 8 21 25 17 2 5 10 12 30 -22 30
16 FC Emmen 34 7 9 18 40 68 17 4 4 9 26 41 17 3 5 9 14 27 -28 30
17 VVV-Venlo 34 6 5 23 43 91 17 3 4 10 20 46 17 3 1 13 23 45 -48 23
18 ADO Den Haag 34 4 10 20 29 76 17 1 6 10 17 38 17 3 4 10 12 38 -47 22

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