It's time to decide the outcome of the Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round meeting between Galatasaray and Žalgiris. Get ready for the match with this full betting preview!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Žalgiris could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a A Lyga game only three sleeps ago.
Galatasaray form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the round of 16 against Barcelona.15-2-1 is the performance here at NEF Stadyumu so far in the Super Lig, giving Galatasaray a total of 47 from their 18 games here. Outstanding results!
The Galatasaray manager Buruk and his crew return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Žalgiris in the Champions League.
Previous to that game, a Super Lig home match hosting Fenerbahce in a game that was won 3-0.Everyone expects Galatasaray to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 12 games: 6 home wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Galatasaray have won with at least two goals margin 4 times in similar situations.
Galatasaray can score goals in their home matches. After 18 league matches they have found the net 41 times. From these home matches, Galatasaray have conceded only 15 goals.
Žalgiris form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Struga in order to reach 2nd qualifying round of Champions League. Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 3rd qualifying round against Bodø / Glimt.Žalgiris's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Žalgiris collect 26 points from their 12 away matches in the A Lyga. 8 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Total Champions League statistics for Žalgiris: 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.
The manager Cheburin was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Vilniaus LFF stadionas. Žalgiris suffered a 1-2 loss to Panevezys.
One game before, 2-2 at home hosting Galatasaray in the Champions League. The visitors come into this game as huge outsiders. This role is not totally unknown to them, as they have played 4 away matches before with similar winning odds. These games have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. 0 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
The schedule is very tough for Žalgiris now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A A Lyga game at FA Siauliai is waiting in only four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Žalgiris's attacking play in away games, having scored 22 goals in 12 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Žalgiris as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The two teams in this fixture also faced each other previously this season: Žalgiris - Galatasaray 2-2.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Oyewusi Kehinde 14 goals |  D. Kazlauskas 4 goals |  M. Milićković 4 goals |
Galatasaray missing players
Žalgiris missing players
| Galatasaray | Žalgiris | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 10 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 63 | 32 | Scored | S | 29 | 50 | ||
| 30 | 15 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 40% | ||
| 40% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 52% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 1 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 16.6 | 18.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 15.8 | ||
| 7 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 36% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 32% | ||
| 9.3 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.9 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 36 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 83 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 12 | 56 | 88 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 87 | 42 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 18 | 45 | 80 |
| 3 | Besiktas | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 78 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 21 | 42 | 78 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 76 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 69 |
| 5 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 54 | 37 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 62 |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 64 | 54 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 10 | 57 |
| 7 | Fatih Karagumruk | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 75 | 63 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 32 | 12 | 51 |
| 8 | Konyaspor | 36 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 49 | 41 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 23 | 8 | 51 |
| 9 | Kayserispor | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 55 | 61 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 39 | -6 | 47 |
| 10 | Kasimpasa | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 45 | 61 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | -16 | 43 |
| 11 | Ankaragucu | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 43 | 53 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 25 | -10 | 42 |
| 12 | Sivasspor | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 54 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 33 | -8 | 41 |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 46 | 55 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 29 | -9 | 41 |
| 14 | Alanyaspor | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 54 | 70 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 43 | -16 | 41 |
| 15 | Istanbulspor | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 47 | 63 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 32 | -16 | 41 |
| 16 | Giresunspor | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 60 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 31 | -18 | 40 |
| 17 | Umraniyespor | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 64 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 35 | -17 | 30 |
| 18 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 31 | 72 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 35 | -41 | 25 |
| 19 | Hatayspor | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 83 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 46 | -64 | 23 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Panevezys | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 36 | 58 |
| 2 | Žalgiris | 24 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 28 | 52 |
| 3 | FA Siauliai | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | Hegelmann Litauen | 23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 43 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 37 |
| 5 | Kauno Zalgiris | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | Dainava | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 7 | Banga | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -23 | 23 |
| 8 | Dziugas Telsiai | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -19 | 19 |
| 9 | Suduva | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -25 | 19 |
| 10 | Trakai | 24 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | -28 | 15 |
