Get ready for the first of two legs in this Champions League clash between PSV and Galatasaray

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 21.July
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Philips Stadion (35000 seats)

It's game one of two in the Champions League as PSV host Galatasaray. This is a 2nd Qualifying Round fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.

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.

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PSV form and stats

PSV was eliminated in the 2nd qualifying round last season in the Champions League.

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Philips Stadion as PSV have scored 39 goals to get 42 points from 17 games. The overall stats in the Eredivisie are 13-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

PSV shared the glory with FC Utrecht in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Midfield player Marco van Ginkel got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, the max score being 10. Ginkel scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 69 successful passes (of 80 total).

1-1 away at FC Utrecht before that.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how PSV have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost two.

Goals decide football matches and PSV are scoring many of them at home; 39 on target from 17 league matches. From these home matches, PSV have conceded only 13 goals.

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Galatasaray form and stats

Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.

Galatasaray have an excellent away record in the Super Lig so far with 14-0-6 from 20 games. Galatasaray have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of six victories in a row regardless of arena.

Galatasaray are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Super Lig against Yeni Malatyaspor. Midfielder Ryan Babel was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.0. Babel scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 6 of 6 times and had 43 successful passes (of 49 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Denizlispor at their stadium, the result 4-1.

Galatasaray are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and one defeat. From a total of three matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Galatasaray's attacking play in away games, having scored 35 goals in 20 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Galatasaray as they have only conceded 19 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Last three meetings between the teams: PSV won three, Galatasaray won zero and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

PSV missing players

Galatasaray missing players

Total First Half Second Half
PSV Galatasaray
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 12   Played P   11 25
15 9   Won W   9 18
6 3   Drew D   0 3
4 0   Lost L   2 4
57 29   Scored S   19 54
26 10   Conceded C   8 26
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 83%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 80%
52% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 64%
36% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 36%
16% 17%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   9% 20%
56% 58%   BTTS BTTS   36% 60%
40% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   55% 36%
8% 0%   Failed to Score F T   9% 4%
 
6 5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.5 6.1
3.1 3   Corners against (avg) C A   4.3 4.1
1.3 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.7
0 0   Red cards R C   1 3
 
16.3 17.4   Shots (avg) S (   13.4 14
7.1 8.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.5 5.9
25% 25%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 37%

  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
  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

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 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

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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.