It's Europa League time and the hopeful contenders are FC Barcelona and Galatasaray

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 10.March
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Camp Nou (98787 seats)

FC Barcelona and Galatasaray will play at least 180 minutes of football to decide who advances from this Europa League Round of 16 battle. Get ready for the first 90 minutes!

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Galatasaray, who are travelling more than 2900 kilometers to play this game.

The hosts Barcelona saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the La Liga. That game was an away game at Elche, so at least FC Barcelona are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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FC Barcelona form and stats

Last season, FC Barcelona's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.

FC Barcelona have performed here at Camp Nou this season with 8 wins from 12 La Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

A strong away win for FC Barcelona against Elche the last match, as Depay and Torres were on target. Midfielder Busquets was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.94 (out of ten) in that game. Busquets hit two key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 59 total).

Previous to that game, a La Liga home match hosting Athletic Club in a game that was won 4-0.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Osasuna are coming to town in three days.

The Barcelona manager Xavi has got the team scoring with 27 from 12 home games in the league. FC Barcelona's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Galatasaray form and stats

They also participated in Europa League last season. This ended in the play-offs.

Galatasaray have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Super Lig, after 3-5-6 (14 played). Total Europa League statistics for Galatasaray: 5 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Galatasaray, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Konyaspor. Defender Marcão was the best team player with a rating of 7.4. Marcão won 4 of 4 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Rizespor in the Super Lig.

After this away game Galatasaray return home for a Super Lig game against Besiktas. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Galatasaray have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 14 league away games 17 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Galatasaray struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 24 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

BarcelonaM. Depay
M. Depay
10 goals
GalatasarayM. Aktürkoğlu
M. Aktürkoğlu
6 goals
GalatasarayM. Abdallah
M. Abdallah
6 goals

FC Barcelona missing players

Galatasaray missing players

Total First Half Second Half
FC Barcelona Galatasaray
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   10 25
12 4   Won W   1 6
9 4   Drew D   4 9
4 2   Lost L   5 10
46 17   Scored S   8 38
32 11   Conceded C   15 43
96% 90%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 92%
76% 70%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 84%
56% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   30% 48%
44% 40%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 36%
28% 30%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   20% 28%
68% 60%   BTTS BTTS   50% 68%
24% 30%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 16%
12% 20%   Failed to Score F T   50% 24%
 
5.2 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 6.2
2.9 1.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.8
2.4 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.6
4 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
14.2 15.1   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 13.5
4.9 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 5.7
38% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 24%
 
9.6 7.3   Shots against (avg) S A   10 9.9
3.5 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.3 4.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Real Madrid 27 19 6 2 56 21 14 10 4 0 32 9 13 9 2 2 24 12 35 63
2 Sevilla 27 15 10 2 39 18 13 10 3 0 28 11 14 5 7 2 11 7 21 55
3 FC Barcelona 26 13 9 4 48 29 12 8 2 2 27 13 14 5 7 2 21 16 19 48
4 Atletico Madrid 27 14 6 7 50 35 13 8 3 2 23 12 14 6 3 5 27 23 15 48
5 Real Betis 27 14 4 9 49 35 14 7 2 5 26 18 13 7 2 4 23 17 14 46
6 Real Sociedad 27 12 8 7 28 29 13 7 4 2 10 6 14 5 4 5 18 23 -1 44
7 Villarreal 27 11 9 7 47 26 14 8 4 2 34 14 13 3 5 5 13 12 21 42
8 Athletic Club 26 9 10 7 29 25 12 6 2 4 19 13 14 3 8 3 10 12 4 37
9 Valencia 27 9 9 9 41 43 14 5 6 3 22 18 13 4 3 6 19 25 -2 36
10 Celta de Vigo 27 9 8 10 33 31 14 5 3 6 20 19 13 4 5 4 13 12 2 35
11 Osasuna 27 9 8 10 26 31 14 3 6 5 11 19 13 6 2 5 15 12 -5 35
12 Espanyol 27 8 8 11 33 40 14 7 4 3 21 16 13 1 4 8 12 24 -7 32
13 Rayo Vallecano 26 9 4 13 28 32 13 8 2 3 20 9 13 1 2 10 8 23 -4 31
14 Elche 27 7 8 12 29 39 13 5 5 3 16 14 14 2 3 9 13 25 -10 29
15 Getafe 27 6 9 12 26 32 13 6 3 4 19 13 14 0 6 8 7 19 -6 27
16 Mallorca 27 6 8 13 26 45 14 4 6 4 13 14 13 2 2 9 13 31 -19 26
17 Granada 27 5 10 12 28 43 13 4 4 5 17 21 14 1 6 7 11 22 -15 25
18 Cadiz 27 4 12 11 23 39 14 1 8 5 11 18 13 3 4 6 12 21 -16 24
19 Deportivo Alaves 27 5 7 15 21 44 14 4 4 6 10 15 13 1 3 9 11 29 -23 22
20 Levante 26 3 9 14 28 51 13 2 6 5 16 21 13 1 3 9 12 30 -23 18
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Trabzonspor 28 20 7 1 52 21 14 10 4 0 25 10 14 10 3 1 27 11 31 67
2 Konyaspor 28 15 7 6 44 29 15 10 4 1 25 11 13 5 3 5 19 18 15 52
3 Fenerbahce 28 13 8 7 43 32 14 7 4 3 24 14 14 6 4 4 19 18 11 47
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 27 14 4 9 39 26 14 9 1 4 23 13 13 5 3 5 16 13 13 46
5 Adana Demirspor 28 12 9 7 42 28 13 6 5 2 19 7 15 6 4 5 23 21 14 45
6 Besiktas 27 12 8 7 40 34 13 9 2 2 23 14 14 3 6 5 17 20 6 44
7 Alanyaspor 27 12 7 8 49 41 14 6 4 4 29 21 13 6 3 4 20 20 8 43
8 Hatayspor 27 13 3 11 42 43 13 8 2 3 27 17 14 5 1 8 15 26 -1 42
9 Fatih Karagumruk 28 11 7 10 33 40 14 6 5 3 18 13 14 5 2 7 15 27 -7 40
10 Kayserispor 27 10 8 9 40 40 13 9 3 1 23 9 14 1 5 8 17 31 0 38
11 Gazisehir Gaziantep 27 10 6 11 34 37 13 9 3 1 26 12 14 1 3 10 8 25 -3 36
12 Galatasaray 28 9 8 11 37 41 14 6 3 5 20 17 14 3 5 6 17 24 -4 35
13 Antalyaspor 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 7 4 3 21 13 14 2 4 8 8 22 -6 35
14 Sivasspor 28 8 10 10 35 35 14 4 8 2 22 14 14 4 2 8 13 21 0 34
15 Kasimpasa 28 8 8 12 40 42 14 5 4 5 23 20 14 3 4 7 17 22 -2 32
16 Giresunspor 28 9 5 14 29 32 14 5 2 7 16 17 14 4 3 7 13 15 -3 32
17 Goztepe 28 7 6 15 34 44 15 4 2 9 16 21 13 3 4 6 18 23 -10 27
18 Altay 28 7 5 16 29 41 13 4 2 7 14 18 15 3 3 9 15 23 -12 26
19 Rizespor 28 6 5 17 25 50 15 6 2 7 18 20 13 0 3 10 7 30 -25 23
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 28 5 5 18 23 48 14 3 3 8 17 29 14 2 2 10 6 19 -25 20

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 Trabzonspor 28 20 7 1 52 21 14 10 4 0 25 10 14 10 3 1 27 11 31 67
2 Konyaspor 28 15 7 6 44 29 15 10 4 1 25 11 13 5 3 5 19 18 15 52
3 Fenerbahce 28 13 8 7 43 32 14 7 4 3 24 14 14 6 4 4 19 18 11 47
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 27 14 4 9 39 26 14 9 1 4 23 13 13 5 3 5 16 13 13 46
5 Adana Demirspor 28 12 9 7 42 28 13 6 5 2 19 7 15 6 4 5 23 21 14 45
6 Besiktas 27 12 8 7 40 34 13 9 2 2 23 14 14 3 6 5 17 20 6 44
7 Alanyaspor 27 12 7 8 49 41 14 6 4 4 29 21 13 6 3 4 20 20 8 43
8 Hatayspor 27 13 3 11 42 43 13 8 2 3 27 17 14 5 1 8 15 26 -1 42
9 Fatih Karagumruk 28 11 7 10 33 40 14 6 5 3 18 13 14 5 2 7 15 27 -7 40
10 Kayserispor 27 10 8 9 40 40 13 9 3 1 23 9 14 1 5 8 17 31 0 38
11 Gazisehir Gaziantep 27 10 6 11 34 37 13 9 3 1 26 12 14 1 3 10 8 25 -3 36
12 Galatasaray 28 9 8 11 37 41 14 6 3 5 20 17 14 3 5 6 17 24 -4 35
13 Antalyaspor 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 7 4 3 21 13 14 2 4 8 8 22 -6 35
14 Sivasspor 28 8 10 10 35 35 14 4 8 2 22 14 14 4 2 8 13 21 0 34
15 Kasimpasa 28 8 8 12 40 42 14 5 4 5 23 20 14 3 4 7 17 22 -2 32
16 Giresunspor 28 9 5 14 29 32 14 5 2 7 16 17 14 4 3 7 13 15 -3 32
17 Goztepe 28 7 6 15 34 44 15 4 2 9 16 21 13 3 4 6 18 23 -10 27
18 Altay 28 7 5 16 29 41 13 4 2 7 14 18 15 3 3 9 15 23 -12 26
19 Rizespor 28 6 5 17 25 50 15 6 2 7 18 20 13 0 3 10 7 30 -25 23
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 28 5 5 18 23 48 14 3 3 8 17 29 14 2 2 10 6 19 -25 20

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.