Europa League betting and spectator preview: Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moskva meet at Vodafone Stadyumu to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
The hosts Galatasaray saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super Lig. Thankfully the previous game, versus Gazisehir Gaziantep, was also a home game here at Vodafone Stadyumu. The away team is better rested.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Galatasaray form and stats
Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the play-offs.Galatasaray have played 5 Super Lig games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 4 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses in this competition. There’s a good atmosphere here at Vodafone Stadyumu after three straight home wins.
Galatasaray's previous game was a Super Lig match also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Gazisehir Gaziantep. The home side are looking to build on that result. Defender Marcão got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.42/10. Marcão hit one key pass and won 16 of 20 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Besiktas in the Super Lig.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 Galatasaray have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won one time, drawn two and lost one.
Galatasaray are traveling soon after this match as the Super Lig match at Fatih Karagumruk awaits in three days.
Galatasaray has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. Galatasaray are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vodafone Stadyumu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 5 matches.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
Lokomotiv's mission in Champions League last season failed in the group stage.2 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Lokomotiv Moskva playing as the away team in the Premier League this season. Total Europa League statistics for Lokomotiv Moskva: 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Lokomotiv are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Lokomotiv play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Olimpiyets. Maciej Rybus was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.63. The defender Rybus served one assist, hit two key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Sochi in the Premier League.We have checked recent matches where Lokomotiv Moskva have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, two draws and one defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Spartak Moskva.
The visiting Lokomotiv have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. It's not easy to score on Lokomotiv as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Lokomotiv Moskva - Galatasaray 0-1 was the outcome when these teams last played each other, also in this season. Galatasaray-Lokomotiv Moskva H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Galatasaray two wins, Lokomotiv Moskva one win, zero draws. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  F. Smolov 7 goals |  R. Zhemaletdinov 5 goals |   M. Abdallah 3 goals |
Galatasaray missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Galatasaray | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 7 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 26 | Scored | S | 14 | 29 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 16 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 14% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 68% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 12.8 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.9 | ||
| 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 34% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Lazio | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Olympique Marseille | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -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 | Trabzonspor | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 27 |
| 2 | Hatayspor | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 3 | Alanyaspor | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 4 | Besiktas | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Konyaspor | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 6 | Galatasaray | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | Fenerbahçe | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
| 8 | Fatih Karagumruk | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
| 9 | Altay | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Kayserispor | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Adana Demirspor | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| 12 | Sivasspor | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 13 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -4 | 12 |
| 15 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Kasimpasa | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Giresunspor | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 18 | Antalyaspor | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 19 | Goztepe | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | -5 | 9 |
| 20 | Rizespor | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -15 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 29 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | Sochi | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 15 |
| 11 | Olimpiyets | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Rostov | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Ufa | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 13 |
| 14 | Khimki | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 12 |
| 15 | Arsenal Tula | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 12 |
| 16 | Ural | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 10 |