Get ready for the return leg of the Europa League Play-offs between Galatasaray and Randers. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
It's no vacation for neither Galatasaray nor Randers as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Galatasaray form and stats
Galatasaray have not come this way in the Europa League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating St. Johnstone. Last season, Galatasaray's Europa League journey ended in the play-offs.The story so far in the Super Lig for Galatasaray at their home stadium (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses in this competition. Galatasaray has a nice streak going on as they have played eleven consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Hatayspor defeat 145 days ago.
The Galatasaray supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Hatayspor in Super Lig and win 2-1. Sacha Boey was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.42 out of 10. The defender Boey hit one key pass and won 6 of 11 duels.
Before that, Galatasaray played out a Europa League draw 1-1 when visiting Randers.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Galatasaray as they are travelling to their away game against Kasimpasa in the Super Lig. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Galatasaray's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
Randers form and stats
Randers are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Superliga. It’s been three wins in a row for Randers on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
There were no winners in Randers's previous match, a Superliga home game that ended 1-1 vs AaB. Vito Hammershøj-Mistrati, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.62. Hammershøj-Mistrati scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Galatasaray in the Europa League.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Superliga trip to Silkeborg.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Randers are regular goalscorers on their travels. Randers are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 2 times in 3 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Randers - Galatasaray 1-1 was the scoreline in these crews' previous H2H game, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  V. Hammershøj-Mistrati 3 goals |  A. Kamara 2 goals |   C. Luyindama Nekadio 1 goals |
Galatasaray missing players
Randers missing players
| Galatasaray | Randers | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 49 | 26 | Scored | S | 17 | 37 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Conceded | C | 15 | 28 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 85% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 6.1 | 7.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.3 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 10.6 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 36% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Altay | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Fenerbahçe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Konyaspor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Besiktas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Kasimpasa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Fatih Karagumruk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Alanyaspor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 3 |
| 11 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | Hatayspor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Adana Demirspor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Goztepe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Antalyaspor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | Kayserispor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 17 | Rizespor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 18 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Sivasspor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Giresunspor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Midtjylland | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 2 | København | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | Randers | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | Nordsjælland | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | AaB | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 6 | Silkeborg | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Viborg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 8 | OB | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 9 | Brøndby | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | SønderjyskE | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 4 |
| 11 | AGF | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 2 |
| 12 | Vejle | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 1 |