The highly anticipated clash between Liverpool and Galatasaray is set to take place on Tuesday in the UEFA Champions League. The match promises to be an exciting encounter between two high-quality teams, with Liverpool looking to bounce back from their first Premier League loss of the season and Galatasaray riding a wave of confidence after seven consecutive league wins.
Galatasaray’s Victor Osimhen, the first Nigerian to make the top ten of the Ballon d’Or and 2023 African Footballer of the Year, is expected to feature against Liverpool despite not being fully fit. Manager Okan Buruk said, “Victor continued training. We will see how he was in the last training session today. The fact that he played 10 minutes in the last match and continued training with us is a positive thing for us.”
Meanwhile, Liverpool’s squad has been boosted by the return of some key players, but they’ll be without Federico Chiesa, who has a minor injury. Arne Slot emphasized the importance of the match, saying, “We have to be prepared for that. They are a very good team with a very good manager, and we have to be prepared for that.”
The match is scheduled for 8 pm UK time, with Amazon Prime Video set to broadcast the game live. Galatasaray have a strong home record in UEFA competitions, losing only one of their last eight matches against English teams. Liverpool, on the other hand, have a mixed record against Turkish teams in UEFA matches, with only one win in six games.
Liverpool are predicted to win the match, given their strong recent form in the Champions League, with 13 wins in their last 18 fixtures. The predicted lineups for the match are Galatasaray: Ugurcan Cakir; Wilfried Singo, Davinson Sánchez, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Eren Elmalı; Lucas Torreira, İlkay Gündoğan; Barış Alper Yılmaz, Mauro Icardi, Leroy Sané; Roland Sallai. Liverpool: Alisson Becker; Jeremie Frimpong, Ibrahima Konaté, Virgil van Dijk, Andy Robertson; Dominik Szoboszlai, Wataru Endō, Alexis Mac Allister; Mohamed Salah, Hugo Ekitike, Cody Gakpo.