UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Benfica WWLWW 1
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Galatasaray WWDWW 2
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SLB101
GAL202
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Match Report

AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

Lukas Podolski fires Galatasaray to victory against Benfica

Galatasaray defeated Benfica 2-1 to claim their first win in 10 fixtures in Europe and revive their hopes of advancing from Group C.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
4
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
5
4
Saves
4
57.4
Possession
42.6
18
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
435
Accurate Passes
308
519
Passes
385
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
24
Crosses
18
0.2
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
64
33
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
13
15
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
19
21
Clearances
27

Head to Head

GAL leads series 1-0

Lineups

GAL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Fernando MusleraG
  2. 22Hakan BaltaCD-L
  3. 21Aurélien ChedjouCD-R
  4. 23Lionel CaroleLB
  5. 55Sabri SariogluRB
  6. 10Wesley SneijderAM
  7. 5Bilal KisaLM
  8. 8Selcuk InanRM
  9. 9Umut BulutF
  10. 7Yasin OztekinAM-L
  11. 11Lukas PodolskiAM-R

SLB · 4-4-2

  1. 12Julio César De LeónG
  2. 33JardelCD-L
  3. 4LuisãoCD-R
  4. 19EliseuLB
  5. 28SílvioRB
  6. 7Andreas SamarisCM-L
  7. 34André AlmeidaCM-R
  8. 10Nicolás GaitánLM
  9. 20Gonçalo GuedesRM
  10. 9Raúl JiménezCF-L
  11. 17JonasCF-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Nicolas Gaitán (Benfica) Goal at 2'
  2. 2' Nicolas Gaitán (Benfica) Yellow Card at 2'
  3. 18' André Almeida (Benfica) Yellow Card at 18'
  4. 19' Selcuk Inan (Galatasaray) Penalty - Scored at 19'
  5. 33' Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray) Goal at 33'
  6. 42' Bilal Kisa (Galatasaray) Yellow Card at 42'
  7. 59' Olcan Adin (Galatasaray) Substitution at 59'
  8. 63' Selcuk Inan (Galatasaray) Yellow Card at 63'
  9. 66' Pizzi (Benfica) Substitution at 66'
  10. 70' Hakan Balta (Galatasaray) Yellow Card at 70'
  11. 73' Andreas Samaris (Benfica) Yellow Card at 73'
  12. 75' Victor Andrade (Benfica) Substitution at 76'
  13. 78' Burak Yilmaz (Galatasaray) Substitution at 78'
  14. 78' Victor Andrade (Benfica) Yellow Card at 78'
  15. 82' Kostas Mitroglou (Benfica) Substitution at 82'
  16. 87' Luisão (Benfica) Yellow Card at 87'
  17. 90'+4' José Rodríguez (Galatasaray) Substitution at 94'
  18. 90'+5' Burak Yilmaz (Galatasaray) Yellow Card at 95'

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