Galatasaray 0-0 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 21 October 2015
Result
Galatasaray 0-0 Benfica
Champions League · Wednesday 21 October 2015, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Galatasaray 0-0 Benfica: match report
Galatasaray drew with Benfica 0-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 21 October 2015. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Nicolás Gaitán opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Galatasaray's goals came from Selçuk İnan (19', penalty) and Lukas Podolski (33'). Benfica scored through Nicolás Gaitán (2').
Discipline: Galatasaray received 4 yellow cards; Benfica received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Galatasaray were 60th on 1 point from 2 and Benfica 23rd on 6 points from 2. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Galatasaray lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Benfica in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nico Gaitán of Benfica (8.1), ahead of Andreas Samaris (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Galatasaray win, 0 draws and 0 for Benfica.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Nicolás Gaitán
- 18'Yellow card · André Almeida
- 19'Penalty goal · Selçuk İnan
- 33'Goal · Lukas Podolski
- 42'Yellow card · Bilal Kisa
- 63'Yellow card · Selçuk İnan
- 70'Yellow card · H. Balta
- 73'Yellow card · Andreas Samaris
- 78'Yellow card · Victor Andrade
- 87'Yellow card · Luisão
- 90+5'Yellow card · Burak Yilmaz
Head-to-head
Team news
Galatasaray line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fernando Muslera, Aurélien Chedjou, Hakan Kadir Balta, Lionel Carole, Sabri Sarioğlu, Bilal Kisa, Yasin Öztekin, S. İnan, Wesley Sneijder, Lukas Podolski, Umut Bulut
Benfica line-up (4-4-2)
Júlio César, Luisão, Eliseu, Sílvio, Jardel, Andreas Samaris, Nico Gaitán, Gonçalo Guedes, André Almeida, Raúl Jiménez, Jonas