Real Madrid 1-0 Galatasaray: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 3 April 2013

Result

Real Madrid 1-0 Galatasaray

Champions League · Wednesday 3 April 2013, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Real Madrid 1-0 Galatasaray: match report

Real Madrid won against Galatasaray 1-0 in the Champions League on Wednesday 3 April 2013. The half-time score was 2-0.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (9'), Karim Benzema (29') and Gonzalo Higuaín (73'). Galatasaray did not score.

Discipline: Real Madrid received 4 yellow cards; Galatasaray received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 13th on 14 points from 8 and Galatasaray 23rd on 12 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Galatasaray in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 0 draws and 1 for Galatasaray.

Going into the match Real Madrid's last five read W-D-W-L-D and Galatasaray's D-D-W-W-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Karim BenzemaReal Madrid · 2-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Dany NounkeuGalatasaray
  • 71'Yellow card · Felipe MeloGalatasaray
  • 73'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínReal Madrid · 3-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Didier DrogbaGalatasaray
  • 78'Yellow card · Burak YılmazGalatasaray
  • 84'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoReal Madrid
  • 84'Yellow card · Michael EssienReal Madrid
  • 90'Yellow card · Sergio RamosReal Madrid
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Luka ModricReal Madrid

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Real Madrid 1, draws 0, Galatasaray 1.

Team news

Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Diego López, Raphaël Varane, Sergio Ramos, Fábio Coentrão, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Xabi Alonso, Michael Essien, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Ángel Di María

Galatasaray line-up (4-3-1-2)

Fernando Muslera, Felipe Melo, Dany Nounkeu, Pablo Lago, Emmanuel Eboué, Hamit Altıntop, S. İnan, Albert Riera, Wesley Sneijder, Didier Drogba, B. Yılmaz