İSTANBUL. Galatasaray overcame Sparta Praha.
Galatasaray remained with 10 players after Victor Nelsson received a red card in the 62′. Nonetheless, Galatasaray still found a way to win this encounter playing only in players.
The match was played at the Rams Global Stadium stadium in İstanbul on Thursday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Alejandro José Hernández Hernández assisted by José Enrique Naranjo Pérez and Diego Sánchez Rojo. The 4th official was Alejandro Muñíz Ruiz. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.44 degrees Celsius or 43.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 15 Total 11
- 5 On Target 6
- 6 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 92 Attack 78
- 42 Dangerous attack 44
- 84 Ball safe 81
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
- 5 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 7 Total 13
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 1
- 1 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Galatasaray had a strong ball possession 55% while Sparta Praha was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sparta Praha was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Notwithstanding, Galatasaray found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Galatasaray shot 15 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Sparta Praha shot 11 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards (Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Barış Alper Yılmaz). On the opposite side, Sparta Praha received 4 yellow cards (Matej Rynes, Ladislav Krejci, Veljko Birmancevic and Qazim Laçi).
(Galatasaray) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (62′).
Match Timeline
Standings
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Galatasaray – Formation
Galatasaray
55'
62'
60'
47'
Galatasaray started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Okan Buruk decided to play with the following team: Fernando Muslera , Kaan Ayhan , Victor Nelsson , Davinson Sánchez , Berkan Kutlu , Kerem Demirbay , Lucas Torreira , Barış Alper Yılmaz , Dries Mertens , Kerem Aktürkoğlu and Mauro Icardi .
The home team had on the bench: Wilfried Zaha , Tanguy Ndombélé, Günay Güvenc, Tetê , Sérgio Oliveira, Abdülkerim Bardakcı , Baran Demiroğlu, Ali Yeşilyurt, Ali Turap Bülbül, Hamza Akman, Efe Akman and Carlos Vinícius.
Galatasaray could not rely on the presence of Abdülkerim Bardakcı (injured).
Substitutions
Galatasaray made 5 changes: Kerem Aktürkoğlu for Tetê (84′), Kaan Ayhan for Abdülkerim Bardakcı (55′), Kerem Demirbay for Wilfried Zaha (83′), Dries Mertens for Carlos Vinícius (90′) and Lucas Torreira for Tanguy Ndombélé (90′).
Player of the match: Mauro Icardi
The player that probably impressed the most for Galatasaray was Mauro Icardi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 19 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He hit the woodwork once times.
Sparta Praha – Formation
Sparta Praha
Sparta Praha started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Brian Priske Pedersen played with: Jaroslav Zeleny, Peter Vindahl Jensen , Martin Vitik , Asger Sörensen , Ladislav Krejci , Ángelo Preciado , Kaan Kairinen , Qazim Laçi , Matej Rynes , Adam Karabec and Jan Kuchta , Veljko Birmancevic .
These were the players on the bench: Filip Panak, Markus Solbakken , Victor Olatunji , Indrit Tuci, Lukas Sadilek , Jan Mejdr, Jakub Pesek, Lukas Haraslin , Vojtech Vorel, Patrik Vydra, Tomas Wiesner and Adam Sevinsky.
Substitutions
Sparta Praha made 5 changes: Qazim Laçi for Markus Solbakken (74′), Ángelo Preciado for Tomas Wiesner (74′), Adam Karabec for Lukas Haraslin (65′), Jan Kuchta for Victor Olatunji (84′) and Veljko Birmancevic for Lukas Sadilek (84′).
Player of the match: Ángelo Preciado
The player that probably impressed the most for Sparta Praha was Ángelo Preciado.
His rating is with 1 goal, 22 passes (59% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Feyenoord – Roma – 1-1
- Young Boys – Sporting CP – 1-3
- Galatasaray – Sparta Praha – 3-2
- Shakhtar Donetsk – Olympique Marseille – 2-2
- Milan – Rennes – 3-0
- Lens – SC Freiburg – 0-0
- Benfica – Toulouse – 2-1
- Sporting Braga – Qarabağ – 2-4
