MOSKVA. Galatasaray defeats Lokomotiv Moskva 1-0 after K. Akturkoglu scored just 1 goal (82′). Lokomotiv Moskva lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the RZD Arena stadium in Moskva on Thursday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Harald Lechner with the assistance of Andreas Heidenreich and Maximilian Kolbitsch. The 4th official was Markus Hameter. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.1 degrees Celsius or 53.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Lokomotiv Moskva was in firm control of the ball 56% while Galatasaray was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lokomotiv Moskva was more aggressive with 38 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 0 were on target. Notwithstanding, Galatasaray succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Lokomotiv Moskva shot 14 times, 0 on target, 14 off target. Regarding the opposition, Galatasaray shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Lokomotiv Moskva received 1 yellow card (D. Barinov). On the opposite side, Galatasaray received 4 yellow cards (Mostafa Mohamed, T. Antalyali, R. Babel and O. Morutan).

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Europa League, Lokomotiv Moskva will play away with Olympique Marseille on the 9th of December with a 0-0 head to head record.

Galatasaray will play away agasint Lazio on the 9th of December with a 1-1 head to head statistic.

Lokomotiv Moskva – Formation

Lokomotiv Moskva started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Markus Gisdol decided to play with the following team: Guilherme Marinato (7.5), Maciej Rybus (6.2), Tin Jedvaj (6.7), Pablo (7.3), Nayair Tiknizyan (6.3), Gyrano Kerk (6.6), Dmitriy Barinov (6.4), Alexis Beka Beka (6.4), Konstantin Maradishvili (6.1), Rifat Zhemaletdinov (6.9) and Fedor Smolov (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Dmitri Zhivoglyadov, Dmitry Rybchinskiy, Aleksandr Silyanov, Daniil Kulikov, Daniil Khudyakov, Maksim Nenakhov, Maksim Petrov, Sergey Babkin and Andrey Savin.

Substitutions

Lokomotiv Moskva made only 1 change substituting M. Rybus for D. Zhivoglyadov (90′)​.

Best player: Guilherme Marinato​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lokomotiv Moskva was the goalkeeper: Guilherme Marinato. His rating is 7.45. He performed 4 saves.

Galatasaray – Formation

Galatasaray started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

On the other side, Fatih Terim played with: Fernando Muslera (7.0), DeAndre Yedlin (7.7), Victor Nelsson (7.4), Marcão (8.3), Patrick van Aanholt (7.8), Taylan Antalyalı (7.0), Berkan Kutlu (7.4), Barış Alper Yılmaz (6.5), Alexandru Cicâldău (6.8), Ryan Babel (6.1) and Mostafa Mohamed (7.1).

They had on the bench: Atalay Babacan, Emre Kılınç, İsmail Çipe, Sofiane Feghouli, Olimpiu Moruțan (7.5), Halil Dervişoğlu, Kerem Aktürkoğlu (7.8), Ömer Bayram, Işık Kaan Arslan, Alpaslan Öztürk, Christian Luyindama and Mbaye Diagne (6.6).

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: B. Yilmaz for K. Akturkoglu (67′), R. Babel for O. Morutan (76′), Mostafa Mohamed for M. Diagne (76′), P. van Aanholt for O. Bayram (90′) and A. Cicaldau for C. Luyindama (90′).

Best player: Marcão​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Galatasaray was Marcão even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.3) with 38 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Europa League.​

• West Ham United – Genk – 3-0
• Lokomotiv Moskva – Galatasaray – 0-1
• Eintracht Frankfurt – Olympiakos Piraeus – 3-1
• Napoli – Legia Warszawa – 3-0
• Sturm Graz – Real Sociedad – 0-1
• PSV – Monaco – 1-2
• Rangers – Brøndby – 2-0
• Sparta Praha – Olympique Lyonnais – 3-4
• Rapid Vienna – Dinamo Zagreb – 2-1
• Real Betis – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 1-1
• Lazio – Olympique Marseille – 0-0
• Midtjylland – Crvena Zvezda – 1-1
• Ludogorets – Sporting Braga – 0-1
• Fenerbahçe – Antwerp – 2-2