Liverpool, who is looking for their victory at the opening of the Night to continue for a Champions League match against Galatasaray to Istanbul.
Galatasaray vs. Liverpool
Champions League (2) | Rams Park
September 30, 2025 | 8 pm (BST)
The tricky series of Champions League luminaires from Liverpool take place with a trip to Turkiye, where they will stand opposite a Galatasaray side that has won seven league matches in a row.
With the need to bounce back from the defeat in Crystal Palace, however, Arne Slot should have his team dismissed and be ready to compete in an intense Istanbul atmosphere.
Here are 10 things to know for Galatasaray vs. Liverpool:
1. Federico Chiesa added to Squad but will not play
Federico Chiesa was initially not included on the Liverpool list of 17 non-Homegrown players for the Champions League and has now been added to the team.
This comes down to the Reds that benefit from a new UEFA rule, which means that until the sixth competition of the competition phase, clubs can change one change to their outfield players on list A in the case of long-term injury or illness.
Because of the ACL injury of Giovanni Leoni who keeps him out for the rest of the season, Liverpool was able to add Chiesa to the League Phase Squad.
However, he will do that do not play Against Galatasaray, not traveling to Turkiye with the team. Trey Nyoni has also stayed on Merseyside.
2. Jayden Danns from injured
Apart from Leoni, only Stefan Bajcetic and Jayden Danns are absent with those who may have been to the team for Tuesday’s game.
Danns stood on the couch against Atletico Madrid and looked clear during his replacement performance vs. Southampton, but he was injured after only half an hour for the youngsters under 21 at the weekend.
Although the seriousness of his hamstring problem is not yet known, he is excluded from the match against Galatasaray and he further assessed his condition on Tuesday.
3. Start XI prediction
Alisson starts in goal for Liverpool, but that is where the certainties end.
After the poor performance of Ibrahima Konate, Slot has to choose between the Frenchman and Joe Gomez to be a partner of Virgil van Dijk.
Andy Robertson should replace Milos Kerkez on the left as he did against Atletico, but there is less certainty on the right.
Conor Bradley could play again, although a rest is demonstrably more likely. Further forward Curtis Jones is expected to start in midfield, while Cody Gakpo and Hugo Ekitike should return to the attack.
Predicted XI: Alisson; Szoboszlai, Konate, Van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch, Jones; Salah, Wirtz, Gakpo; Ekitike
4. Galatasaray’s shape
Although the start of Galatasaray at the competition phase was disastrous with 5-1 in Eintracht Frankfurt-being the side of Okan Buruk started their domestic campaign in excellent form.
On Friday evening, they defeated Alanyaspor 1-0 in their seventh consecutive Super Lig victory while holding their perfect record in the competition.
Despite the fact that he has won the competition in Turkiye in the last three seasons, this has not translated into European success.
None of their last seven games in the European competition have won and have only won one of their last 18 Champions League group/competition phase matches, with five draw and 12 losses.
5. Galatasaray Team News
The largest piece of team news is with regard to Victor Osimhen, who has doubts about pain in their last game.
After their victory on Friday evening, manager Buruk said: “We wanted him to experience the pain.
“Sometimes there is pain and playing pain is important. We will assess his pain and physical condition before we think about the next game.
“We may have changed our formation and have had problems covering the opposition. However, we take these risks to ensure that he plays.”
Predicted XI: Cakir; Sallai, Singo, Sanchez, Elmali; Torreira, Lemina; Sane, Gundogan, Akgun; Icardi
6. The other matches of this week
Elsewhere in the competition phase, the striking competition this week is the trip from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
The night before, Liverpool – loaner Vitezslav Jaros should play in goal for Ajax while they travel to Marseille – maybe the Reds will call him for a scouting report before our meeting in January.
Tuesday will also be a historic night for the relative Minnows of the competition, since Kairat van Kazakhstan visits host Real Madrid and Bayern Munich Pafos in Cyprus.
7. A memory of the upcoming games of Liverpool
Leaving Atletico at home has given Liverpool some Wriggle room in their search to finish in the top eight, so that the last 16 is automatically eligible.
After playing Galatasaray, there are still a few difficult tests left as travel to Frankfurt and then organize Madrid and PSV for travel to Internazionale and PSV.
Fortunately, Liverpool has a grace to play their weakest opposition, Qarabag, in Anfield in their last match of the competition phase.
8. Who is the referee?
There is a completely franch-official team for the match, with Clement Turpin referee and Jerome Brisard appointed as the VAR.
Turpin has referred Liverpool five times, in particular the Final Defeat 2022 Champions League against Real Madrid.
His assistants will be Nicolas Danos and Benjamin pages, while Mathieu Vernice will act as assistant VAR. Jeremy Stinat is the fourth official.
9. The history of Liverpool against Turkish clubs
Galatasaray is one of the three clubs from Turkiye with which Liverpool has had to deal with European competition, Trabzonspor and Besiktas are the others.
The Reds only won against a Turkish team in Turkiye and beat Trabzonspor 2-1 in a play-off draw in 2010-11 under Roy Hodgson.
The current coach Okan Buruk played in December 2006 for Galatasaray against Liverpool in a 3-2 victory. He took the lead for the club in June 2022.
10. Follow the match with Tia
Galatasaray vs. Liverpool is live from Amazon Prime Video With a kick -off at 8 p.m. (BST).
Tia’s Matchday Live-Blog will be active from 7.15 pm, so that you will be entertained and up-to-date on all action in Istanbul.
Come on your red!
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