Galatasaray
Stuttgart
Match summary
Galatasaray won 2-0 at home to Stuttgart. Galatasaray led 2-0 at half-time.
Aleksey Batrakov put Galatasaray ahead in the 12th minute and Batrakov made it 2-0 in the 15th minute.
Stuttgart can feel hard done by, creating 1.90 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Galatasaray's 1.01 from 13.
Galatasaray secured a 2-0 victory against Stuttgart in the Champions League, despite the visitors dominating the expected goals metric with 1.90 compared to the hosts' 1.01. Both sides generated 13 shots, with Stuttgart recording 5 shots on target to Galatasaray's 4. Galatasaray held 52 percent possession and completed 376 passes, while Stuttgart managed 48 percent possession from 334 passes. The match saw 97 attacks from Galatasaray and 77 from Stuttgart, alongside 42 dangerous attacks for the hosts and 44 for the visitors. Refereeing action was heavy, resulting in 8 yellow cards split 3 to Galatasaray and 5 to Stuttgart.
The scoring action occurred early in the first half as Aleksey Batrakov netted 2 goals for Galatasaray, scoring in the 12th and 15th minutes to establish a 2-0 half-time lead that remained until the final whistle. The disciplinary count began immediately when Stuttgart's Atakan Karazor received a yellow card in the 2nd minute, prompting an early substitution in the 18th minute with Yanik Spalt entering. Further first-half cautions were shown to Deniz Undav, Barış Alper Yılmaz, and Yanik Spalt before the break. Additional yellow cards were issued in the second half to Grischa Prömel, Roland Sallai, Ramon Hendriks, and Lucas Torreira alongside numerous substitutions.
