Galatasaray – Union SZH. Forecast and announcement for the Champions League match

On Tuesday, November 25, the match of the 5th round of the main stage of the Champions League between “Galatasaray” and “Union Saint-Giloise” will take place. The game will start at 19:45 Kyiv time.

Galatasaray

The current season of the Turkish championship is going quite well for the team. For 13 rounds, “Galatasaray” managed to score 32 points, which still allow it to lead the tournament table. The team was 1 point behind the nearest pursuer, Fenerbahce.

In the Champions League, the Turks are also showing excellent results. The team lost points only in the 1st round due to a defeat against “Eintracht Frankfurt” with a score of 1:5. In other matches, Galatasaray defeated Liverpool (1:0), Bude Glimt (3:1) and Ajax (0:3), so with 9 points on the account, it occupies the 9th place in the tournament table.

Union Saint-Giloise

In the national league, the Belgian team also dominates. For 15 rounds of the championship, “Union Saint-Giloise” won 36 scoring points, thanks to which it now occupies the 1st step of the tournament table. “Bruges” is 4 points behind from the 2nd place. In the country’s cup, the club managed to reach the 1/8 finals, where it will meet with “Warehem”.

But the Belgians are not lucky in the Champions League – in 4 rounds they already have 3 defeats against “Newcastle” (0:4), “Inter” 0:4) and “Atletico” (3:1). The club won its only victory in the 1st round against PSV.

Personal meetings

The clubs have never played each other in official games.

Interesting facts

• “Galatasaray” has not lost any of the 9 home matches of the current season. The team has 7 wins and 2 draws.
• Union have conceded 12 goals in the current Champions League season – the 2nd worst of all teams.
• Galatasaray has conceded only 8 goals this season in the Turkish championship, the best result among all teams.

Forecast

I will bet on the total over 2.5 with odds of 1.55.