Barcelona vs Galatasaray: Barcelona look to continue their unbeaten run when they face Galatasaray in the Europa League Round of 16 on Thursday.
Match Details:
Teams: Barcelona vs Galatasaray
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona
Date: Friday 11th March, 2022
Time: 01:30 AM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Barcelona continued their stunning form with a comeback win over Elche 2-1 away from home in the La Liga.
After Elche broke the deadlock through Chaves, Torres and Depay turned the game around with his strikes to ensure the winning run continues.
This was their 4th successive win across competitions as Xavi seems to have turned the form of the club around.
On the other hand, Galatasaray lost 2-0 away to Konyaspor in their previous Super Lig match on the weekend.
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This was Galatasaray’s 11th loss of the season, leaving them in 12th place with 35 points.
With no clean sheet in 11 matches, the Turkish club have been defensively and attackingly poor.
While Barca beat Napoli in the Round of 32, Galatasaray finished top of their group with 12 points to reach the Round of 16 stage.
Form Guide
Barcelona: WWWWD
Galatasaray: LWWDD
Last Matches of both teams:
Elche 1-2 Barcelona
Konyaspor 2-0 Galatasaray
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Barcelona vs Galatasaray in India?
The match can be live streamed on the Sony LIV App, Jio TV; while the broadcast is on Sony TEN 2.
Team News
Balde, Fati, Umtiti and Roberto continue their spell on the side-lines while Gavira is suspended.
Arslan is the sole absentee for the Turkish side due to fitness concerns.
Elche 1-2 Barcelona:
Memphis Depay scored a late winner
Ferran Torres drew Barca level after Fidel Chaves had put hosts in front
League best 20pts in LaLiga in 2022
Catalans have won four of their last five LaLiga games and are third in the table pic.twitter.com/jQmEaaUCJc
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Barcelona possible 11: Â
Ter Stegan, Dest, Araujo, Piqué, Alba, Pedri, Busquets, de Jong, Traoré, Aubameyang and Torres
Galatasaray possible 11:
Pena, van Aanholt, Marcao, Nelsson, Elabdellaoui, Morutan, Pulgar, Kutlu, Cicaldau, Akturkoglu and Gomis
Prediction: Barcelona 2-0 Galatasaray
The difference in form is visible due to which we expect Barcelona to gain a comfortable win in the 1st leg of this Round of 16 clash.
They seem to have all their basis covered while the visitors have plenty of problems to ponder.
With defensive lapses against an attacking Barcelona side, the visitors look lacklustre.
Players to watch out for: Aubameyang, Traoré, Cicaldau and Akturkoglu.
