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After FC Porto had to settle for a 1-1 draw at FC Schalke 04 on Matchday 1, the Portuguese are now aiming for their first win in their Champions League campaign on Wednesday. At home in Estadio do Dragao they meet the Turkish champions Galatasaray Istanbul. This presented itself in the recent past, quite outwardly weak and lost the last two games against a strange backdrop clearly. However, with the 3: 0 victory over Lokomotiv Moscow, the “Lions” have a good starting position in Group D.
FC Porto:
In a fairly well-balanced Champions League group with Lokomotiv Moscow, Galatasaray Istanbul and FC Schalke 04, FC Porto can justifiably hope to reach the last 16. Against the German representative of the group there was a 1-1 draw on the first matchday. At the first home game against Galatasaray Istanbul, the Portuguese now want to win a home win. FC Porto won three out of five home matches this season. The only defeat in their own stadium, there was the 2: 3 in the league against Vitoria Guimaraes. In these five games, the reigning Portuguese champions scored twelve goals.
In the Portuguese Primeira Liga, FC Porto are in second place behind Sporting Braga after six games played. With 16 goals scored, coach Sergio Conceicao’s team have the league’s most dangerous offensive. Porto have also scored at least twice in five of their six games. Last Friday, the “Dragoes” in the league won 1-0 against the CD Tondela. This was the only game in the Primeira League in which they did not score at least two goals.
Galatasaray:
Galatasaray made a good start to their next Champions League fixtures with a 3-0 home victory against Russian champions Lokomotiv Moscow, and did something for the goal difference that could ultimately be decisive in this well-balanced group. The only downer in the opening game was the dismissal of midfielder Badou Ndiaye, who will miss the next game against Porto. At the reigning Portuguese champions, the Turks expect a difficult task. While Galatasaray is a “power” in front of home crowd, the away side of the club lost two clear defeats. In Trabzon lost the Turkish record champions clearly with 0: 4 and also in Akhisar the team of coach Fatih Terim had to go with a 0-3 defeat as a loser from the field.
In the Turkish Süper Lig Galatasaray Istanbul won all five games this season otherwise. With 15 goals scored, they also have the best offensive of all clubs there. Last Friday, the “Löwen” won 1-0 against Erzurum BB. Center-back Maicon provided the golden goal in the second half. In addition to the suspended Badou Ndiaye offensive midfielder Emre Akbaba will be injured on Wednesday. The deployment of Captain Selcuk Inan is still questionable.
FC Porto vs Galatasaray head to head matches
03.08.13 EMI Galatasaray FC Porto 1 : 0