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In order to secure a victory that will allow it to consolidate its position among the first two places in Group D of the UEFA Champions League, on Tuesday the German team of Schalke 04 is waiting for the visit of the Turkish champion Galatasaray, to be played in the VELTINS- Sand in Gelsenkirchen.
Schalke 04:
Those led by Domenico Tedesco are still with the anger of what happened in the first leg game against the Turks, and that in that game the referee decided not to charge two fouls in the area clearly and to vary then annul a goal in own Muslera’s door of course out of place, and so the German team had no choice but to settle for a goalless draw.
Schalke 04 is motivated to this game after their 3-1 win against Hannover 96 by the Bundesliga, in what is a victory that allows the Gelsenkirchen to leave behind a four-game winless streak, taking into account all the competitions.
Their numbers playing in the Bundesliga are not at all positive, since they are ranked 14th with ten points in the same number of games and the difference with the promotion zone for the stay is four points, yes their numbers in the European Champions League is completely different, as they are undefeated in their three games with two draws and one win, occupying the second place in their group with five points, one point more than Galatasaray, so a win on Tuesday could seal your classification to the next round of competition.
Galatasaray:
Those led by Fatih Terim have been somewhat irregular in their recent commitments, so the last weekend could not take advantage of their status as homeowners to move forward the derby against Fenerbahce and had to settle for a draw with two goals, and this way they added four games without knowing of triumphs, although it is necessary to say that three of them finished in ties.
The draw in the first leg against Schalke 04 at the Turk Telekom Stadyumu was a blow to their aspirations to remain in the European Champions League, and we say it because in a group stage the points played at home have to stay at home and more if these are disputed against direct rivals as is the case of Schalke 04, and careful that they were very lucky to come out with a point, since the main protagonist was the referee; but in the end there is no other way than to go to Germany to recover the lost points, and it must be said that playing as a visitor has been difficult for a Galatasaray who has lost in four of his last five starts.
The game on Tuesday will be the fourth match between these teams, the first two games came for the second round of the UEFA Champions League season 2012/13 in a series that Galatasaray won, 4-3 on aggregate, after the tie in Turkey to a goal and then a 2-3 win on German soil.
Schalke vs Galatasaray head to head matches
24.10.18 CL Galatasaray Schalke 0 : 0
12.03.13 CL Schalke Galatasaray 2 : 3
20.02.13 CL Galatasaray Schalke 1 : 1