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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi - Istanbul Thursday 14 February 2019 Galatasaray AŞ 18.55CET (20.55 local time) SL Benfica Round of 32, First leg Last updated 19/04/2019 23:08CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 18 Legend 19 1 Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica Thursday 14 February 2019 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Jonas 52, Luisão 67; 03/11/2015 GS SL Benfica - Galatasaray AŞ 2-1 Lisbon Podolski 58 Selçuk İnan 19 (P), 21/10/2015 GS Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica 2-1 Istanbul Podolski 33; Gaitán 2 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Emre Aşık 51, Ümit 06/11/2008 GS SL Benfica - Galatasaray AŞ 0-2 Lisbon Karan 69 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Galatasaray AŞ 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 3 SL Benfica 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 5 Galatasaray AŞ - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Feghouli 45+1 (P), Derdiyok 65; Felipe 11/12/2018 GS Galatasaray AŞ - FC Porto 2-3 Istanbul 17, Marega 42 (P), Sérgio Oliveira 57 03/10/2018 GS FC Porto - Galatasaray AŞ 1-0 Porto Marega 49 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mossoró 32; Burak 05/12/2012 GS SC Braga - Galatasaray AŞ 1-2 Braga Yılmaz 58, Aydın Yılmaz 78 Rúben Micael 27, 02/10/2012 GS Galatasaray AŞ - SC Braga 0-2 Istanbul Alan 90+4 SL Benfica - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Alper Potuk 45+1; 14/08/2018 QR3 Fenerbahçe SK - SL Benfica Istanbul agg: 1-2 Gedson Fernandes 26 07/08/2018 QR3 SL Benfica - Fenerbahçe SK 1-0 Lisbon Cervi 69 2 Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica Thursday 14 February 2019 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cenk Tosun 58, Quaresma 83 (P), 23/11/2016 GS Beşiktaş JK - SL Benfica 3-3 Istanbul Aboubakar 89; Gonçalo Guedes 10, Semedo 25, Fejsa 31 Cervi 12; Talisca 13/09/2016 GS SL Benfica - Beşiktaş JK 1-1 Lisbon 90+3 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-1 Gaitán 9, Cardozo 35, 02/05/2013 SF SL Benfica - Fenerbahçe SK Lisbon agg: 3-2 66; Kuyt 23 (P) 25/04/2013 SF Fenerbahçe SK - SL Benfica 1-0 Istanbul Egemen Korkmaz 72 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Paulo Henrique 32; 03/08/2011 QR3 Trabzonspor AŞ - SL Benfica Istanbul agg: 1-3 Nolito 19 27/07/2011 QR3 SL Benfica - Trabzonspor AŞ 2-0 Lisbon Nolito 71, Gaitán 88 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Chalana 22, Jesus 4-0 03/09/1980 PR SL Benfica - Altay GK Lisbon Coelho 44, Nené 57, agg: 4-0 César 61 20/08/1980 PR Altay GK - SL Benfica 0-0 Izmir European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 01/10/1975 R1 Fenerbahçe SK - SL Benfica Izmir Verel 75 agg: 1-7 Shéu 22, Nené 33, 17/09/1975 R1 SL Benfica - Fenerbahçe SK 7-0 Lisbon 43, 72, Rui Jordão 60, 75, 84 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Galatasaray AŞ 3 1 0 2 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 4 9 10 SL Benfica 8 6 1 1 7 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 15 6 5 4 26 14 3 Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica Thursday 14 February 2019 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Match background The only UEFA Europa League round of 32 tie to feature two teams who spent the autumn in the UEFA Champions League, Galatasaray against Benfica is a heavyweight meeting between the most decorated clubs of Turkey and Portugal. • Both finished third in their UEFA Champions League group, Galatasaray behind Porto and Schalke in Group D, where they picked up four points, and Benfica behind Bayern München and Ajax in Group E having collected seven. Previous meetings • The clubs have met on three occasions, Galatasaray beating Benfica 2-0 away in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage before both teams won their home fixture 2-1 in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage; Selçuk İnan scored in Istanbul and Jonas did likewise in Lisbon. • Galatasaray have lost their other two home games against Portuguese visitors, including their most recent European fixture – 2-3 against Porto on matchday six of this season's UEFA Champions League. • Benfica's record in 15 matches against Turkish opponents is W6 D5 L4, but they have never won in Turkey, where their record is D4 L3. Their last two visits to Istanbul have yielded productive draws – 3-3 against Beşiktaş on matchday five of the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League group stage and 1-1 at Fenerbahçe (after a 1-0 home win) in this season's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, Gedson Fernandes scoring the goal. Form guide Galatasaray • Turkish champions in 2017/18 for a record 21st time, Galatasaray qualified for a 15th appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage – the same number as all other Turkish teams combined. • After opening Group D with an impressive 3-0 home win against Lokomotiv, the Istanbul side picked up only one further point from their last five games. They failed to score in all three away defeats. • Galatasaray are in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 for the third time. Their previous two ties at this stage both ended in elimination – by eventual winners Atlético Madrid in the inaugural 2009/10 season (1-1 away, 1-2 home) and Lazio in 2015/16 (1-1 home, 1-3 away). • The win against Lokomotiv ended a run of three successive home 1-1 draws in Europe for Galatasaray, who have nevertheless won only two of their last 12 continental fixtures in Istanbul, losing four. The other victory during that sequence was that 2-1 defeat of Benfica in 2015/16. Benfica • Portuguese Liga runners-up in 2017/18 after a club-record four successive league titles, Benfica kicked off their European season in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League with that 2-1 aggregate win against Fenerbahçe before PAOK were defeated in the play-offs (1-1 home, 4-1 away) to send the Lisbon club into the group stage for the ninth season in a row – and 14th in all. • Having finished bottom of their group with zero points in 2017/18, the Eagles won home and away against AEK Athens to claim third place in Group E, their only other point coming in a 1-1 draw at home to Ajax. • Benfica are in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase for the fifth time, their four previous round of 32 ties having all featured victories in both legs – against BATE Borisov in 2009/10 (2-0 home, 2-1 away), Stuttgart in 2010/11 (2-1 home, 2-0 away), Bayer Leverkusen in 2012/13 (1-0 away, 2-1 home) and PAOK in 2013/14 (1-0 home, 3-0 away). • The Lisbon giants reached the quarter-finals in 2010, the semi-finals in 2011, and back-to-back finals in 2013 and 2014 – which they lost, respectively, to Chelsea (1-2) and Sevilla (0-0, 2-4 on penalties). • Benfica have been defeated in ten of their last 17 European fixtures (W4 D3), although they have won as many away games as they have lost this season (two apiece). Their overall record on the road in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final, is W9 D5 L4, however, with no defeats in their last four fixtures (W3 D1). UEFA Europa League squad changes • Galatasaray In: Marcão, Mbaye Diagne, Christian Luyindama Out: Eren Derdiyok, Maicon, Serdar Aziz, Garry Rodrigues • Benfica In: João Félix, Andreas Samaris, Ivan Zlobin Out: Alfa Semedo, Nicolas Castillo, Facundo Ferreyra, Pedro Amaral, Bruno Varela Links and trivia • Galatasaray's Fernando was in the Porto squad that won the UEFA Europa League in 2011. The Brazilian midfielder 4 Galatasaray AŞ - SL Benfica Thursday 14 February 2019 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul played 236 matches in all competitions for Porto between 2008 and 2014, scoring six goals, and won four Liga titles, three Portuguese Cups and five domestic Super Cups with the club. He had spent 2007/08 on loan at Estrela da Amadora. • Sofiane Feghouli (Galatasaray) and Jonas played together at Valencia from 2011–14, the latter having started his career alongside Galatasaray defender Mariano at Brazilian club Guarani. • Galatasaray's January signing Marcão moved to Portugal in summer 2017, spending the following campaign at Rio Ave. He spent the first half of the current campaign at Chaves. • Christian Luyindama, Galatasaray's new loan signing from Standard Liège, was an ever-present starter for the Belgian club in this season's UEFA Europa League group stage.