UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi - Istanbul Tuesday 11 December 2018 Galatasaray AŞ 18.55CET (20.55 local time) FC Porto Group D - Matchday 6 Last updated 18/04/2019 16:24CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 7 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Competition facts 17 Team facts 18 Legend 20 1 Galatasaray AŞ - FC Porto Tuesday 11 December 2018 - 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 03/10/2018 GS FC Porto - Galatasaray AŞ 1-0 Porto Marega 49 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Galatasaray AŞ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 FC Porto 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Galatasaray AŞ - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 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 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 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 FC Porto - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/11/2017 GS Beşiktaş JK - FC Porto 1-1 Istanbul Talisca 41; Felipe 29 D. Tošić 21 (og); 13/09/2017 GS FC Porto - Beşiktaş JK 1-3 Porto Talisca 13, Cenk Tosun 28, Babel 86 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Falcao 36 (P); Nihat 04/11/2010 GS FC Porto - Beşiktaş JK 1-1 Porto Kahveci 62 Bobô 90+2; Falcao 21/10/2010 GS Beşiktaş JK - FC Porto 1-3 Istanbul 26, Hulk 59, 78 2 Galatasaray AŞ - FC Porto Tuesday 11 December 2018 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kazım-Richards 63; 25/11/2008 GS Fenerbahçe SK - FC Porto 1-2 Istanbul Lisandro 19, 28 Lisandro 10, Lucho 17/09/2008 GS FC Porto - Fenerbahçe SK 3-1 Porto González 13, Lino 90+2; Güiza 29 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lucho González 44, 11/12/2007 GS FC Porto - Beşiktaş JK 2-0 Porto Quaresma 62 03/10/2007 GS Beşiktaş JK - FC Porto 0-1 Istanbul Quaresma 90+2 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ersen Martin 52, 2-2 27/02/2003 R4 Denizlispor - FC Porto Denizli Mustafa Özkan 58; agg: 3-8 Derlei 42, Clayton 84 Capucho 48, Derlei 53, Ricardo Costa 65, 20/02/2003 R4 FC Porto - Denizlispor 6-1 Porto Jankauskas 70, Deco 73, Alenichev 82; Kratochvíl 78 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Galatasaray AŞ 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 3 7 7 FC Porto 6 4 1 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 3 1 23 11 3 Galatasaray AŞ - FC Porto Tuesday 11 December 2018 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Match background With Porto already through as Group D winners, the matchday six attention in Istanbul will focus on whether Galatasaray, on a run of four games without a goal, can rescue their European campaign by claiming a place in the UEFA Europa League. • The Portuguese side have 13 points – three of them coming from a 1-0 home win against Gala on matchday two, Moussa Marega scoring the only goal – five clear of second-placed Schalke, who are also through. Galatasaray are third on four points, one ahead Lokomotiv Moskva • Galatasaray will finish third if they win or if Lokomotiv do not gain victory at Schalke. Form guide Galatasaray • After opening with an impressive 3-0 home win against Lokomotiv, the Turkish side have picked up only one point from their last four games – from their other home game, a 0-0 draw with Schalke on matchday three. Gala have lost all three away games, failing to score at Porto, Schalke (0-2) and, last time out, Lokomotiv (0-2). • The win against Loko ended a run of three successive home 1-1 draws in Europe for Galatasaray, who have nevertheless won only two of their last 11 continental fixtures in Istanbul, drawing six. • Turkish champions in 2017/18, Galatasaray last reached the UEFA Champions League round of 16 in 2013/14. • Galatasaray are in the group stage for the 15th time – the same number as all other Turkish teams combined. • The Istanbul club's 2017/18 European campaign lasted only one tie – they lost 3-1 on aggregate to Swedish club Östersund in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. • Galatasaray have won three and lost three of their six games against Portuguese clubs. At home, they were 2-1 winners against Benfica in the most recent fixture, in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League group stage, but lost the other such game 2-0 to Braga at the same stage of the 2012/13 competition. • Galatasaray are the only team from Turkey to have reached a European Cup semi-final, in 1989. Porto • After being held 1-1 at Schalke on matchday one, Porto have won their last four fixtures, following the win against Galatasaray by beating Lokomotiv in Russia (3-1) and Portugal (4-1). They wrapped up first place with a 3-1 win against Schalke on matchday five, Marega finding the net for the fourth successive UEFA Champions League match. • The Dragons' run of four straight wins is the longest current sequence in the competition and equals the club's previous best, set in the 1996/97 group stage. • Porto are in the UEFA Champions League for the 23rd season – the joint highest total ever alongside Real Madrid and Barcelona. • Porto have now reached the round of 16 for three years in a row, and have qualified from the group four times in the last five seasons. In 2017/18 they lost 5-0 on aggregate to eventual runners-up Liverpool in the last 16 having been beaten at home by the same scoreline in the first leg. • Porto picked up six points at home in last season's group stage, although their first home game was a 3-1 loss against Galatasaray's local rivals Beşiktaş. That was Porto's first defeat against a Turkish club; their record in 11 such fixtures is now W7 D3 L1, the away game against Beşiktaş having finished 1-1. • Porto have won only two of their last eight European away games (D4 L2). They had drawn three in a row before winning at Lokomotiv. Links and trivia • Iker Casillas has now appeared in 20 UEFA Champions League campaigns, a competition record. • Maicon was a Porto player between 2009 and 2016, scoring 13 goals in 190 matches; part of the victorious 2010/11 UEFA Europa League team, he also won three Portuguese Liga titles, two Portuguese Cups, and four domestic Super Cups with the Dragons. • Alex Telles joined Galatasaray in summer 2013, scoring two goals in 60 appearances over two years. • Fernando joined Porto in 2007, spending 2007/08 with Estrela da Amadora before six seasons in the Porto side, scoring six times in 236 appearances. A 2010/11 UEFA Europa League winner with the Dragons, his trophy haul in Portugal also included four league titles, three Portuguese Cups and five Super Cups. • Has also played in Portugal: Garry Rodrigues (Real Massama 2007–09) 4 Galatasaray AŞ - FC Porto Tuesday 11 December 2018 - 18.55CET (20.55 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul • Have also played in Turkey: Fabiano (Fenerbahçe 2015–17) Vincent Aboubakar (Beşiktaş 2016/17) • Fabiano's sole appearance against Galatasaray with Fenerbahçe was a 1-0 defeat in the 2016 Turkish Cup final. • Have played together: Yuto Nagatomo & Alex Telles (Internazionale Milano 2015/16) • International team-mates: Fernando Muslera & Maxi Pereira (Uruguay) Sofiane Feghouli & Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) Henry Onyekuru & Chidozie Awaziem (Nigeria) Latest news Galatasaray • Cimbon have won only two of their last 11 matches in all competitions (D5 L4), drawing 2-2 at home to Rizespor on Saturday after leading 2-0. Garry Rodrigues opened the scoring with his first goal since matchday one, Eren Derdiyok finding the net for the first time since 19 October to double the advantage. • The Istanbul club have kept only one clean sheet in their last nine fixtures. • Galatasaray were 2-1 winners away to third division Keçiörengücü in the first leg of their Turkish Cup last-32 tie on 5 December, five members of the club's youth team starting the game. • Galatasaray were beaten 1-0 at Istanbul rivals Beşiktaş on 2 December.