Galatasaray vs. Liverpool: Champions League team news, referee and TV information

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Looking to build on their opening-night win over Atletico Madrid, Liverpool travel to Istanbul for a Champions League game against Galatasaray. Champions League (2) | Rams Park September 30, 2025 | 8pm (BST) Liverpool’s tricky run of Champions League fixtures continues with a trip to Turkiye, where they will face a Galatasaray side who have won seven league games in a row.

Galatasaray’s form While Galatasaray’s start to the league phase may have been disastrous – they lost 5-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt – Okan Buruk’s side have begun their domestic campaign in excellent form. They have not won any of their last seven matches in European competition and have won only one of their last 18 Champions League group/league phase games, with five draws and 12 losses.

Thankfully, Liverpool have the grace of playing arguably their weakest opposition, Qarabag, at Anfield in their final match of the league phase. Liverpool’s history against Turkish clubs Galatasaray are one of three clubs from Turkiye that Liverpool have faced in European competition, Trabzonspor and Besiktas being the others.