Galatasaray host Aston Villa in the Champions League. Both sides go into this one in reasonable touch, even if the wider picture across the two camps looks quite different right now.
There's still a month to go until they actually meet, so some of this form could shift before kickoff. For now, recent results and the league phase table give us a starting point.
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Recent form from both camps
Aston Villa haven't lost in their last five matches across competitions. They beat Manchester City 2-1, saw off Viking 3-1 in Europe, won away at Newcastle, thrashed Fenerbahçe 6-0 and drew with Brentford.
Galatasaray: 20 completed matches; Aston Villa: 20 completed matches.
Galatasaray
- Win
- 50% 10 / 20
- Draw
- 15% 3 / 20
- Loss
- 35% 7 / 20
- Scored
- 41
- Conceded
- 36
- Difference
- +5
Aston Villa
- Win
- 45% 9 / 20
- Draw
- 15% 3 / 20
- Loss
- 40% 8 / 20
- Scored
- 36
- Conceded
- 32
- Difference
- +4
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Süper Lig | Konyaspor | Galatasaray | 30.10.2026 | 0-4 |
| Süper Lig | Galatasaray | Fenerbahçe | 26.10.2026 | 2-1 |
| UEFA Champions League | Lille | Galatasaray | 21.10.2026 | 2-4 |
| Süper Lig | Gençlerbirliği S.K. | Galatasaray | 17.10.2026 | 0-1 |
| UEFA Champions League | Galatasaray | Barcelona | 13.10.2026 | 1-4 |
| Süper Lig | Galatasaray | Kasımpaşa | 09.10.2026 | 3-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Pendikspor | Galatasaray | 02.10.2026 | 3-3 |
| Süper Lig | Trabzonspor | Galatasaray | 19.09.2026 | 4-0 |
| Süper Lig | Galatasaray | Kocaelispor | 13.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| UEFA Champions League | Sporting CP | Galatasaray | 09.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League | Aston Villa | Fulham | 31.10.2026 | 1-1 |
| League Cup | Bournemouth | Aston Villa | 28.10.2026 | 3-0 |
| Premier League | Aston Villa | Manchester City | 24.10.2026 | 2-1 |
| UEFA Champions League | Aston Villa | Viking | 21.10.2026 | 3-1 |
| Premier League | Newcastle | Aston Villa | 17.10.2026 | 0-1 |
| UEFA Champions League | Aston Villa | Fenerbahçe | 14.10.2026 | 6-0 |
| Premier League | Aston Villa | Brentford | 10.10.2026 | 2-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Sevilla | Aston Villa | 02.10.2026 | 1-3 |
| Premier League | Tottenham | Aston Villa | 19.09.2026 | 2-3 |
| League Cup | Coventry | Aston Villa | 16.09.2026 | 1-3 |
Galatasaray's recent run is decent too, with wins away at Lille and Gençlerbirliği plus a home win over Kasımpaşa. The one blot on that record is a heavy 1-4 home defeat to Barcelona in the Champions League.
Villa's unbeaten run looks the more complete of the two, but Galatasaray have shown they can still pick up wins of their own.
Comparative Team Statistics: Galatasaray vs Aston Villa
League phase table so far
In this season's Champions League league phase, Aston Villa currently sit third with six points from two matches, having scored nine and conceded only two.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint Germain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14/5 | 9 |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12/3 | 9 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12/7 | 9 |
| 22 | Napoli | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5/7 | 3 |
| 23 | Galatasaray | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6/9 | 3 |
| 24 | Lask Linz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6/9 | 3 |
Galatasaray are down in 35th place without a point yet, shipping seven goals in their two games so far. It's only a two-match sample for each side, so there's plenty of the competition still to play out.
The table paints a much rosier picture for Villa than the recent form alone suggests.
What we know about personnel
Full team news isn't available this far out, but one detail stands out: Pau Torres has been credited with two assists in a single Aston Villa game recently.
That's a single data point rather than a settled pattern, and it doesn't tell us anything about who else might be missing or involved when this one actually comes around.
How things could look by kickoff
A month is enough time for form to swing either way. Galatasaray will want to build on their recent wins and leave that Barcelona result behind them, especially on home turf.
Villa arrive with a genuinely strong recent record and a healthy spot in the league phase table, but none of that is fixed in stone with weeks still to play before this game.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Sánchez | Colombia | 30 | Defender | 187 | 81 |
| Y. Akgün | Türkiye | 26 | Midfielder | 173 | 65 |
| İ. Gündoğan | Germany | 36 | Midfielder | 180 | 80 |
| L. Sané | Germany | 30 | Attacker | 183 | 80 |
| L. Torreira | Uruguay | 30 | Midfielder | 166 | 65 |
| V. Osimhen | Nigeria | 27 | Attacker | 185 | 78 |
| M. Lemina | Gabon | 33 | Midfielder | 184 | 85 |
| Rafael Leão | Portugal | 27 | Midfielder | 188 | 81 |
| K. Ayhan | Türkiye | 31 | Defender | 185 | 84 |
| R. Sallai | Hungary | 29 | Attacker | 183 | 75 |
| W. Singo | Côte d'Ivoire | 25 | Defender | 190 | 79 |
| U. Çakır | Türkiye | 30 | Goalkeeper | 191 | 78 |
| E. Elmalı | Türkiye | 26 | Defender | 183 | 76 |
| A. Bardakcı | Türkiye | 32 | Defender | 185 | 81 |
| G. Güvenç | Türkiye | 35 | Goalkeeper | 187 | 84 |
| B. Yılmaz | Türkiye | 26 | Defender | 186 | 80 |
| Gabriel Sara | Brazil | 27 | Midfielder | 176 | 76 |
| K. Karataş | Türkiye | 23 | Defender | 182 | n/a |
| I. Jakobs | Senegal | 27 | Defender | 184 | 75 |
| E. Bitshiabu | France | 21 | Defender | 196 | 95 |
| L. Ugochukwu | France | 22 | Midfielder | 190 | 72 |
| J. Yılmaz | Türkiye | 22 | Goalkeeper | 193 | 75 |
| D. Gül | Sweden | 22 | Attacker | 190 | 82 |
| A. Batrakov | Russia | 21 | Midfielder | 170 | 60 |
| A. Ünyay | Türkiye | 19 | Defender | 187 | 75 |
| Berat Luş | Türkiye | 19 | Attacker | 178 cm | 70 kg |
| Renato Nhaga | Guinea-Bissau | 19 | Midfielder | 176 | 66 |
| E. E. Buyuk | n/a | n/a | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Goretzka | Germany | 31 | Midfielder | 189 | 82 |
| V. Lindelöf | Sweden | 32 | Defender | 187 | 80 |
| B. Kamara | France | 26 | Midfielder | 184 | 68 |
| R. Barkley | England | 32 | Midfielder | 189 | 76 |
| A. Wan-Bissaka | England | 28 | Defender | 183 | 72 |
| E. Buendía | Argentina | 29 | Midfielder | 172 | 72 |
| T. Mings | England | 33 | Defender | 196 | 77 |
| J. McGinn | Scotland | 32 | Midfielder | 178 | 68 |
| T. Abraham | England | 29 | Attacker | 190 | 80 |
| M. Cash | Poland | 29 | Defender | 185 | 79 |
| M. Bizot | Netherlands | 35 | Goalkeeper | 193 | 88 |
| Pau Torres | Spain | 29 | Defender | 191 | 80 |
| I. Maatsen | Netherlands | 24 | Defender | 178 | 57 |
| T. Harwood-Bellis | England | 24 | Defender | 188 | 82 |
| M. Ruggeri | Italy | 24 | Defender | 187 | 69 |
| João Gomes | Brazil | 25 | Midfielder | 176 | 74 |
| Z. Suzuki | Japan | 24 | Goalkeeper | 190 | 98 |
| N. Jackson | Senegal | 25 | Attacker | 186 | 78 |
| A. Garnacho | Argentina | 22 | Attacker | 180 | 73 |
| J. Wright | England | 21 | Goalkeeper | 188 | n/a |
| L. Bogarde | Netherlands | 22 | Midfielder | 183 | 76 |
| K. Nedeljković | Serbia | 20 | Defender | 184 | 72 |
| L. Lynch | England | 19 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| Triston Rowe | England | 20 | Defender | 183 | 70 |
| George Hemmings | England | 19 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| J. Manzambi | Switzerland | 21 | Midfielder | 182 | 75 |
| I. Mbaye | France | 18 | Midfielder | 185 | 65 |
| B. Burrows | England | 18 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| O. Asemota | England | 18 | Goalkeeper | n/a | n/a |
| Alysson Edward | Brazil | 20 | Attacker | 182 | 77 |
| M. Cissé | Senegal | 21 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| Brian Madjo | England | 17 | Attacker | 186 | 75 |
Villa's recent results and their spot in the league phase table give them the stronger case right now, but Galatasaray aren't the one-sided underdogs the table alone suggests.
With no market to weigh up and a month still to run, we're passing on this fixture rather than forcing an angle.
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