Galatasaray vs Liverpool Prediction & Betting Tips (10 March)

Galatasaray ended up being very hot in the play-offs. While we thought we had seen them do the hardest part by winning largely in the first leg at home against Juventus 5-2, the Turks did not come far from elimination on the return to Italy by losing by 3 goals at the end of regulation time even though they had played a large part of this match in numerical superiority. Finally, Okan Buruk's men were able to hold back and even score 2 goals which allowed them to qualify for these 1/8th finals. During the regular season, Mauro Icardi's partners took the final 20th place with 10 points taken in 8 days and they ended this phase of the competition with a draw against Atlético Madrid 1-1 and a defeat against Manchester City 2-0. In the championship, the Istanbulites have a priori made the hole at the top of the ranking by taking 4 points ahead of their neighbor and rival Fenerbahce. After being able to defeat Alanyaspor 3-1, they will face Besiktas next weekend. Liverpool, for their part, avoided the difficult stage of the play-offs by finishing in 3rd place in the final of the regular season despite defeats against..

. Galatasaray precisely 1-0 and against PSV Eindhoven 1-4 this fall, when the club was going through a big crisis. Fortunately for them, the English were able to raise their heads and they ended this league phase with 3 decisive successes acquired against Inter 0-1, Marseille 0-3 and finally Qarabag 6-0 to secure their place in the 1/8th final. In the championship, however, Arne Slot's men will be unable to do anything in the title race. 5th in the standings at the moment, they are 4 lengths behind the Big 4 qualifying for the Champions League. Easy to get rid of West Ham, Liverpool will face Wolverhampton twice in the coming days, in the league and in the FA Cup.

Galatasaray leaders did not see fit to register defenders Baltac (suspended in a sports betting case) and Unyay, injured, on the list of players authorized to play this match. Otherwise, everyone will be on deck for this part and coach Okan Buruk will therefore have the leisure to count on an almost complete group. We notably find winter recruit Noa Lang who distinguished himself during the previous round by scoring a double in the first leg against Juve. Be careful of course in the middle Gabriel Sara (5 goals, 2 assists in the league) and to winger Sané (winger, 6 goals, 3 assists in the league). The real offensive locomotive of the Turks is called Victor Osimhen (7 goals, 2 assists decisive in C1). He freed his teammates by scoring during extra time against the Bianconeris. Mauro Icardi (13 goals in the league) must be content with a substitute role in C1 where he has still not scored this season.

Arne Slot's squad will travel to Istanbul without the defenders Bradley and Leoni who are in the infirmary with Endo. More annoying, 2 of the Reds' XXL summer transfer window recruits, Wirtz (4 goals, 2 assists assists in PL) and Isak (2 goals, 1 assist in 10 appearances in PL) are also on the sidelines at the moment. French internationals Konaté and Ekitike (11 goals and 4 assists in PL, 2 goals in C1) should be able to hold their place today and start. The emblematic Van will obviously be present Dijk (2 goals and 3 assists in C1) and Mo Salah (4 goals, 6 assists in PL, 2 goals and 1 assist in C1) who is however encountering more difficulties this season. Gakpo (6 goals and 3 assists in PL) and the valuable midfielder Szobozslai (4 goals, 3 assists in PL; 4 goals and 4 assists in C1) could also start.