Bayern vs Galatasaray match facts

Five points clear at the top of UEFA Champions League Group A, Bayern München will look to make it four wins from four as Galatasaray come to Germany on Matchday 4.

The German club were 3-1 winners in Istanbul in their third fixture, Harry Kane (73) and Jamal Musiala (79) scoring decisive late goals after Kingsley Coman's eighth-minute opener had been cancelled out by a 30th-minute Mauro Icardi penalty.

That was Bayern's third win in as many games after a 4-3 opening success at home to Manchester United and a 2-1 win in Copenhagen.

Gala are still second in the standings on four points, fighting back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at home to Copenhagen on Matchday 1 before a famous 3-2 victory in Manchester, but are now only a point ahead of the English club.

Previous meetings 

Matchday 3 was the sides' first meeting since the 1972/73 European Cup first round. The first leg in Istanbul finished 1-1, Bülent Ünder's 55th-minute opener for the home side cancelled out by Gerd Müller 11 minutes later.

The Bayern striker added two more goals in Munich (14, 78) as the home side eased to a 6-0 victory. Uli Hoeness (29), Edgar Schneider (35), Franz Beckenbauer (76pen) and Franz Roth (88) completed an emphatic victory for the West German team, who went on to lose to eventual champions Ajax in the quarter-finals.

Form guide

Bayern

Record v Turkish clubs: W6 D1 L0 F22 A3
Home record vs Turkish clubs: W3 D0 L0

Bayern have won all six of their games against Turkish teams since being held 1-1 at Galatasaray in that first round tie in 1972. They have been victorious in all three games in Munich, scoring 13 goals without conceding.

The German club's most recent fixture brought a 5-1 win against Galatasaray's local rivals Beşiktaş in the 2017/18 Champions League round of 16 first leg in which Thomas Müller scored twice and Kingsley Coman once. That set up an 8-1 aggregate win.

Bayern had not conceded in four games against Turkish opponents until that tie at Beşiktaş; they had scored 15 goals of their own in those matches.

The Munich side have featured in the Champions League group stage in every season since 2008/09, reaching the knockout rounds in each one of those campaigns.

Overall, this is Bayern's 27th campaign in the Champions League proper, level with Porto and fewer only than Barcelona and Real Madrid (both 28).

Bayern are unbeaten in a record 37 Champions League group matches (W34 D3) and have won each of their last 16 group games, also a competition best.

In 2022/23, under Julian Nagelsmann, the Munich club became the first team to win all six games in the group stage on three occasions. They finished ahead of Inter Milan, Barcelona and Viktoria Plzeň in Group C before ousting Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 (1-0 a, 2-0 h) only, with Thomas Tuchel having succeeded Nagelsmann, to come up short against eventual champions Manchester City in the quarter-finals (0-3 a, 1-1 h).

A 3-2 loss to Paris Saint-Germain in the 2020/21 quarter-final first leg ended Bayern's run of eight successive home Champions League victories and is one of only three of their last 20 matches in the competition in Munich they have not won. The others were 1-1 second-leg draws against Villarreal and Manchester City in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 quarter-finals respectively, both results spelling elimination from the competition.

Tuchel's team responded to their Champions League elimination by winning Bayern's 11th successive Bundesliga title, pipping Borussia Dortmund on the final day of the season.

The six-time European champions – who claimed their fifth European Cup in 2013 at Wembley, the venue for this season's final – have been eliminated in the last eight in the last three seasons but have reached the quarter-finals or better in 11 of their last 12 Champions League campaigns, the exception a last-16 elimination by Liverpool in 2018/19.

Galatasaray

Record vs German clubs: W7 D13 L11 F32 A49
Away record vs German clubs: W5 D4 L7

Matchday 3 was Galatasaray's first game against a German club since a 2-0 loss at Schalke in the 2018/19 Champions League group stage, having drawn 0-0 at home. Their reverse against Bayern last time out made it four defeats in five matches against Bundesliga opponents (D1).

Gala's last four wins against German teams have all come away, most recently 3-2 at Schalke in the 2012/13 Champions League round of 16 second leg (4-3 aggregate). They have lost their last two games in Germany having suffered only one defeat in their previous six, winning four.

Galatasaray are making their 17th appearance in the Champions League group stage – as many as all the other Turkish clubs put together.

The Istanbul club last featured in 2019/20, when they finished fourth in their section on two points having failed to win a game (D2 L4).

Galatasaray are the only team from Turkey to have reached a European Cup semi-final, in 1989.

Gala, who did not feature in UEFA competition in 2022/23, were beaten 7-2 on aggregate by PSV Eindhoven in the 2021/22 Champions League second qualifying round but went on to reach the Europa League round of 16, losing 2-1 against Barcelona over two legs.

Champions of Türkiye for a record 23rd time in 2022/23, finishing eight points clear of second-placed Fenerbahçe, Gala began this season with a 2-2 draw at Lithuanian side Žalgiris in the Champions League second qualifying round first leg. They progressed with a 1-0 home victory before easing past Olimpija Ljubljana of Slovenia in the third qualifying round (3-0 a, 1-0 h).

The Turkish team scored in added time to win both legs against Norwegian champions Molde in the play-offs, a 3-2 away triumph in which Norway midfielder Fredrik Midtsjø scored the last-gasp winner preceding a 2-1 home success with Angeliño getting the decisive goal.

Galatasaray are unbeaten in ten away European games (W5 D5), since a 5-1 loss at PSV in the 2021/22 Champions League second qualifying round first leg.

Victory at Manchester United on Matchday 2 ended the Turkish team's 17-game winless away run in the Champions League, group stage to final (D3 L14), since that 3-2 success at Schalke in the 2012/13 round of 16 second leg.

Home and away, the win in Manchester ended Gala's run of 12 Champions League group games without a victory (D4 L8), and was their first in the competition proper since a 3-0 home success against Lokomotiv Moskva in their opening game of the 2018/19 competition.

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Have played in Germany:
Angeliño (Leipzig 2020–22, Hoffenheim 2022/23 loan)
Kaan Ayhan (Schalke 1999–2016, Eintracht Frankfurt 2016 loan, Fortuna Düsseldorf 2016–20)
Kerem Demirbay (Borussia Dortmund 2011–13, Hamburg 2013–16, Kaiserslautern 2014/15 loan, Fortuna Düsseldorf 2015/16 loan, Hoffenheim 2016–19, Bayer Leverkusen 2019–23)

Angeliño's record against Bayern with Hoffenheim and Leipzig was D3 L3.

Demirbay's record against Bayern while playing in Germany was W4 D2 L8, those defeats including a 4-2 reverse in the 2019/20 German Cup final with Leverkusen. He did win the last such fixture however, a 2-1 Leverkusen victory in the Bundesliga on 19 March this year, while his only goal against Bayern helped Hoffenheim to a 1-1 league draw in Munich on 5 November 2016.

In addition to German international Demirbay (Herten), Ayhan (Gelsenkirchen) was also born in Germany.

Has played in Türkiye:
Min-Jae Kim (Fenerbahçe 2021/22)

International team-mates:
Noussair Mazraoui & Hakim Ziyech (Morocco)
Kingsley Coman, Dayot Upamecano & Tanguy Ndombélé (France)
Joshua Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry & Kerem Demirbay (Germany)
Raphaël Guerreiro & Sérgio Oliveira (Portugal)

Have played together:
Harry Kane & Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham 2017–23)
Noussair Mazraoui & Davinson Sánchez (Ajax 2016/17)
Harry Kane & Tanguy Ndombélé (Tottenham 2019–22)
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting & Mauro Icardi (Paris Saint-Germain 2019/20)
Noussair Mazraoui & Hakim Ziyech (Ajax 2018–20)
Matthijs de Ligt & Hakim Ziyech (Ajax 2017–19)
Leroy Sané & Angeliño (Manchester City 2016/17, 2019/20)
Dayot Upamecano & Angeliño (Leipzig 2020/21)
Konrad Laimer & Angeliño (Leipzig 2020–22)
Leon Goretzka, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Leroy Sané & Kaan Ayhan (Schalke 2014/15)
Serge Gnabry & Kerem Demirbay (Hoffenheim 2017/18)
Min-Jae Kim & Tanguy Ndombélé (Napoli 2022/23)
Min-Jae Kim & Cédric Bakambu (Beijing Guoan 2019–21)

Thomas Müller scored past Fernando Muslera in in Germany's 3-2 win against Uruguay in the 2010 FIFA World Cup third-place play-off.

Müller scored one goal and set up two more as Germany won 3-1 against Türkiye in a UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier on 7 October 2011.

Kane scored in England's 2-1 friendly win against Türkiye on 22 May 2016.

Former Germany coach Jupp Derwall was in charge of Galatasaray between 1984 and 1987. In addition to winning the domestic league title and the Turkish Cup, he is also credited for his technical and tactical training methods and his influence on Turkish football overall.

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Bayern

The Matchday 1 win against Manchester United made Thomas Müller the third player to end on the winning side in 100 Champions League matches, after Cristiano Ronaldo (115) and Iker Casillas (101), with whom Müller drew level with the win against Copenhagen on Matchday 2.

On Saturday Harry Kane's second successive Bundesliga hat-trick helped Bayern to a 4-0 win at Borussia Dortmund.

Kane has 15 goals in his first ten league games, beating the previous record of 13 goals set by Klaus Matischak for Schalke in 1963/64.

Dayot Upamecano had opened the scoring for Bayern at Dortmund, just the French defender's second Bundesliga goal on his 65th appearance; his previous strike came in another 4-0 victory, at home to Wolfsburg on 17 December 2021.

After ten Bundesliga matchdays Bayern's record is eight wins and two draws.

On 1 November, for the third time in the last four seasons, Bayern bowed out of the German Cup in the second round, this time with a 2-1 defeat at third tier Saarbrücken.

Bouna Sarr started a game for the first time since August 2021 while Frans Krätzig, who signed his first professional contract until 2027 on 6 October, made his first Bayern start.

Bayern had been 8-0 league victors against Darmstadt on 28 October, Kane scoring another hat-trick.

That was the first Bundesliga match in which three players were sent off in the first half, Bayern losing Joshua Kimmich to a fourth-minute red card before the visitors were reduced to nine men.

Bayern scored all eight goals in the second half, only the third time in Bundesliga history a team had achieved that feat.

Against Darmstadt Müller struck his first league goal in 2023/24, making him the first Bayern player to score in 15 Bundesliga seasons. He was also on target in Saarbrücken.

Bayern's 3-1 victory in Mainz on 21 October was Müller's 323rd, making him the player with the most wins in Bundesliga history. He is now on 325, one ahead of Manuel Neuer.

Jamal Musiala, who scored his first two league goals this season, and Leroy Sané both struck twice against Darmstadt, the latter equalling his personal Bundesliga season best with eight goals. Sané has 11 goals in his last 19 games for club and country although only two in the last seven.

Bayern have scored in all 19 Bundesliga games under Thomas Tuchel. Only two Bayern coaches have had a longer scoring Bundesliga streak at the start of their reign, Pep Guardiola (28 matches) and Julian Nagelsmann (40).

Bayern has scored 38 goals after ten matchdays, a new league record. The defeat of Darmstadt was the 200th time they had scored five or more goals in a Bundesliga game.

Bayern have 26 points in this season's Bundesliga, seven more than after nine games last season and their best start to a league season since picking up 30 points in their first ten games in 2015/16.

Bayern had lost 3-0 at home to Leipzig in the German Super Cup on 12 August – their only other defeat this season besides the Saarbrücken loss.

On 13 October Konrad Laimer scored in Austria's 3-2 defeat in UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying against Belgium. Three days later Austria and Laimer won 1-0 in Azerbaijan to seal their place at the finals in Germany.

On 13 October Kingsley Coman and France booked their place at UEFA EURO 2024 with a 2-1 win in the Netherlands. Four days later Coman scored for France in a 4-1 friendly win against Scotland.

On 17 October Kane scored twice as England beat Italy 3-1 at Wembley to reach UEFA EURO 2024.

Matthijs de Ligt had to be replaced midway through the first half in Saarbrücken because of a knee injury and was absent at the weekend.

Noussair Mazraoui and Sven Ulreich both missed the cup game through illness. Mazraoui played 90 minutes at the weekend, when Ulreich was an unused substitute.

Leon Goretzka (metacarpus fracture, out since 21 October) and Upamecano (thigh, 8 October) both returned to action on Saturday.

Raphaël Guerreiro has been out since 7 October with a thigh injury; he returned to team training on 30 October.

Serge Gnabry suffered a broken arm on 26 September, returning as a substitute in Saarbrücken. He was an unused replacement at the weekend.

Neuer was in the starting line-up against Darmstadt, his first appearance since suffering a lower leg fracture that required surgery on 9 December 2022. He also played 90 minutes on Saturday.

On 1 November Aleksandar Pavlovic, who had made his Bayern debut against Darmstadt as a late substitute, signed his first professional contract until 2027.

Galatasaray

Galatasaray's record this season in all competitions is W16 D3 L1, the sole defeat coming at home to Bayern. They were 2-1 victors at home to Kasımpaşa on Friday.

Wilfried Zaha scored both goals, making it four for his new club – all in his last seven appearances.

The Istanbul club have now won their last ten league matches, including a 1-0 victory at Caykur Rizespor on 28 October, since a goalless draw at Kayserispor on 12 August, the opening weekend of the new Turkish season.

Galatasaray have won 14 of their last 16 matches.

Sérgio Oliveira scored the only goal at Caykur Rizespor, his first in the league this season.

Mauro Icardi had scored in four games in a row before drawing a blank at Caykur Rizespor. He has scored ten of Galatasaray's 21 league goals in 2023/24 and has now registered 15 goals in 18 matches in all competitions this season.

The Argentinian scored in 12 successive starts for his club, running up 17 goals, before drawing a blank against Copenhagen on Matchday 1. He has scored in six of his nine appearances since.

The Istanbul club have kept nine clean sheets in their 20 games in 2023/24, conceding 18 goals in total. Galatasaray have scored 21 goals in the league and let in just six.

The defeat by Bayern ended Cimbom's 23-match unbeaten run, winning 20, since a 3-1 loss at Beşiktaş on 30 April.

That defeat is Galatasaray's only loss in their last 22 league fixtures (W19 D2).

Kerem Aktürkoğlu has registered three goals this season in the league, one less than Zaha, who is now Galatasaray's second top goalscorer behind Icardi.

Barış Alper Yılmaz scored Türkiye's goal in a 1-0 UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying win away to Croatia on 12 October, his first international goal, and was also in the team that won 4-0 at home to Latvia to clinch qualification, Kerem Aktürkoğlu scoring the third goal. Abdülkerim Bardakcı also started both matches with Kaan Ayhan coming on as a late substitute in both.

Cédric Bakambu scored DR Congo's goal in a 1-1 friendly draw against New Zealand on 13 October.

Goalkeeper Fernando Muslera was taken off after 60 minutes on Friday due to an elbow injury.

Tanguy Ndombélé has not played since Matchday 3 due to a groin problem.

Hakim Ziyech returned as a substitute against Bayern having been out for a month with a foot injury.