On Thursday Mar 17th, Barcelona will travel to İstanbul to battle Galatasaray in a meeting of these two Europa League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Galatasaray recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Barcelona. Neither Barcelona nor Galatasaray could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 4 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Galatasaray looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches, while in Barcelona’s last match they recorded a 4-0 shutout win against Osasuna. Ferrán Torres struck first for Barcelona in the 14th minute from the penalty spot, then Ferrán Torres added another in the 21st minute on a feed from Ousmane Dembélé At the end of 90 a dissapointed Osasuna couldn’t manage to score, and Barcelona took the shutout win. Barcelona is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10.
Barcelona and Galatasaray last played eachother at the Camp Nou on the 10th of March. Barcelona and Galatasaray battled to a 0-0 draw. Barcelona had 15 on net, and Galatasaray had 4, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Both Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Ferrán Torres have been the hottest scorers for Barcelona in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals. Galatasaray’s most prolific scorer has been Bafetimbi Gomis. The French attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.