Before the match
Galatasaray: four wins and one defeat over five games; 12 goals scored, seven conceded. Latest: a 4-0 win away to Konyaspor on 30 October.
On 30 October, Konyaspor faced Galatasaray in Süper Lig: Galatasaray won 4-0 away from home, having scored four and conceded zero. Süper Lig, 26 October brought a home meeting with Fenerbahçe; Galatasaray won 2-1, a return of two goals scored and one conceded. Galatasaray visited Lille on 21 October (Champions League) and won 4-2; their goals totalled four, compared with two conceded. Gençlerbirliği S.K. hosted Galatasaray (Süper Lig) on 17 October. For Galatasaray, the score was 1-0: one goal scored, zero allowed. 1-4 was Galatasaray's result against Barça on 13 October (Champions League), playing at home; Galatasaray lost, with one scored to four conceded.
Before kickoff, Champions League's results-based standings placed Galatasaray 23rd after three matches and three points.
Stuttgart's previous five results comprised two wins, one draw and two defeats. Their goal totals were 8 scored and 7 conceded. Latest: a 4-2 win away to Leverkusen on 31 October.
4-2 was Stuttgart's result against Leverkusen on 31 October (Bundesliga), playing away from home; Stuttgart won, with four scored to two conceded. The 28 October fixture (DFB-Pokal) paired Stuttgart with SC Paderborn. Stuttgart won 1-0 away from home, netting one goal while conceding zero. Playing at home against M'gladbach (Bundesliga), Stuttgart finished 2-3 on 23 October. Their score comprised two goals, against three from the opposition. 20 October: Stuttgart drew 1-1 against Atleti at home in Champions League, scoring one goal and allowing one. Against HSV in Bundesliga, Stuttgart scored zero and conceded one on 17 October; the away from home result was 0-1.
seven points in three matches put Stuttgart 6th in the pre-match results-based Champions League standings.
After the match
Aleksey Batrakov opened the scoring inside the first 12 minutes for Galatasaray to make it 1-0. Aleksey Batrakov added to the tally inside the first 15 minutes for Galatasaray, set up by Davinson Sánchez, to make it 2-0. 8 players were booked, among them Atakan Karazor (2'), Deniz Undav (38'), Baris Yilmaz (39'), Yanik Spalt (45'), Grischa Prömel (61') and Roland Sallai (62'). Galatasaray's current recorded form ends with 5 consecutive wins in the 2026/27 Champions League and the 2026/27 Süper Lig. Galatasaray picked up three yellow cards. Galatasaray: five substitutions. Stuttgart picked up five yellow cards. Stuttgart: five substitutions. After coming on for Stuttgart in minute 18, Yanik Spalt was booked. Galatasaray kept their opponents scoreless.