Watch Galatasaray vs PAOK FC preview, team news and more.
They will kick start their UEFA Europa League campaign from this match on 25 sept, 03:00 pm (EST) and 26 sept, 12:30 am (IST) which will be played on RAMS Park.
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Galatasaray vs PAOK FC Match Preview
After finishing at the top in back-to-back Turkish Super Lig titles and making history as the first Turkish team to reach 100 points, finished with 102 last year, Galatasaray will hope to achieve further success this season.
They failed to achieve the ideal start to the 2024-25 season, because of 5-0 defeat against Besiktas in the Turkish Super Kupa on the campaign’s opening day.
However, they have bounced back and had won all of their opening 6 league fixtures to already establish a five-point lead to be at the top of the table.
But they lost Champions League playoff qualifying round against Young Boys, with the score of 4-2 on aggregate to get relegated in Europe’s second tier tournament.
On the other hand PAOK FC, their Greek opponents are heading into this game with just 1 defeat in their last 16 competitive away games across all competitions.
And that 1 defeat was against Malmo with the score of 4-3 in Champions League third 3rd round qualifying.
Like Galatasaray , PAOK have impressively bounced back from that last defeat, by winning 6 of their next 7 fixtures, including a 6-0 aggregate victory over Shamrock Rovers to qualify for this competition.
Galatasaray form including all competitions:
L L W W W W
PAOK form including all competitions:
W W W W D W

Team News
- Galatasaray‘s first choice goalkeeper Fernando Muslera will not be available due to a straight red card received in the 87th minute of their second leg defeat to Young Boys in the Champions League playoff round.
- Gunay Guvenc should in Muslera’s place.
- Osimhen will surely start and will be looking forward for his first goal in a Galatasaray shirt, though he has assisted in each of his two appearances.
- Gabriel Sara and Lucas Torreira in the midfield and Dries Mertens will play in the more advanced role.
- Whereas for PAOK, Andrija Zivkovic (hip injury), Antonis Tsiftsis (stomach), and Brandon (ankle injury) may miss.
- Same squad can be started that was against Volos at the weekend could, with top scorer Stefan Schwab along with Mady Camara in midfield.
Galatasaray possible starting lineup:
Guvenc; Ayhan, Sanchez, Bardakci, Jakobs; Torreira, Sara; Yilmaz, Mertens, Akgun; Osimhen
PAOK possible starting lineup:
Kotarski; Sastre, Colley, Kedziora, Baba; Camara, Schwab; Despodov, Murg, Taison; Tissoudali