Liverpool have played eight matches this season and have only managed to keep clean sheets in two of them. These clean sheets came against Burnley and Arsenal, but Arne Slot’s side have failed to keep the opposition out in each of their four games since those shutouts, conceding against Atletico Madrid, Everton, Southampton and Crystal Palace.

These issues at the back are linked to a slight change in Liverpool’s overall style of play. Trent Alexander-Arnold leaving the club has left Liverpool without a solid rest defence, Trent has never been an excellent 1v1 defender but he was superb when it came to positioning in the final third to ensure that Liverpool didn’t face transitions regularly.

Liverpool lack this rest defence structure now with Kerkez and Frimpong/Bradley regularly leaving Konate and Van Dijk exposed at the back. Galatasaray can take advantage of Liverpool’s issues at the back and regularly find the back of the net at home. Galatasaray have won all three of their Super Lig games at home this season, scoring nine goals in the process - they netted 46 goals across their 18 home games last season (2.55 per game).

Alisson was the only reason that Liverpool were not 3-0 down by halftime against Crystal Palace over the weekend. The 32-year-old was forced into making five saves at Selhurst Park last time out and will have to be at his best here with the backline in front of him offering little protection at the moment.

Alisson’s save percentage has been well below his usual standard in the early stages of the season. He’s maintained a save percentage of just 56.2% in the opening weeks of the Premier League season - he maintained a save percentage of 72.9% across the entirety of last campaign, so he is performing slightly below his usual standard at the moment, but this is likely due to Liverpool's shaky defensive setup.

Alisson averaged 2.80 saves per 90 in the Premier League last season, with this average rising to 3.79 in the Champions League. Galatasaray lost 5-1 on Matchday 1 of the Champions League but still managed to force the Frankfurt keeper into making four saves.

Salah hasn’t been at his sparkling best so far this season, but has still managed to register six goal contributions across his eight appearances in all competitions for Liverpool this season (3 goals, 3 assists). This is Salah’s best attribute; he can be a passenger for the majority of a game before popping up with a crucial moment.

He registered two goal contributions in Liverpool’s opening Champions League game against Atletico Madrid, having six shots in that match, three of which managed to find the target. Salah was a consistent provider for Liverpool in the Champions League last season, registering seven goal contributions across his nine appearances in the competition whilst averaging 3.34 shots per 90 and 1.23 shots on target per 90.

Salah ranked second in the entirety of the Premier League for shots on target last season, only beaten by Erling Haaland. Remarkably, Salah has finished in the top five players for shots on target in the Premier League in each of the last eight seasons.

Gabriel Sara plays in the middle of the park for Galatasaray and has committed nine fouls across his seven Super Lig appearances this season (1.70 per 90).

Sara committed nine fouls across his nine appearances in the Europa League last season (1.04 per 90) and will be in for a tough assignment here against Liverpool’s dynamic midfield. He also averaged 0.74 fouls committed per 90 across his 31 appearances in the Turkish Super Lig last season.

Sara’s main opponent is likely to be Florian Wirtz, who hasn’t quite been able to settle in a Liverpool shirt yet but was bright in the Champions League when it came to winning fouls last season. He averaged 0.94 fouls won per 90 across his nine appearances in the competition.

Sara will also have to contend with Ryan Gravenberch, who has been Liverpool’s brightest player so far this season and has a unique ability to get out of tight situations. He’s won six fouls across his five Premier League appearances so far this season (1.20 per 90).

Konate has had a really tough start to the season with several below-par performances so far, contributing to Liverpool keeping just two clean sheets so far this season.

He couldn’t handle Mateta at Selhurst Park last time out, contesting 14 duels and receiving a yellow card before being hooked by Arne Slot with 15 minutes remaining in the game.

There are rumours that Konate could be moving to Real Madrid at the end of the season, which may be affecting his performances and he’ll have another real test against Osimhen here.

Osimhen is just as physical as Mateta and will take encouragement from Konate’s shaky performance against the Palace striker last time out. Osimhen has won four fouls across just 213 minutes of action in the Turkish Super Lig this season (1.69 per 90).

Isak is slowly settling into this Liverpool side, I’ve seen brief moments of promise from the former Newcastle striker and I think he will be able to benefit from the volume of chances that Liverpool are able to create here.

Galatasaray conceded five shots on target in their opening game of the Champions League against Frankfurt with all of these shots on target ending up in the back of the net. Liverpool and Isak can punish Galatasaray to a similar degree, they’ll have to rely on their attacking ability here both their defensive structure severely lacking across the opening few weeks of the season.

I also think Isak will benefit from Hugo Ekitike alongside him, it’ll give him a platform to act as a true number nine and maintain a box presence while Ekitike is able to occupy space on the left-hand side and create chances for the record signing.

Isak scored and had two shots on target against Southampton on his second start for the club, he also found the target on Matchday 1 in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid.

Torreria is one of the most aggressive players in this Galatasaray side which takes some doing seeing as the Turkish champions are quite a physical outfit overall, especially in these sort of games where they are underdogs.

Torreria has received two yellow cards across his seven appearances in the Turkish Super Lig for Galatasaray this season. He’s committed six fouls across these games which is quite a modest foul total to produce this early card record but it would suggest that he is quite rash with his challenges.

Torreria received three yellow cards across his nine appearances in the Europa League last season whilst averaging 1.06 fouls committed per 90. This is a similar pattern to his record so far this season which cements the suggestion that he is very reckless with his challenges, even if the volume isn’t the highest when compared to other defensive midfielders.