Galatasaray v Tottenham

Europa League action is on Thursday’s agenda as Galatasaray play host to Tottenham. With the visitors having won each of their first three games in this season’s competition, they will be keen to take another considerable step towards securing automatic qualification to the knockout phase.

⭐ Galatasaray v Tottenham Best Bets

Okan Buruk’s side have netted nine goals in this season's Europa League, making them current joint-highest scorers in the competition. They are averaging 3 goals per game with Spurs averaging 2.33 goals per game.

Over 2.5 goals has landed nine times in the Turkish side's last 12 games in all competitions including a 4:3 thriller against Elfborg in their last Europa League outing. Spurs are coming off a 4:1 win against Villa at the weekend in the Premier League, with both teams showcasing attacking ability we expect goals tonight.

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👕 Galatasaray v Tottenham Predicted XI

🔍 Galatasaray v Tottenham Players to Watch

🟠 Mauro Icardi

Mauro Icardi has undoubtedly been one of Galatasaray’s key men at the start of this season, and this is reflected by the Argentinian international’s ability to score goals both domestically and when in Europe. 

Icardi has already scored six times and assisted once in his appearances in the Turkish Super Lig and the Europa League. With the ability to either get on the scoresheet or put someone else on it, backing a goal or the creation of one offers decent value.

⚪ Radu Dragusin

With injury to Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven, Tottenham’s supply of fit and available central defenders is running low for Thursday. Of those that can be called upon, Radu Dragusin will likely keep his place in Spurs’ starting XI.

Maybe out of necessity more than anything else, but because the Romanian will be positioned within Tottenham’s back four, it also means he is likely to have a busy evening keeping Victor Osimhen quiet who's drawn an average of 2.29 fouls per 90 mins in the Turkish top flight. Dragusin has already picked up a red card in the competition and is great value for a card here.

⚪ Destiny Udogie

Another Tottenham defender who is likely to play because of so few defensive options for Ange Postecoglou to pick from is Destiny Udogie. The Italian left-back has made 12 appearances across the Premier League and Europa League this season and averages 1.25 fouls per game.

More importantly, Udogie has also been booked twice this season, with cautions shown in the home defeat to Arsenal and the away loss to Brighton. Last time out in Europe, he gave away two fouls against AZ Alkmaar on Matchday 3, and the same ill-discipline could lead to a card on Turkish soil.

📂 Galatasaray v Tottenham Cheat Sheet

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💻 Galatasaray v Tottenham Form and Tactics

Galatasaray have made an unbeaten start to this season’s edition of the Europa League, having recorded victories over PAOK and Elfsborg but also seeing a perfect start to proceedings hampered after their surprise draw with Riga FS on Matchday 2.

The Turkish giants find themselves sitting top of the Super Lig table and they are yet to taste defeat domestically either. Okan Buruk’s men have won nine of their first 10 league outings and this includes the weekend’s 2-1 home win over local rivals Besiktas.

Although Tottenham breezed past Aston Villa on Sunday, a return to European action may see Ange Postecoglou ring the changes for Thursday’s trip to Galatasaray. Whatever the strength of Spurs’ starting eleven, you can expect the North London outfit to be setup in a 4-3-3 formation.

Postecoglou’s men have been faultless in Europe so far, but they have shown plenty of faults back home and although their one European away day saw them earn a win at Ferencvaros on Matchday 2, they have lost three of their first five away league games this season.

🏁 Galatasaray v Tottenham Ref Watch

• Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
• Has already overseen one Europa League encounter this season
• The meeting between Lyon and Olympiacos saw Visser display four yellow cards in total after awarding 21 fouls
• That game saw a foul-to-tackle ratio of 0.64 – only slightly higher than the 0.54 recorded after overseeing eight of this season’s Belgian Jupiler Pro League fixtures

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