Football: Galatasaray face Atletico in Champions League
Burak Yilmaz, Selcuk Inan suspended for game in Madrid as Istanbul club fight for next stage place
ISTANBUL
Turkey’s Galatasaray face Atletico Madrid in the Spanish capital Wednesday night as they battle to qualify for the knockout stage of European football’s Champions League.
Galatasaray will be without striker Burak Yilmaz and midfield playmaker Selcuk Inan due to suspensions.
Atletico frontman Jackson Martinez is also set to miss the game with an ankle injury.
The Group C match is to kick-off at 8.45 p.m. CET (1945GMT) at the Vicente Calderon Stadium.
Benfica currently lead the group with nine points, followed by Atletico in second spot with seven points. Third-placed Galatasaray need to come in the top two to reach the next round. They face Kazakhstan’s Astana in Istanbul in the final group game next month.
Tuesday's results:
BATE 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen
Zenit 2-0 Valencia
Olympique Lyon 1-2 Gent
Barcelona 6-1 Roma
Arsenal 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb
Bayern Munich 4-0 Olympiacos
Porto 0-2 Dynamo Kyiv
Maccabi Tel-Aviv 0-4 Chelsea
Wednesday's fixtures:
Group A:
Malmo (Sweden) vs Paris Saint-Germain (France)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) vs Real Madrid (Spain)
Group B:
CSKA Moscow (Russia) vs Wolfsburg (Germany)
Manchester United (England) vs PSV (Netherlands)
Group C:
Astana (Kazakhstan) vs Benfica (Portugal)
Atletico Madrid (Spain) vs Galatasaray (Turkey)
Group D:
Juventus (Italy) vs Manchester City (England)
Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany) vs Sevilla (Spain)
Standings:
Group A
Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Real Madrid | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Paris Saint-Germain | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 3 |
Malmo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 3 |
Group B
Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manchester United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
PSV | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Wolfsburg | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
CSKA Moscow | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
Group C
Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Benfica | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
Atletico Madrid | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Galatasaray | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
Astana | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 2 |
Group D
Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manchester City | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
Juventus | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Sevilla | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
Borussia Monchengladbach | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
Group E
Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barcelona | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 13 |
Roma | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 5 |
Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
BATE | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 4 |
Group F
Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bayern Munich | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 12 |
Olympiacos | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
Arsenal | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 6 |
Dinamo Zagreb | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -9 | 3 |
Group G
Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chelsea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
Porto | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
Dynamo Kyiv | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
Maccabi Tel-Aviv | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | -14 | 0 |
Group H
Teams | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zenit | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
Gent | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
Valencia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
Olympique Lyon | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 1 |
Real Madrid, Manchester City and Zenit St Petersburg, Barcelona and Bayern Munich have secured places in next stage.
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