Liverpool and Galatasaray have confirmed their starting teams for their meeting at Anfield in the second leg of the 2025/26 Champions League round of 16.
Mario Lemina’s seventh-minute winner in Istanbul means the Turkish top-flight leaders have a 1-0 first-leg lead against opponents who have one victory in their last four matches in all competitions.
The winners of the tie will meet holders Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals in April, followed by a potential semi-final against Real Madrid or Bayern Munich.
101GreatGoals.com has the line-up news from Liverpool vs Galatasaray in the Champions League, as well as details on how to watch.
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Liverpool confirmed starting team vs Galatasaray
Defender Conor Bradley (knee), midfielder Wataru Endo (ankle) and forward Alexander Isak (leg) are injured.
Ryan Gravenberch, Curtis Jones and Virgil van Dijk are a booking away from European suspensions.
Liverpool starting XI: Alisson, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Salah, Ekitike, Frimpong, Gravenberch
Liverpool substitutes: Mamardashvili, Woodman, Gomez, Chiesa, Jones, Gakpo, Robertson, Nyoni, Nallo, Morrison, Ngumoha
Galatasaray full line up vs Liverpool
Goalkeeper Enes Buyuk has a shoulder injury and centre-back Davinson Sanchez, who has played the most minutes in this season’s Champions League of any player from either squad, is suspended.
Abdulkerim Bardakci, Ugurcan Cakır, Ismail Jakobs, Noa Lang, Victor Osimhen and Roland Sallai must avoid yellow cards to remain eligible for a potential quarter-final first leg.
Galatasaray starting XI: Ugurcan, Jakobs, Sallai, Sara, Torreira, Abdulkerim, Osimhen, Baris, Singo, Boey, Lemina
Galatasaray substitutes: Gunay, Batuhan, Icardi, Sane, Yunus, Eren, Ilkay, Ahmed, Asprilla, Kaan, Gokdeniz, Lang
Where to watch Liverpool vs Galatasaray: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Wednesday is at 20:00 GMT (15:00 ET / 12:00 PT). In the UK, live coverage is on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate. Streaming is on Discovery Plus.
TNT Sports costs £30.99 a month including Eurosport and entertainment and is available on a vast range of devices including smart TVs and gaming consoles.
From March 26, TNT Sports streaming will switch from Discovery Plus to HBO Max.
Liverpool vs Galatasaray stats
- Liverpool have reached the Champions League round of 16 in eight of the last nine seasons but lost their last two ties at this stage
- The Reds have lost 11 of their last 16 two-legged European ties in which they were beaten away from home in the first leg
- Their overall record after a 1-0 first-leg away defeat is nine wins from 13 ties
- They have won 15 and lost four of their last 19 European matches at Anfield
- Five of their six previous home matches against Turkish opposition have resulted in wins (D1), keeping clean sheets in five of those six games
- Galatasaray are targeting a first quarter-final appearance since 2012/13
- They have won two and lost two of their four previous two-legged ties against English opposition, prevailing in one of their 12 previous away matches against English teams (D3 L8)
- A 3-2 win at Manchester United during the 2023/24 Champions League group stage was their solve victory along the way
- Cimbom have lost 19 of their last 23 away matches in the Champions League proper (W2 D2)
- All but three of their 17 previous two-legged European ties after winning the first leg at home have ended victoriously, but they have lost two of the last three when their first-leg advantage was a single goal
- The Turkish side have kept three clean sheets in their last 33 European matches, two of which were against Liverpool
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