Champions League Matchday 3: Galatasaray vs Bodø/Glimt facts

Galatasaray will be looking to make it successive UEFA Champions League victories as unbeaten debutants Bodø/Glimt come to Istanbul on Matchday 3.

Last match

This is the teams' first fixture.

Galatasaray are unbeaten in their three home matches against Norwegian visitors (W2 D1). They beat Molde 3-2 away and 2-1 at home in the 2023/24 qualifying play-offs to make it three wins in six games against Norwegian clubs overall (D1 L2).

Bodø/Glimt have won their last three matches against Turkish opposition, all involving Beşiktaş – 3-1 at home and 2-1 away in the 2023/24 UEFA Conference League group stage and 2-1 at home in the league phase of last season's UEFA Europa League.

The Norwegian side had failed to record a victory in their first four games with Turkish teams (D1 L3).

Galatasaray

This is Galatasaray's 19th participation in the Champions League proper – more than every other Turkish club combined – but only a second in six seasons. That last campaign, in 2023/24, ended in the group stage – as had Gala's previous four forays into the competition.

The Istanbul club lost 2-4 on aggregate to Young Boys in last season's play-offs, going on to finish 14th in the league phase of the Europa League before being eliminated by AZ Alkmaar in the knockout phase play-offs (1-4 a, 2-2 h).

Bodø/Glimt 

This is Bodø/Glimt's fourth Champions League campaign – all since 2021. They have reached the competition proper for the first time, the third Norwegian team to do so after Rosenborg (11 times) and Molde (once) and the first since Rosenborg in 2007/08.

Bodø/Glimt entered this season's Champions League in the play-offs, beating Sturm Graz 6-2 on aggregate (5-0 h, 1-2 a).

Key stats

A 1-0 home win against Liverpool on Matchday 2 ended Galatasaray's seven-game run without a European victory (D4 L3).

Victor Osimhen's winner made him the first Nigerian to score ten Champions League goals.

Galatasaray have lost only three of their last 19 home European games (W11 D5) – they are unbeaten in six (W4 D2) – and have scored in 22 of the last 23.

Bodø/Glimt have drawn 2-2 both at Slavia Praha and at home to Tottenham Hotspur in the league phase and are unbeaten in five European group stage/league phase matches (W2 D3).

Glimt have scored two or more goals in ten of their last 14 group stage/league phase games.

The Norwegian side have lost five of their last nine European games (W2 D2).

Bodø/Glimt have not won in eight away European games (D2 L6), since a 2-1 victory against Braga on Matchday 3 of last season's Europa League.