Champions League knockout phase play-off second leg: Juventus vs Galatasaray facts

Juventus have it all to do as Galatasaray come to Italy for their UEFA Champions League knockout phase play-off second leg defending a 5-2 advantage.

Cimbon secured the biggest European Cup knockout win for a Turkish club on 17 February thanks to goals from Gabriel Sara (15) and – after Teun Koopmeiners' double (16, 32) for Juve – Noa Lang (49, 75), Davinson Sánchez (60) and Sacha Boey (86), Juve having Juan Cabal sent off in the 67th minute.

Juventus reached this stage with 13 points (W3 D4 L1) to finish 13th in the league phase; their Turkish opponents progressed to the knockout rounds for the first time since 2013/14 in 20th position on ten points (W3 D1 L4).

Last match

All six of the teams' meetings before the first leg came in the group stage, Galatasaray winning two matches to Juve's one. Matchday 9 was the clubs' first fixture since 2013, a 2-2 draw in Turin preceding a 1-0 home victory in Istanbul that took Galatasaray into the round of 16 at Juve's expense.

This is only the second two legged European Cup tie between Turkish and Italian clubs, the first Galatasaray's 1-8 defeat by AC Milan in the 1962/63 quarter finals.

The first-leg loss was only Juventus' third in their 11 matches against Turkish opposition (W5 D3) – all those defeats against Galatasaray.

Juve's previous game against Turkish opposition was also their sole knockout tie, a 4-0 aggregate defeat of Trabzonspor in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League round of 32 (2-0 h, 2-0 a).

The Bianconeri's home record against Turkish visitors is W3 D2.

Galatasaray have lost only three of their last 18 matches against Italian teams (W8 D7).

Gala lost 2-4 on aggregate to Lazio in the 2015/16 Europa League round of 32, making it three defeats in four knockout ties against Serie A sides.

Juventus 

Juventus are making their 25th appearance in the Champions League proper – extending their Italian record.

The Bianconeri were 20th in last season's league phase (W3 D3 L2), losing to PSV Eindhoven in the knockout phase play-offs (2-1 h, 1-3 a aet).

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 after 2023/24. This is the first time in six campaigns they have progressed from the group stage/league phase.

The Istanbul club lost 2-4 on aggregate to Young Boys in last season's qualifying 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.

Key stats

Galatasaray midfielder Mario Lemina made 42 appearances for Juventus between 2015 and 2017.

Juventus are in the knockout phase for the tenth time in 12 seasons and the 20th overall.

The Italian side have lost their last five knockout ties, since a comeback win against Atlético de Madrid in the 2018/19 round of 16 (0-2 a, 3-0 h).

The only previous occasion in which Juventus lost the first leg of a European tie by three or more goals was in the 2017/18 quarter finals against Real Madrid (0-3 h, 3-1 a).

The first leg of this tie was only the second time Juventus have conceded more than four goals in a European match, the other a 0-7 loss at Wiener SC in the 1958/59 European Cup preliminary round second leg.

Juventus are unbeaten in five home Champions League matches (W3 D2), winning the last two without conceding.

Galatasaray have won only one of their four Champions League knockout ties, 4-3 on aggregate against Schalke in the 2012/13 round of 16 (1-1 h, 3-2 a).

The first-leg win equalled Galatasaray's biggest margin of victory in the Champions League proper.

Gala have won only one of their last 13 away European matches (D3 L9), losing five of the most recent six (W1).

Galatasaray have won all eight European ties in which they held a three-goal first-leg lead.