Champions League Matchday 3: Lille vs Galatasaray facts

Lille and Galatasaray both suffered defeat by three-goal margins in their last UEFA Champions League fixture as they meet in northern France on Matchday 3 looking for their first points of the 2026/27 league phase.

Previous meetings

This is the first fixture between the sides.

Lille are unbeaten in all six matches against Turkish opposition (W2 D4), winning two of their three at home (D1). Their most recent fixtures pitted them against Fenerbahçe in the 2024/25 third qualifying round (2-1 h, 1-1 a aet).

Galatasaray have won only two of their last 11 matches against French teams (D4 L5), going down 0-1 at Monaco in their last fixture, on Matchday 6 last season.

That means Galatasaray are without a win in their last six away matches in France (D2 L4), since a 1-0 victory at Nantes in the 2001/02 first group stage.

Form guide

Lille

This is Lille's ninth appearance in the Champions League and a fourth in eight seasons. The last two have continued into the round of 16, most recently in 2024/25 when they lost 2-3 on aggregate against Borussia Dortmund.

Les Dogues also reached the same stage of the 2025/26 Europa League, going out 0-3 on aggregate against eventual champions Aston Villa. They had finished 18th in the league phase before beating Crvena Zvezda 2-1 on aggregate in the knockout phase play-offs.

Galatasaray

This is Galatasaray's 19th participation in the Champions League proper – more than every other Turkish club combined – but only a third in seven seasons.

In 2025/26, Gala ended a run of five successive group stage eliminations by finishing 20th in the league phase (W3 D1 L4), beating Juventus in the knockout phase play-offs (5-2 h, 2-3 a aet) before losing 1-4 on aggregate to Liverpool in the last 16. It was the first time they had reached the knockout rounds since 2013/14.

 Links and trivia

Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen scored 18 goals in 38 games for Lille in 2019/20.

Rafael Leão was at Lille for the 2018/19 campaign, scoring eight times in 26 games.

A 3-0 loss at Arsenal last time out means Lille have suffered four successive European defeats, equalling their club record set in the 2012/13 Champions League group stage.

Lille have lost their last three home UEFA matches, including 2-3 against Real Betis on Matchday 1.

Les Dogues have not kept a clean sheet in ten Champions League matches.

However, Lille have scored in their last eight home games in the competition and have found the net in the first half of each of them. Indeed, they have scored the first goal in all eight matches.

The French side have been in front at half-time in their last home Champions League fixtures.

Lille's last eight Champions League matches have produced 31 goals, an average of 3.88 per game.

Beaten 1-4 at home by Barcelona on Matchday 2 despite taking the lead, Galatasaray are without a win in their last six league phase games (D1 L5).

Cimbom have also lost their last five away Champions League matches, including 1-3 at Sporting CP on Matchday 1.

Furthermore, Galatasaray have won only one of their last 16 away European matches (D3 L12), 3-0 at Ajax in November 2025.

There have been 26 goals in Galatasaray's last six Champions League matches, an average of 4.33 per game.

There has also been a first-half goal in Gala's last eight Champions League games.

İlkay Gündoğan scored in Manchester City's 3-1 win against Porto on this day in 2020.