Champions League Matchday 4: Galatasaray vs Stuttgart facts

Having got off the mark for the season in their last UEFA Champions League fixture Galatasaray will look to continue that momentum on Matchday 4, when unbeaten Stuttgart are the visitors to Istanbul.

Previous meetings

This is the clubs' first contest in UEFA competition.

Galatasaray have not beaten a German side at home since a 1-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup second round. Their record since is D5 L4, most recently going down 1-3 to Bayern München in the 2023/24 Champions League group stage.

That made Galatasaray's home record in the competition's group stage/league phase against German visitors D2 L3.

Gala are without a win in seven matches against German clubs (D1 L6), losing the last four – most recently 1-5 at Eintracht Frankfurt on Matchday 1 last season.

Stuttgart's only European game against Turkish opposition ended in a 0-1 defeat at Fenerbahçe on Matchday 3 of last season's UEFA Europa League.

Club history

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.

Stuttgart

This is Stuttgart's fifth appearance in the Champions League proper and a second in three seasons. They were 26th in the 2024/25 league phase (W3 D1 L4), their first participation since 2009/10.

The German club were beaten 4-1 on aggregate by Porto in the 2025/26 Europa League round of 16. Having finished 11th in the league phase (W5 L3), they overcame Celtic 4-2 in the knockout phase play-offs.

Links and trivia

Galatasaray's İlkay Gündoğan faced Stuttgart seven times with Nürnberg and Dortmund (W5 D2).

Galatasaray's Leroy Sané won ten of his 14 games against Stuttgart at Schalke and Bayern (D2 L2).

None of Galatasaray's last 33 home European games finished goalless, since a 0-0 draw against Schalke in the 2018/19 Champions League group stage.

Galatasaray have lost only one of the 16 home matches in the Champions League proper in which they led at half-time (W12 D3).

The Turkish team have won 20 of the 27 Champions League home games in which they scored first (D5 L2) although they lost the last, 1-4 to Barcelona on Matchday 2.

There has been a first-half goal in Gala's last nine games in the Champions League proper.

Coach Okan Buruk has lost all five fixtures in the Champions League, Matchday 1 to final, against German clubs.

Sané has made 49 appearances in the Champions League group stage/league phase. He scored in Bayern's 6-2 win at Salzburg on this day in 2020.

Victor Osimhen's goal in the 4-2 Matchday 3 win at Lille was his eighth for Galatasaray in the Champions League proper, behind only Burak Yılmaz (10) and Hakan Şükür (13).

Aleksei Batrakov has scored in his last two Champions League appearances.

On this day in 1999, Galatasaray beat Milan 3-2 at home in the Champions League first group stage.

Stuttgart are unbeaten in this season's league phase (W2 D1), beating Viking (3-1 h) and Slovan Bratislava (3-0 a) before a 1-1 draw at home to Atlético de Madrid.

Stuttgart have scored in their last 11 away Champions League group stage/league phase matches.

None of Stuttgart's last 43 away European matches – or 14 away games at this stage of the Champions League – finished goalless.

There has been a winner in Stuttgart's last 12 away European games (W5 L7).