Women's Champions League: Galatasaray vs Lyon facts

Galatasaray and Lyon meet in Istanbul on Matchday 5 with both sides' fates in UEFA Women's Champions League Group A already determined.

Lyon have booked their passage to the quarter-finals with two matches to spare having won all four of their group games so far, while Galatasaray's hopes of progression are over having lost each of their fixtures.

The French side will be confirmed as group winners if they avoid defeat against Galatasaray or if Wolfsburg do not beat Roma in the section's other Matchday 5 fixtures.

Previous meetings

Lyon were 3-0 winners in France on Matchday 1 in what was the first-ever meeting between the teams. Kadidiatou Diani scored twice either side of a Vanessa Gilles header just before half-time.

Form guide

Galatasaray

Record vs French clubs W0 D0 L1 F0 A3

The 8 October defeat at Lyon – Gala's first-ever group stage contest – is their only previous fixtures against a French opponents.

Following that opener, the Turkish side lost at Roma (1-6), Andrea Stašková scoring their only group stage goal so far, before a pair of 0-5 defeats by Wolfsburg.

Metin Ülgen's side contested their first European fixture on 4 September, defeating Racing Union 4-1 in Luxembourg. Goals from Ebru Topçu, Stašková, Arzu Karabulut and Catalina Usme gave Gala the win in the round 1 semi-finals.

That victory took them into the round 1 final, where they saw off the challenge of BIIK on 7 September, again in Luxembourg. The 5-0 victory included a hat-trick from Hapsatou Malado Diallo, Stašková and Usme also on the scoresheet.

In round 2, Galatasaray were paired with Slavia Praha and came through 4-3 on aggregate. The first leg in Istanbul on 19 September ended all square after the hosts conceded twice late in the second half to let slip a two-goal lead. In the Prague return six days later, Nazlican Parlak scored the decisive goal in extra time to ensure Galatasaray became the first Turkish side to feature in the group stage.

Ülgen's side claimed Galatasaray's first Turkish Women's League title in 2023/24 as they finished two points clear of previous champions Fomget.

Topçu was Galatasaray's top league scorer last season with 15 goals.

Lyon

Record vs Turkish clubs W1 D0 L0 F3 A0

This is Lyon's second game against Turkish opponents following their Matchday 1 win against Galatasaray.

The French outfit have subsequently beaten Wolfsburg away from home (2-0) before a pair of victories against Roma (3-0 a, 4-1 h). In their most recent game they fell 1-0 down in the 74th minute but responded with quickfire goals from Diani (77, 79), Eugénie Le Sommer (89) and Wendie Renard (90+2).

The French outfit reached a record 11th final last season, losing 0-2 to Barcelona in Bilbao. Their last success in the competition came when they defeated the same opponents 3-1 in the 2022 final in Turin – their eighth win overall.

In 2023/24, Lyon drew with Brann and Slavia Praha (both 2-2) but won their other four Group B fixtures to finish first in a section that also contained St. Pölten.

In her first season at the club, Diani topped the scoring charts in the Women's Champions League last season with eight goals – two more than team-mate Ada Hegerberg, the competition's all-time record scorer. She currently has four goals in this season’s group stage.

A Lyon side coached by Sonia Bompastor (who was replaced in the summer by Joe Montemurro) won their 17th league title in 2023/24, losing just one game. Those 17 championship successes have come in the past 18 seasons, the exception in 2020/21 when they finished runners-up.

Key facts

Galatasaray have been losing at half-time in all four Group A games.

Lyon are unbeaten in their last 15 group stage matches (W11 D4).

Lyon have won seven and drawn two of their last nine away group games, keeping six clean sheets in the last seven.

The French side have lost only one of their last 16 Women’s Champions League matches (W13 D2).

They are aiming to win five successive European matches for the first time since 2021/22.

Le Sommer needs one goal to become only the third player to score 50 in the Women's Champions League, after Hegerberg (64) and Anja Mittag (51).