Statistics and curiosities of the Galatasaray vs FC Barcelona of the Europa League

Andl Barça measures tonight (18:45 / 6:45 PM CET) to the Galatasaray, a historical team that crosses a moment very delicate in his league. The Turkish team is 11º in the classification, to 32 points of the leader! In spite of the 0-0 of the gone in the Camp Nou, in theory treats of an affordable rival to win a party that would approach to the Barcelona a bit more to the title of the Europe League.

Xavi​ will not be able to give rest to any headline thinking in the Classical of the next Sunday in front of the Real Madrid. The 0-0 of the gone forces to go with everything and win. The FC Barcelona arrives to this party after an exhibition of football in front of the Osasuna (4-0) in League. Now, the Catalans want to continue with the series of three parties without knowing the defeat in the European tournament.

Statistics and data of the meeting

The group of Domènec Torrent Font arrives to the meeting after winning home to the Besiktas (2-1) in the Classical of Turkey. Kerem Akturkoglu, the one who went a 'headache' in the gone for the Catalans, commissioned to annotate the two so many of the Galatasaray to seal the victory. The 'conquistadores' arrive with a good series of results, in where they have obtained three victories, a tie and a defeat in his last five commitments.

The FC Barcelona adds 11 consecutive parties without losing. From the defeat against the Real Madrid in the Supercopa of Spain, on 12 January, the Barça of Xavi has installed in a victorious dynamics. The Barcelona team has confirmed an impressive recovery to base of good football and has added 8 victories and 3 ties in the last 11 parties contested.

The Galatasaray alone has won one of his nine previous clashes with the FC Barcelona in European competitions (2-1 in the Champions of 1994). The rest of clashes saldó with three ties and five defeats.

The FC Barcelona has classified in seven of his last eight pairings in the eighth of final of the UEFA/Europe League. The only elimination of the Catalan team was in the season 2003/2004 in front of the Celtic of Glasgow.

The numbers of the Barça in the Europe League

The Barcelona has contested 3 parties in the Europe League 2021-2022: 1 victory, 2 ties and 0 defeats, with 5 goals in favour and 3 goals against.

• FC Barcelona-Galatasaray 0-0
• Naples-FC Barcelons 2-4
• FC Barcelona-Naples 1-1

In the three parties of Europe League contested to date by the FC Barcelona, 5 players have marked a total of 5 goals (0 in own door).

• Aubameyang, 1 goal
• Ferran Torres, 1 goal
• F. Of Jong, 1 goal
• Gerard Hammered, 1 goal
• Jordi Alba, 1 goal
• In own door, 0 goals

The factor economico also matters

The Barcelona plays much more that a simple classification to quarter-finals of Europe League. Win to the Galatasaray far of the Camp Nou means a quantity of important income. If this Thursday attain to surpass to the Turkish picture, the prize will be of 1.8 millions for arriving to the chambers. To these montos has to them add the 630.000 euros by party won, more 210.000 by empatar.

But leaving the economic in a second flat, fulfil the aim and finish winning the Europe League, would plant in the vitrinas of the Camp Nou a title that the Barça never has achieved in his history and that it wants to win.