Galatasaray vs Tottenham Hotspur, 2024-25 UEFA Europa League, League Phase
· UEFA Europa League
FT
3 - 2
3 - 2
60': Will LankshearOsimhen nets twice as Galatasaray sink 10-man Tottenham
Tottenham Hotspur's perfect Europa League start ended as they lost 3-2 at Galatasaray on Thursday with Victor Osimhen scoring twice for the hosts and Will Lankshear netting his first goal for Spurs but also getting sent off.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Son Heung-Min is caught offside.
- 2': Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Will Lankshear is caught offside.
- 5': Dries Mertens (Galatasaray) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Foul by James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 6': Goal! Galatasaray 1, Tottenham Hotspur 0. Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a set piece situation.
- 8': Offside, Galatasaray. Mauro Icardi is caught offside.
- 11': Attempt missed. Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 15': Foul by Dries Mertens (Galatasaray).
- 15': Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Dries Mertens (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 17': Foul by Dries Mertens (Galatasaray).
- 17': Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Goal! Galatasaray 1, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Will Lankshear (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Brennan Johnson.
- 22': Archie Gray (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 22': Foul by Lucas Torreira (Galatasaray).
- 24': Offside, Tottenham Hotspur. Brennan Johnson is caught offside.
- 25': Attempt saved. Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Gabriel Sara with a through ball.
- 25': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Galatasaray) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 26': Corner, Galatasaray. Conceded by Ben Davies.
- 26': Corner, Galatasaray. Conceded by Yves Bissouma.
- 27': Offside, Galatasaray. Abdülkerim Bardakci is caught offside.
- 30': Offside, Galatasaray. Victor Osimhen is caught offside.
- 31': Goal! Galatasaray 2, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a through ball.
- 32': Radu Dragusin (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Galatasaray) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yunus Akgün.
- 35': Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 35': Foul by Abdülkerim Bardakci (Galatasaray).
- 37': Attempt missed. Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 37': Foul by Davinson Sánchez (Galatasaray).
- 37': Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 39': Attempt saved. Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yunus Akgün with a through ball.
- 39': Goal! Galatasaray 3, Tottenham Hotspur 1. Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross.
- 44': Foul by Will Lankshear (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 44': Gabriel Sara (Galatasaray) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Attempt missed. Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Yunus Akgün with a cross.
- 45': Foul by Lucas Torreira (Galatasaray).
- 45': James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': Attempt missed. Gabriel Sara (Galatasaray) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Galatasaray 3, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Galatasaray 3, Tottenham Hotspur 1.
- 45': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Dejan Kulusevski replaces Son Heung-Min.
- 45': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Rodrigo Bentancur replaces Brennan Johnson.
- 46': Attempt missed. Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 46': Foul by Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 46': Gabriel Sara (Galatasaray) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 47': Foul by Baris Alper Yilmaz (Galatasaray).
- 47': James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 48': Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 48': Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Abdülkerim Bardakci (Galatasaray) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Abdülkerim Bardakci (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 49': Corner, Galatasaray. Conceded by Archie Gray.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross.
- 50': Corner, Galatasaray. Conceded by Radu Dragusin.
- 50': Foul by Davinson Sánchez (Galatasaray).
- 50': Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 52': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross.
- 53': Foul by Will Lankshear (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 53': Kaan Ayhan (Galatasaray) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Will Lankshear (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 53': Foul by Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 53': Gabriel Sara (Galatasaray) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Foul by Gabriel Sara (Galatasaray).
- 54': James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Gabriel Sara (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 55': Attempt blocked. Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Victor Osimhen.
- 56': Attempt saved. Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Baris Alper Yilmaz.
- 56': Corner, Galatasaray. Conceded by Fraser Forster.
- 57': Attempt missed. Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray) header from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a cross following a corner.
- 58': Attempt saved. Will Lankshear (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 60': Foul by Will Lankshear (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 60': Gabriel Sara (Galatasaray) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Second yellow card to Will Lankshear (Tottenham Hotspur) for a bad foul.
- 60': Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Baris Alper Yilmaz (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Torreira.
- 62': Attempt saved. Baris Alper Yilmaz (Galatasaray) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 62': Corner, Galatasaray. Conceded by Radu Dragusin.
- 62': Attempt blocked. Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gabriel Sara with a cross.
- 62': Attempt saved. Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 62': Corner, Galatasaray. Conceded by Pedro Porro.
- 64': Attempt missed. Baris Alper Yilmaz (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
- 65': Abdülkerim Bardakci (Galatasaray) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Foul by Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 65': Delay in match because of an injury Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 66': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Dominic Solanke replaces Lucas Bergvall.
- 66': Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Pape Sarr replaces James Maddison.
- 67': Hand ball by Lucas Torreira (Galatasaray).
- 69': Goal! Galatasaray 3, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Dominic Solanke (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pedro Porro.
- 70': Delay in match because of an injury Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray).
- 71': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 72': Foul by Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray).
- 72': Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Substitution, Galatasaray. Hakim Ziyech replaces Dries Mertens.
- 74': Corner, Galatasaray. Conceded by Archie Gray.
- 74': Attempt missed. Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Davinson Sánchez.
- 74': Foul by Davinson Sánchez (Galatasaray).
- 74': Pape Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Dominic Solanke (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 75': Foul by Gabriel Sara (Galatasaray).
- 76': Offside, Galatasaray. Mauro Icardi is caught offside.
- 78': Attempt missed. Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Baris Alper Yilmaz.
- 78': Delay in match because of an injury Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray).
- 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 80': Substitution, Galatasaray. Kerem Demirbay replaces Victor Osimhen.
- 80': Substitution, Galatasaray. Elias Jelert replaces Yunus Akgün because of an injury.
- 81': Hand ball by Pape Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 82': Delay in match because of an injury Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray).
- 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 84': Foul by Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 84': Gabriel Sara (Galatasaray) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 85': Substitution, Galatasaray. Michy Batshuayi replaces Mauro Icardi because of an injury.
- 85': Substitution, Galatasaray. Berkan Kutlu replaces Gabriel Sara.
- 87': Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Porro (Tottenham Hotspur).
- 88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90': Attempt missed. Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Dejan Kulusevski (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the right.
- 90'+3': Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Baris Alper Yilmaz (Galatasaray) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kerem Demirbay following a fast break.
- 90'+6': Foul by Hakim Ziyech (Galatasaray).
- 90'+6': Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+6': Lucas Torreira (Galatasaray) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, Galatasaray 3, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
- 0': Match ends, Galatasaray 3, Tottenham Hotspur 2.
Statistics
 TOT |
GAL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 14 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 4 |
| 0 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 5 | Saves | 1 |
| 46 | Possession | 54 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 28 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 10 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 315 | Accurate Passes | 360 |
| 396 | Passes | 446 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 0 | Accurate Crosses | 10 |
| 2 | Crosses | 29 |
| 0.0 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 35 | Long Balls | 67 |
| 12 | Accurate Long Balls | 34 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 18 |
| 21 | Tackles | 35 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.5 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 18 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 4 |
| 21 | Clearances | 4 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Europa League
Venue: RAMS Park
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Attendance: 51,739
Venue: RAMS Park
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Attendance: 51,739
UEFA Europa League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lazio | 4 | +9 | 12 |
| 2 | Ajax Amsterdam | 4 | +12 | 10 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 4 | +4 | 10 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 4 | +4 | 10 |
Line-Ups
Galatasaray (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Muslera (GK) |
| 23 | Kaan Ayhan |
| 42 | Abdülkerim Bardakci |
| 6 | Davinson Sánchez |
| 20 | Gabriel Sara  |
| 34 | Lucas Torreira |
| 10 | Dries Mertens |
| 11 | Yunus Akgün |
| 53 | Baris Alper Yilmaz |
| 9 | Mauro Icardi |
| 45 | Victor Osimhen |
Tottenham Hotspur (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 20 | Fraser Forster (GK) |
| 33 | Ben Davies |
| 6 | Radu Dragusin |
| 14 | Archie Gray |
| 23 | Pedro Porro |
| 8 | Yves Bissouma |
| 10 | James Maddison |
| 15 | Lucas Bergvall |
| 42 | Will Lankshear |
| 7 | Son Heung-Min |
| 22 | Brennan Johnson |
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