Seeking to make it four wins from four in the Europa League, Tottenham Hotspur travel to Istanbul to face Galatasaray at Rams Park. While Spurs currently sit second in the 36-team table, Galatasaray are only three places and two points further back in fifth spot. Completing in the Europa League for the first time in four years, Tottenham are one of only three teams, along with Lazio and Anderlecht, who have picked up a maximum nine points from their opening three fixtures in this season’s competition.
Ange Postecoglou’s side currently sit level on points with Lazio at the top of the 36-team Europa League table, while they have climbed up to seventh in the Premier League standings after coming from behind at half time to beat Aston Villa 4-1 on home soil last weekend.
Tottenham Hotspur have now won each of their last six home fixtures across all competitions, scoring 17 goals and conceding just four in the process, while they have also come out on top in each of their last eight Europa League games in North London by an impressive aggregate score of 26-2, keeping a clean sheet in their last six matches during this run. However, Tottenham will travel to Turkey on Thursday seeking to avoid losing a third straight away match in all tournaments.
Galatasaray may not have made a perfect start to their Europa League campaign like Tottenham Hotspur, but they have still collected seven points from their opening three matches and have provided plenty of entertainment for supporters, with at least four goals scored in all three games.
A 3-1 home win over PAOK on matchday one, secured thanks to two goals in the final 15 minutes, was followed by a 2-2 draw with Rigas Futbola Skola on matchday two in which they threw away a two-goal lead in Latvia. Galatasaray then came out on top in a seven-goal thriller with Elfsborg a fortnight ago, winning 4-3 on home soil.
Galatasaray will play host to Samsunspor, but they must first shift their focus to the Europa League and will endeavour to boost their hopes of reaching the knockout rounds for the third time in four years with a victory against Tottenham Hotspur. Success against English opposition had been hard to come by for Galatasaray, though, as they have won just one of their last six such meetings (D2 L3) – a 3-2 win against Manchester United at Old Trafford in last season’s Champions League.
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