Home / Football Betting Tips & Predictions / Champions League Previews and Team News Galatasaray v Liverpool: Line-ups, stats and preview for Champions League clash Liverpool make the daunting trip to Galatasaray tomorrow night. Read our in-depth preview here... Written by Jon Fisher Last Update: March 9, 2026 02:22:41 pm GMT 4 min read Liverpool head to Istanbul hoping for a different outcome than their last visit when they went down 1-0 in the league phase in September. That was an early-season indicator that all was not well with Arne Slots side despite a bright start to the season. The Merseysiders have underwhelmed in recent months although the players have had a lot to deal with following the death of Diogo Jota in July.Performances have been patchy throughout although results have been largely satisfactory. They sit sixth in the Premier League, 19 points behind leaders Arsenal, with their title defence long since evaporating.The Champions League and FA Cup remain their only chances of silverware with the former looking tougher following the draw that placed them in the same half as Real Madrid, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.Getting past Galatasaray will be no easy task in itself with Okan Buruks men top of the Super Lig following the weekend win at neighbours Besiktas.The Istanbul giants have a squad laden with former Premier League players, including Davinson Sanchez, Mario Lemina, Ilkay Gundogan and Lucas Torreira.Buruk remains wary of Liverpool, though, and hopes his team can conjure up a win to take back to Anfield next week.Our opponents are very high quality, he said. At the start of the season, they won a lot of matches with last-minute goals. We have two matches against them and both results are important. It is important that we finish the first match in the best position possible.The first leg is the most important one. There are big teams 16 big teams on the same path as us and we all have a chance to progress. Our goal is to gain the advantage in the first match against Liverpool.Buruk does not believe the game earlier this season will have any bearing on tomorrows encounter, adding: The teams know each other. I think Liverpool will come into this match with a very different mindset than they did to our encounter in the group stage.Table of Contents1 Team news for Galatasaray v Liverpool2 Predicted line-ups for Galatasaray v Liverpool3 Where to watch Galatasaray v Liverpool: TV and online streams4 Stats for Galatasaray v Liverpool5 Prediction for Galatasaray v Liverpool6 What To Do If You Have A Gambling ProblemTeam news for Galatasaray v LiverpoolLiverpool will be without goalkeeper Alisson, after he sustained an injury in training. Giorgi Mamardashvili will deputise. Federico Chiesa is also absent from the travelling party.Joe Gomez or Jeremie Frimpong will come in at right-back, allowing Dominik Szoboszlai to move back into his usual midfield spot.Galatasaray are at full strength with striker Victor Osimhen the man to watch. It was Osimhens penalty that separated the sides in September.Predicted line-ups for Galatasaray v LiverpoolGalatasaray: Uurcan akr; Boey, Snchez, Abdlkerim Bardak, Jakobs; Torreira, Lemina; Bar Alper Ylmaz, Gabriel Sara, Lang; OsimhenLiverpool: Mamardashvili; Gomez, Konat, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister; Salah, Szoboszlai, Gakpo; EkitikWhere to watch Galatasaray v Liverpool: TV and online streamsGalatasaray versus Liverpool is the early kick off tomorrow night with a start time of 5.45pm in the UK.You can watch it on TNT Sports and stream via the discovery+ app.To watch elsewhere in the world, clickHEREto find your local rights holder.Stats for Galatasaray v LiverpoolGalatasaray have only lost one of their last nine home games against English clubs in all European competitionGalatasaray have only lost two of their 22 home matches in the knockout stages of the European Cup/Champions League (W13 D7)Liverpool have never won in three previous away games at Galatasaray in the Champions LeaguePrediction for Galatasaray v Liverpool Galatasaray 2 1 Liverpool This is a tough assignment for a Liverpool side that has shown fragility at various points throughout the season.RAMS Park will be an intimidating place to go and central defenders Ibrahima Konate and Virgil Van Dijk will have to be at their best to keep Osimhen quiet.We fancy Gala to edge it. 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