Galatasaray enter this UEFA Champions League clash with immense momentum, knowing a victory would temporarily move them level on points with group leaders Bayern Munich. After their humbling 5-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt on matchday one, the Turkish champions responded with remarkable resilience, defeating Liverpool, Bod/Glimt and Ajax in succession.
Those three wins equal the total they had managed in their previous 33 UCL main-draw matches combined an extraordinary turnaround that places them on the brink of history. One more win would see Galatasaray achieve four UCL victories in a row for the first time ever.
Their prospects look promising at Rams Park, where they have not tasted defeat since August 2024. Two of those wins came in this season's league phase, and they could now claim three consecutive UCL home victories in one edition for the first time since 2000/01, when they marched to the quarter-finals.