Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Galatasaray
Match Time & Date:
24/10/2018
03:00 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Schalke 04
Galatasaray and Schalke 04 square off against each other at Turk Telekom Stadyumu in Group D. Galatasaray did well to beat Lokomotiv Moscow 3-0 in their opener, but Porto proved to be a big catch for the Turkish side in their second group game. Fatih Terim’s men obviously produce much better showings at home than on the travels and seeing that Schalke 04 made a very slow start to their Bundesliga campaign, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the hosts. Die Knappen defeated Lokomotiv in Moscow in their second group match, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against Galatasaray, who have turned their Turk Telekom Stadyumu into a real fortress. A man to watch in the home team will be Swiss international Derdiyok, who has been in a fine form at the start of the season.
Highlighted Player (Garry Rodrigues):
Garry Rodriguez is a Cape Verde international who was born in Rotterdam on November 27, 1990. Rodrigues started his youth career at his hometown club Feyenoord and in 2007 he moved to Real SC. The pacey winger made his senior debut as a XerxesDZB player during the 2009/2010 season and after scoring two goals in 15 appearances in the league, he left the club in 2011.
The Cape Verde footballer played for the likes of Rostocker, Boshuizen, Den Haag, Dordrecht, Levski Sofia, Elche and PAOK before joining Galatasaray in 2017. Rodrigues quickly established himself as a first team regular at Gala and he played an important role in Fatih Terim’s team that won the Turkish Super Lig in the 2017/2018 season.
Speaking of his international career, Garry Rodrigues made his debut for Cape Verde national team in August, 2013 against Gabon. The Galatasaray winger represented Cape Verde at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.
Highlighted Team (Schalke 04):
Schalke 04 are a professional football club founded in 1904. Die Knappen (The Miners) compete in German Bundesliga and they have won seven domestic titles. Schalke have clinched five German Cup trophies as well, while lifting the UEFA Cup title in 1997. The German club defeated Italian side Inter on penalties in the title game and that was the last time the final of the competition was played in a two-legged format.
Schalke 04 play their home matches at Veltins-Arena, the stadium that has been the home of the team since 2001. The capacity of Veltins-Arena is 62,271. It is well known that Borussia Dortmund are Schalke’s main rivals and the Ruhy neighbours face each other in the Revierderby.
The likes of Klaus Fichtel (477), Norbert Nigbur (355), Rolf Russmann (304), Klaus Fischer (295), Olaf Thon (295) and Herbert Lutkebohmert (286) are the players with most appearances for die Knappen. The colour of Schalke’s home kit is blue.
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