Galatasaray vs Royale Union SG prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-11-24 17:45.
[p]Galatasaray will temporarily go level on points with UEFA Champions League (UCL) table-toppers Bayern Munich if they beat Royale Union Saint-Gilloise on Tuesday. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After being thrashed 5-1 by Eintracht Frankfurt on matchday one of this season’s UCL, Galatasaray have since beaten Liverpool, Bodø/Glimt and Ajax. Those three victories are incredibly as many as they’d managed in their last 33 UCL main-draw matches, affording them the chance to win four European Cup/UCL proper games in a row for the first time in history! Few would bet against them doing so at Rams Park, where they’re unbeaten since August 2024 (W24, D9). Two of those wins came in their two league phase home games this term, and they could now win three UCL main-draw home games in a row in the same edition for the first time since 2000/01 when they went on to reach the quarter-finals.. [/p]
[p]Union Saint-Gilloise’s UCL campaign has so far been the inverse of Galatasaray’s, as they won on matchday one against PSV, only to then suffer defeats to Newcastle, Inter Milan and Atlético Madrid. They’ve at least been faring better domestically, where they top the Belgian Pro League by four points after beating Cercle Brugge 2-0 over the weekend, one of four wins they’ve picked up from their last six competitive games (D1, L1). The sole defeat did come on the road in this competition, but they can perhaps take heart from the fact that their only two wins in their last seven European games (L5) have both come away from home.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]These two teams have never faced each other, but Galatasaray have interestingly never beaten Belgian opposition (D4, L4). All three UCL games hosted by Galatasaray within that run ended level. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Eight of Galatasaray’s last nine European games featured over 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p]Galatasaray’s last eight competitive goals arrived after half-time. [/p]
[p]None of Union Saint-Gilloise’s last ten European away games ended level (W5, L5).[/p]
[p]Union Saint-Gilloise haven’t conceded inside the opening 30 minutes in their last nine competitive matches. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Barış Yılmaz ended a 15-game goal drought for Galatasaray or Turkey by scoring on Saturday, and his team have found the net at least three times in his last six scoring appearances. Raul Florucz has scored three goals in four Royale Union appearances, with the Austrian remaining unbeaten across his last nine scoring appearances (W6, D3). [/p]
[p]Galatasaray talisman Victor Osimhen seems unlikely to be fit here, while they had three players go off with apparent injuries at the weekend. Union’s only potential fresh absentee appears to be Fedde Leysen, who was withdrawn with an injury on Saturday. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With the hosts rampant in Europe this term, backing Galatasaray to win and over 3.5 goals is an enticing bet here. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Alex Bowmer[/i][/p]