Okan Buruk has made his choice! Here is Galatasaray's starting XI for the PAOK match.

Galatasaray will host Greece's PAOK team in the first week match of the UEFA Europa League. The match will start at 22:00 at RAMS Park and will be officiated by Spanish referee Alejandro Hernandez. The match will be broadcast live on TRT 1.

EUROPEAN ADVENTURE OF THE TWO TEAMS

Galatasaray started its European adventure this year from the UEFA Champions League playoff round. The yellow-red team faced Swiss team Young Boys in the playoff round, losing to their opponent with scores of 3-2 and 1-0, and continues its journey in the UEFA Europa League. In the new format of the organization, Galatasaray will face 8 teams, and after the match against PAOK, they will play against RFS, Elfsborg, Tottenham, AZ Alkmaar, Malmö, Dinamo Kiev, and Ajax in order. PAOK, which was eliminated by Swedish team Malmö in the 3rd qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, qualified for the group stage of the organization by defeating Shamrock Rovers from Ireland with scores of 2-0 and 4-0 in the UEFA Europa League playoff round.

STARTING 11 PLAYERS

Galatasaray: Günay, Kaan, Sanchez, Abdulkerim, Jakobs, Torreira, Sara, Barış, Mertens, Yunus, Osimhen.

PAOK (Possible): Kotarski, Sastre, Kedziora, Omar Colley, Baba, Camara, Schwab, Despodov, Konstantelias, Taison, Chalov.

GALATASARAY HAS 3 ABSENTEES

In the yellow-red team, Fernando Muslera, Hakim Ziyech, and Roland Sallai will not be able to play in the PAOK match. Fernando Muslera, who received a red card for tripping Alan Virginius after the opponent's goal in the match they lost 1-0 to Young Boys, will not be in the squad for the match due to a 3-match ban from UEFA. Hakim Ziyech, who was injured in the match of the Moroccan National Team against Lesotho, will also miss the match. Roland Sallai, who transferred from the German team Freiburg to Galatasaray on the last day of the transfer window, will not play in the match as he is not included in the UEFA Europa League squad of the yellow-reds.

OKAN BURUK RETURNS TO THE BENCH

Galatasaray's head coach Okan Buruk will take his place on the bench for the PAOK match after serving his suspension. Okan Buruk, who was suspended for 2 matches by the UEFA Disciplinary Committee due to events following the match against Sparta Prague, where the yellow-red team was eliminated from the UEFA Europa League last season, will return to the bench for the PAOK match after the Young Boys matches.

CİMBOM'S SCORERS

In Galatasaray, Michy Batshuayi, Barış Alper Yılmaz, and Dries Mertens are carrying the team's goal burden. Michy Batshuayi and Barış Alper Yılmaz, who have each scored four goals in all competitions, and Dries Mertens, who has found the net three times, have played an important role in the yellow-red team's matches since the beginning of the season.

6 OUT OF 6 IN THE LEAGUE

Galatasaray, which started the season well by winning all 6 of its matches in the Trendyol Super League, is in first place in the points table. Cimbom defeated Atakaş Hatayspor and TÜMOSAN Konyaspor 2-1, Gaziantep FK and Fenerbahçe 3-1, Adana Demirspor 5-1, and Çaykur Rizespor 5-0, accumulating 18 points to lead the Super League.

LOST ITS LAST 3 MATCHES IN EUROPE

Galatasaray has lost its last 3 matches in Europe. The yellow-red team was defeated 4-1 by Czech team Sparta Prague in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League playoff round last season, and at the beginning of this season, they lost to Swiss team Young Boys in the UEFA Champions League playoff round with scores of 1-0 and 3-2.