The starting lineups for the Rigas Skola-Galatasaray match have been announced.

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Galatasaray will face Latvian representative Rigas Skola away in the second week of the UEFA Europa League. The match will take place at Daugava Stadium in the capital Riga and will start at 19:45. The match will be broadcast live on TRT 1.

STATUS OF THE TWO TEAMS

The yellow-red team, which completed the last 2 seasons as champions in the Trendyol Super League, started this season with the goal of competing in the UEFA Champions League. To be able to participate in the group stage with 36 teams in the renewed format, Galatasaray had to play in the play-off but could not overcome the Swiss representative Young Boys. In their first match in the "Cup 2" organized with the new format, Galatasaray defeated the Greek representative PAOK 3-1. The yellow-red team ranked 5th among the 13 teams that completed their first-week matches with a victory, based on goal difference. RFS, which completed the last season as champions in the Latvian 1st Football League (Virsliga) and reached a happy ending for the second time in its history, started the UEFA Europa League by losing 4-1 to the Romanian representative FCSB.

STARTING 11s

Rigas Skola: Ondoa, Odisharia, Ikaunieks, Savalnieks, Ndjiki, Kouadio, Prenga, Panic, Marhiev, Njier, Lipuscek

Galatasaray: Günay, Kaan, Sanchez, Abdülkerim, Jakobs, Gabriel Sara, Torreira, Yunus Akgün, Mertens, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Icardi.

WHISTLE BY SLOVAK REFEREE

Filip Glova from the Slovak Football Federation will officiate the match. Glova's assistants will be Daniel Polacek and Peter Bednar. The fourth official of the match will be Lukas Dzivjak. Michal Ocenas will serve in the Video Assistant Referee room.

5 NAMES WILL NOT PLAY

Victor Osimhen and Hakim Ziyech, who are injured, as well as Eyüp Aydın, Gökdeniz Gürpüz, and new transfer Roland Sallai, whose names are not on the UEFA list, will not be able to take the field against RFS. Ziyech, who was injured in the match against Lesotho at the beginning of September with the Moroccan National Team, has not yet recovered from his injury. Young players Eyüp and Gökdeniz, along with new transfer Sallai, will also be unable to participate in the match as their names were not submitted to the UEFA list.

BIG DIFFERENCE IN SQUAD VALUES

Galatasaray is ahead of RFS in terms of current squad value. According to Transfermarkt data, the yellow-red team ranks 7th among the 36 teams in the UEFA Europa League with a value of 288 million euros. RFS, on the other hand, is at the bottom with a value of 9.4 million euros.

GALATASARAY'S 320TH MATCH IN EUROPE

Galatasaray, which will face Latvian representative RFS, will play its 320th match in European cups. The yellow-red team has won 114 of the 319 matches it has played in European cups. Galatasaray has lost to its opponents in 121 matches and finished 84 matches in a draw. The yellow-reds have found the net 432 times in European competitions, while they have conceded 477 goals.

UNDEFEATED IN 13 OF THE LAST 15 MATCHES IN THE EUROPEAN LEAGUE

Galatasaray has not bowed to its opponents in 13 of its last 15 matches in the UEFA Europa League. The yellow-red team has played 15 matches in "Cup 2" since the 2021-2022 season. Galatasaray won 7 of these matches and drew 6.

LOST IN THE LAST 4 AWAY MATCHES IN EUROPE

The yellow-red team has lost its last 4 matches played away in European cups. After defeating Manchester United 3-2 in their first away match in the UEFA Champions League Group A last season, Galatasaray subsequently lost 2-1 to Bayern Munich and 1-0 to Copenhagen away. Completing the group in third place, Galatasaray continued its journey in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 play-off, but lost 4-1 to Czech representative Sparta Prague away after winning 3-2 at home. Galatasaray experienced its fourth consecutive away defeat in this season's UEFA Champions League qualifying play-off match against Swiss representative Young Boys with a score of 3-2.