Eintracht Frankfurt (0-0-0) will host Galatasaray SK (0-0-0) at Deutsche Bank Park on Thursday evening for their opening match of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League campaign.
The match is scheduled to kick off at 21:00 CET. Eintracht Frankfurt, managed by Dino Toppmöller, finished third in the league last season and has started the current Bundesliga campaign with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, including victories against SV Werder Bremen (4-1) and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (3-1), alongside a defeat to Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1-3).
Galatasaray SK, under the management of Okan Buruk, are the reigning Turkish champions and have begun their Süper Lig season with an impressive record of 5 wins and no losses. They have conceded only one goal, which came in a match against Çaykur Rizespor (3-1), while achieving clean sheets in their other matches against Gaziantep (3-0), Fatih Karagümrük (3-0), Kayserispor (4-0), and Eyüpspor (2-0).
For this match, Galatasaray will feature two former Bundesliga players in their attacking midfield: Leroy Sané, previously with FC Bayern München, and İlkay Gündoğan, who has played for 1. FC Nürnberg and Borussia Dortmund. Both players were signed during the summer transfer window.
The confirmed lineups for the match are as follows:
Eintracht Frankfurt (4-2-3-1): Zetterer - Brown, Theate, Koch, Collins - Chaïbi, Larsson - Knauff, Uzun, Dōan - Burkardt.
Galatasaray SK (4-2-3-1): Çakır - Elmalı, Singo, Sánchez, Sallai - Torreira, Lemina - Sané, Gündoğan, Akgün - Yılmaz.
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