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Champions League · League phase, matchday 3 Match report

Lille 2-4 Galatasaray: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Lille crest Lille
2-4Full time
Galatasaray crest Galatasaray
Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve d'Ascq

Our picks against the result

8 of 12 right

  • Result Lille win50% 2-4
  • Double chance Lille or Galatasaray (12)75% 2-4
  • Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.560% 6 goals
  • More corners Lille50% Level (3-3)
  • Yellow cards Above average 4 yellow cards · league 3.6
  • Yellow cards 4 yellow cards 3.5 Over56% 4.5 Under63% 5.5 Under79%
  • Corners Around average 6 corners · league 9.8
  • Corners 6 corners 8.5 Over58% 9.5 Under53% 10.5 Under64%

Match stats

Lille Galatasaray
  • 2 Goals 4
  • 3 Yellow cards 1
  • 0 Red cards 0
  • 3 Corners 3

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Lille vs Galatasaray opens matchday 3 of the Champions League league phase at the Decathlon Arena on Wednesday 21 October 2026, with both teams still on no points. Our model goes for a Lille win, and its double chance avoids the draw.

Why this pick?

Home advantage is the main plank of our model's call: Lille play at the Decathlon Arena, and on our long-run, xG-based strength rating they sit slightly above Galatasaray, who are clearly below the Champions League average. The caution is Lille's output, with two goals in two European games and an attack rating well below the competition average. What carries the pick is the other end: Galatasaray have conceded seven in two, their defence rating is among the weakest, and over their last five they have given up clearly more big chances than the league norm while Lille's figure sits below it. It is a moderate call.

Form guide

Lille

  • D 1-1 vs Brest (H) Ligue 1 · 17 Oct
  • L 0-3 at Arsenal (A) Champions League · 13 Oct
  • W 1-0 vs Le Havre (H) Ligue 1 · 10 Oct
  • L 1-2 at Nice (A) Ligue 1 · 20 Sep
  • W 2-0 vs Troyes (H) Ligue 1 · 13 Sep

Galatasaray

  • W 1-0 at Gençlerbirliği (A) Süper Lig · 17 Oct
  • L 1-4 vs Barcelona (H) Champions League · 13 Oct
  • W 3-1 vs Kasımpaşa (H) Süper Lig · 9 Oct
  • L 0-4 at Trabzonspor (A) Süper Lig · 19 Sep
  • W 1-0 vs Kocaelispor (H) Süper Lig · 13 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

LilleGalatasaray
Attack 17 26 1.0 goals per match this season1.0 goals per match this season
Defence 60 17 3.0 conceded per match this season3.5 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Champions League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

Head-to-head

Lille and Galatasaray have not met in our records since 2010.

Champions League so far

#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
34 Lille 2 002 2:6 -4 0
35 Galatasaray 2 002 2:7 -5 0

Positions in our table of 36 clubs, before kick-off. Full table

Match facts

Competition
Champions League, League phase, matchday 3
Kick-off
Venue
Decathlon Arena - Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve d'Ascq

Questions and answers

What was the score of Lille vs Galatasaray?

Lille 2-4 Galatasaray in the Champions League (League phase, matchday 3) on Wednesday 21 October 2026.

Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Lille vs Galatasaray right?

No: our result pick was Lille win, and the score after 90 minutes was 2-4. 8 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.

How many cards and corners were there in Lille vs Galatasaray?

4 yellow cards (Lille 3, Galatasaray 1), no red cards and 6 corners (Lille 3, Galatasaray 3).

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Times are UTC.