On Tuesday night, Galatasaray and Molde clash at the Rams Global Stadium in the Champions League play-round second leg. The first leg ended 3-2 to the Turkish team, who are favourites to come out on top in this tie.
The Turkish giants will be content with their first-leg victory and confident they will seal their place in the Champions League group stages.
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The first-leg result means that Okan Burak’s team are unbeaten in their last seven competitive games, having recorded five wins in their previous six matches.
The home team’s defensive record has played a big part in the recent stellar run of form, as Galatasaray has kept four clean sheets in their last five matches.
Much of Galatasaray’s recent decent form is down to their impressive record in the Champions League, as they have won their last four games in the competition, having kept three clean sheets in the positive run of games.
The Norwegian team may feel that their chance of making the group stages of the Champions League has now gone after the first-leg defeat on home soil. However, the deficit is not an impossible one.
Nothing in their recent form suggests that Molde can turn the tie around, though, as they have failed to win any of their last five matches over 90 minutes.
The Norwegian team's recent record in the Champions League is also poor, as they have won just one of their previous seven matches in European football’s elite competition.
The visitor's recent away record in the competition has not been great either, as they have recorded just one away win in 90 minutes in their previous eight games in the Champions League.
Forebet predicts that Galatasaray will record a victory in a high-scoring encounter to seal their place in the Champions League group stages.