Galatasaray 2-0 VfB Stuttgart: Batrakov's brace in the Champions

Galatasaray beat VfB Stuttgart 2-0 on Tuesday 3 November at Rams Park, in matchday 4 of the Champions League. The referee was Chris Kavanagh, and both teams had played four matches coming into the game.

Aleksey Batrakov opened the scoring in min. 12 without an assist and doubled the lead in min. 15, in a move assisted by Davinson Sánchez. Those two goals were the only ones of the match, and both were scored by the same player.

The match had eight yellow cards: five for VfB Stuttgart (Karazor in min. 2, Undav in min. 38, Spalt in min. 45+3, Prömel in min. 61 and Hendriks in min. 79) and three for Galatasaray (Baris Alper Yilmaz, Roland Sallai and Lucas Torreira).

In the stats, Galatasaray had 52% possession, 13 shots and 4 on target, while VfB Stuttgart recorded 13 shots, 5 on target and an xG of 1.97 against 1.10 for the hosts. The best player was A. Batrakov, rated 9.5. In the standings, Galatasaray sit 18th with 6 points and VfB Stuttgart 10th with 7 points.