Galatasaray turn around deficit to beat Lille 4-2 in UEFA Champions League

Turkish side Galatasaray beat their French hosts Lille 4-2 in the match that brought them together in the third round of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League, which took place on 21 October 2026 at 19:45 Damascus time.

Yunus Akgün opened the scoring for Galatasaray in the second minute of the match, before Soriba Diaoune responded for Lille with two goals in the 7th and 39th minutes to turn the result in favour of the French side.

Before the end of the first half, Aleksey Batrakov scored the equaliser for Galatasaray in the 44th minute. In the second half, Berke Özer scored an own goal in his net in the 52nd minute in favour of Lille, before Victor James Osimhen settled the result in favour of Galatasaray with a goal in the 61st minute.

The match ended with Galatasaray winning 4-2 despite falling behind at the start of the game, after taking advantage of defensive errors from their hosts in the second half.

Lille player Soriba Diaoune received the player of the match award with a rating of 8.98, after scoring two goals during 75 minutes played before he was taken off.

Statistically, Lille dominated possession with 56 percent against 44 percent for Galatasaray, and the French side had 15 shots compared to 10 for their visitors, while the expected goals rate was 1.92 for Lille against 1.66 for Galatasaray. The match did not see any red cards, while Lille received 3 yellow cards compared to one for Galatasaray.

With this result, both teams remained without points after losing two matches, as Lille occupied 34th place with 0 points after scoring two goals and conceding 6 goals, while Galatasaray came in 35th place with the same tally after scoring two goals and conceding 7 goals.