Galatasaray vs Barcelona 1-4

Barcelona came from behind to beat Galatasaray 4-1 at Rams Park, with the visitors taking control after the break. Karim Adeyemi, who came on in the 59th minute, scored in the 65th minute to make it 4-1 and seal it.

Galatasaray opened the scoring in the 28th minute when Aleksey Batrakov finished from Rafael Leão for 1-0. Barcelona had a goal cancelled for Baris Alper Yilmaz in the 36th minute after VAR, then equalised in the 43rd minute through João Cancelo, set up by Daniel Olmo Carvajal. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Barcelona went ahead in the 50th minute through Fermín López from Lamine Yamal, then made it 3-1 in the 53rd minute when Anthony Gordon finished another Lamine Yamal assist. Galatasaray made three changes in the 58th minute, with Mario Lemina, Aleksey Batrakov and Yunus Akgün going off, and Barcelona also changed twice across the 58th and 59th minutes before Adeyemi struck. Galatasaray made more changes in the 67th and 81st minutes, while Barcelona made two in the 73rd minute and another in the 82nd.

The numbers backed Barcelona’s win. They had 71% possession, 587 passes to Galatasaray’s 225, and 21 shots to 5, with 11 on target to 3. Barcelona also led xG 2.78 to 0.47 and corners 6 to 1. Galatasaray had 7 offsides to Barcelona’s 6, made 5 saves to Barcelona’s 2, and committed 11 fouls to 10.

Rafael Leão was booked for Galatasaray in the 64th minute and Roland Sallai was booked in the 86th minute. Barcelona finished without a booking, and there were no red cards.