Galatasaray 1-1 Atlético de Madrid: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 21 January 2026

Result

Galatasaray 1-1 Atlético de Madrid

Champions League · Wednesday 21 January 2026, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Galatasaray · Atlético de Madrid · Champions League predictions

Galatasaray 1-1 Atlético de Madrid: match report

Galatasaray drew with Atlético de Madrid 1-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 21 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.

Giuliano Simeone opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Galatasaray's goal came from an own goal by Marcos Llorente (20'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Giuliano Simeone (4').

Discipline: Galatasaray received 3 yellow cards; Atlético de Madrid received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Galatasaray were 28th on 9 points from 6 and Atlético de Madrid 18th on 12 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Galatasaray lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Atlético de Madrid in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Giuliano Simeone of Atlético de Madrid (8.0), ahead of Abdülkerim Bardakcı (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Galatasaray win, 1 draw and 2 for Atlético de Madrid.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Giuliano SimeoneAtlético de Madrid · 0-1
  • 20'Own goal · Marcos LlorenteGalatasaray · 1-1
  • 29'Yellow card · Victor OsimhenGalatasaray
  • 29'Yellow card · Marc PubillAtlético de Madrid
  • 41'Yellow card · Thiago AlmadaAtlético de Madrid
  • 49'Yellow card · Pablo BarriosAtlético de Madrid
  • 61'Yellow card · Roland SallaiGalatasaray
  • 67'Yellow card · Giuliano SimeoneAtlético de Madrid
  • 83'Yellow card · Mario LeminaGalatasaray

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Galatasaray 1, draws 1, Atlético de Madrid 2.

Team news

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Galatasaray line-up (4-2-3-1)

Uğurcan Çakır, Roland Sallai, Davinson Sánchez, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Eren Elmalı, Lucas Torreira, Mario Lemina, Leroy Sané, Yunus Akgün, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Victor Osimhen

Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)

Jan Oblak, Marcos Llorente, Marc Pubill, Dávid Hancko, Matteo Ruggeri, Giuliano Simeone, Pablo Barrios, Koke, Thiago Almada, Alexander Sørloth, Julián Alvarez