Galatasaray 3-1 Real Madrid: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 9 April 2013

Result

Galatasaray 3-1 Real Madrid

Champions League · Tuesday 9 April 2013, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Galatasaray 3-1 Real Madrid: match report

Galatasaray won against Real Madrid 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 9 April 2013. The half-time score was 0-1.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Galatasaray's goals came from Emmanuel Eboué (58'), Wesley Sneijder (70') and Didier Drogba (72'). Real Madrid scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (7') and Cristiano Ronaldo (90+3').

Discipline: Galatasaray received 3 yellow cards; Real Madrid received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

Going into the game Galatasaray were 23rd on 12 points from 9 and Real Madrid 8th on 17 points from 9. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Galatasaray lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Real Madrid in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Galatasaray win, 0 draws and 2 for Real Madrid.

Going into the match Galatasaray's last five read L-D-D-W-W and Real Madrid's W-W-D-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 0-1
  • 20'Yellow card · Wesley SneijderGalatasaray
  • 45'Yellow card · Emmanuel EbouéGalatasaray
  • 58'Goal · Emmanuel EbouéGalatasaray · 1-1
  • 70'Goal · Wesley SneijderGalatasaray · 2-1
  • 72'Goal · Didier DrogbaGalatasaray · 3-1
  • 89'Yellow card · Álvaro ArbeloaReal Madrid
  • 89'Yellow card · ArbeloaReal Madrid
  • 90'Second yellow · ArbeloaReal Madrid
  • 90'Second yellow · Álvaro ArbeloaReal Madrid
  • 90+3'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid · 3-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Nordin AmrabatGalatasaray

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Galatasaray 1, draws 0, Real Madrid 2.

Team news

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

Fernando Muslera, Gökhan Zan, Felipe Melo, Pablo Lago, Emmanuel Eboué, Hamit Altıntop, S. İnan, Albert Riera, Wesley Sneijder, Didier Drogba, Umut Bulut

Real Madrid line-up (4-2-3-1)

Diego López, Raphaël Varane, Pepe, Fábio Coentrão, Sami Khedira, Mesut Özil, Michael Essien, Luka Modrić, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ángel Di María, Gonzalo Higuaín