Galatasaray 3-2 Sparta Praha: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 15 February 2024
Result
Galatasaray 3-2 Sparta Praha
Europa League · Thursday 15 February 2024, 17:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Galatasaray 3-2 Sparta Praha: match report
Galatasaray defeated Sparta Praha 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 15 February 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.
Kerem Demirbay opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Galatasaray's goals came from Kerem Demirbay (19'), Dries Mertens (60') and Mauro Icardi (90+1'). Sparta Praha scored through Ángelo Preciado (47') and Jan Kuchta (65').
Discipline: Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sparta Praha received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Galatasaray lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sparta Praha in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Angelo Preciado of Sparta Praha (8.4), ahead of Dries Mertens (8.1).
Key events
- 19'Goal · Kerem Demirbay
- 41'Yellow card · Qazim Laçi
- 47'Yellow card · Barış Alper Yılmaz
- 47'Goal · Ángelo Preciado
- 49'Yellow card · Matej Rynes
- 60'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 62'Red card · Victor Nelsson
- 65'Goal · Jan Kuchta
- 79'Yellow card · Veljko Birmancevic
- 80'Second yellow · Matej Rynes
- 82'Yellow card · Kerem Aktürkoğlu
- 82'Yellow card · Ladislav Krejci
- 90+1'Goal · Mauro Icardi
Team news
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Galatasaray line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fernando Muslera, Kaan Ayhan, Victor Nelsson, Davinson Sánchez, Berkan Kutlu, Kerem Demirbay, Lucas Torreira, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Dries Mertens, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Mauro Icardi
Sparta Praha line-up (3-4-2-1)
Peter Vindahl, Martin Vitík, Asger Sörensen, Ladislav Krejci, Angelo Preciado, Kaan Kairinen, Qazim Laci, Matej Rynes, Adam Karabec, Jan Kuchta, Veljko Birmancevic