Molde 2-3 Galatasaray: result and report
Champions League · Wednesday 23 August 2023
Result
Molde 2-3 Galatasaray
Champions League · Wednesday 23 August 2023, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Molde 2-3 Galatasaray: match report
Molde were beaten by Galatasaray 2-3 in the Champions League on Wednesday 23 August 2023. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Martin Ellingsen opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Molde's goals came from Martin Ellingsen (8') and Kristoffer Haugen (56'). Galatasaray scored through Sérgio Oliveira (25'), Mauro Icardi (29') and Fredrik Midtsjø (90+3').
Discipline: Molde received 3 yellow cards; Galatasaray received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Molde were 16th on 6 points from 4 and Galatasaray 5th on 10 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Molde lined up in a 3-5-2 and Galatasaray in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mauro Icardi of Galatasaray (8.9), ahead of Kristoffer Haugen (8.1).
Going into the match Molde's last five read W-L-W-L and Galatasaray's W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Martin Ellingsen
- 25'Goal · Sérgio Oliveira
- 29'Goal · Mauro Icardi
- 39'Yellow card · Sivert Mannsverk
- 56'Goal · Kristoffer Haugen
- 80'Yellow card · Eirik Haugan
- 85'Yellow card · Angeliño
- 86'Yellow card · Emil Breivik
- 90+3'Goal · Fredrik Midtsjø
Team news
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Molde line-up (3-5-2)
Jacob Karlstrøm, Eirik Haugan, Martin Bjørnbak, Martin Ellingsen, Erling Knudtzon, Kristian Eriksen, Sivert Mannsverk, Emil Breivik, Kristoffer Haugen, Ola Brynhildsen, Magnus Wolff Eikrem
Galatasaray line-up (4-2-3-1)
Fernando Muslera, Sacha Boey, Victor Nelsson, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Angeliño, Sérgio Oliveira, Berkan Kutlu, Yunus Akgün, Dries Mertens, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Mauro Icardi