Galatasaray beat Stuttgart 2-0 on early Batrakov goals

Galatasaray beat Stuttgart 2-0 at RAMS Park, and the game was settled in three minutes. Aleksey Batrakov scored twice early in the first half and the home side never gave the lead back.

Batrakov opened the scoring in the 12th minute with a right footed shot from the centre of the box into the top right corner. Three minutes later he struck again, this time from the right side of the box, sending a right footed shot through the centre of the goal. Davinson Sánchez got the assist. Neither side scored after that, and the second half finished 0-0.

Ugurcan Çakir took player of the game honors with a Chirp Rating of 8.6. He made 5 saves and kept a clean sheet. Victor Osimhen led Galatasaray with 7 shots. Chris Führich managed 3 shots for Stuttgart, who fall to 2-1-1. Galatasaray move to 2-0-2.

Chirp's Sim had Galatasaray at 42% over 10,000 simulations, and it called this one.