Match Report
4 points for Galatasaray (3rd), 7 for Helsingborg (2nd): a 3-point gap. On recent form Galatasaray sat only 23rd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 3rd overall. Per game in the league, Galatasaray were scoring 1.5 and conceding 1.25, Helsingborg 2 and 1.25, against a competition average of 1.33 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Galatasaray, winners of their last three, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Helsingborg carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 10 consecutive games.
The venue was Rams Global Stadium in Istanbul, with room for 52,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Helsingborg led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-3.