Lille lead Galatasaray 2-1 at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Champions League league-phase clash

What is confirmed

Lille and Galatasaray met on Wednesday, 21 October 2026, at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in the Lille area in a Champions League league-phase match, the third round of fixtures, with kick-off listed at 16:45 UTC. ^{[3] [4]}

Galatasaray took the lead through Yunus Akgun in the 2nd minute, according to live coverage from TNT Sports, which showed the visitors 1-0 up at the 8th minute. ^[2]

Soriba Diaoune equalised for Lille in the 7th minute, set up by Alexsandro, and added a second in the 39th minute, assisted by Hakon Arnar Haraldsson, putting Lille 2-1 ahead, SportScore's match page lists. ^[3]

beIN Sports' live blog, which carries the same three goals, also reports Nabil Bentaleb was booked in the 21st minute and that VAR ruled out a Galatasaray penalty claim in the 27th minute after Victor Osimhen went down in the box. The referee is Rade Obrenovic of Slovenia, the blog says. ^[1]

What is not yet known

The pages available at the time of writing stop at the 39th minute. The second-half events, the full-time score and any later goals or cards are not confirmed here, and this report will need updating once the result is verified. ^{[1] [3]}

Background and form

Per beIN Sports, Lille entered the match after league-phase defeats of 3-2 to Real Betis and 3-0 to Arsenal, though they had scored in each of their previous five home games. Galatasaray had lost 3-1 to Sporting CP and 4-1 to Barcelona before beating Genclerbirligi 1-0 in the Turkish Super Lig. ^[1]

A Champions League league-phase table was not available in the sources reviewed, so neither side's standing is stated here. Both clubs were looking for their first league-phase points on the evidence of the results reported by beIN Sports, though that tally has not been checked against an official table. ^[1]