Eintracht Frankfurt and Galatasaray have previously met twice before in European competition, with the Turkish side progressing from a Round of 32 tie 1-0 on aggregate during the 1992-93 season.

Eintracht Frankfurt have lost just one of their eight prior European matches against Turkish opposition (W3 D4), though that sole defeat came against Galatasaray in November 1992 (1-0).

Galatasaray have won just two of their 12 UEFA Champions League games against German sides (D3 L7), a 4-1 win vs Hertha BSC in October 1999 and a 3-2 win vs Schalke in March 2013.

This is just the second season that Eintracht Frankfurt have appeared in the UEFA Champions League after 2022-23 when they reached the last 16 stage. During that campaign, they won just one of their four home games (D1 L2).

Galatasaray have won just three of their last 32 UEFA Champions League (D9 L20), scoring multiple goals in just seven of those matches.

Galatasaray have lost 16 of their last 20 away games in the UEFA Champions League, with their only win during that time coming against Manchester United at Old Trafford in October 2023 (3-2).

Dino Toppmöller has won half of his games in charge of Eintracht Frankfurt in major European competition (P20 W10 D3 L7), though his only prior experience of managing in the UEFA Champions League saw him fail to win any of his six qualifying matches in charge of F91 Dudelange between 2016-17 and 2018-19 (D2 L4).

During Eintracht Frankfurt's last UEFA Champions League campaign in 2022-23, Mario Götze recorded two assists to take his overall goal contributions tally in the competition to 26 (12 goals, 14 assists) - the 10th most of any German player in competition history right behind Galatasaray's Ilkay Gündogan with 27.

Galatasaray's Victor Osimhen has netted nine goals previously in the UEFA Champions League; the joint-most by a Nigerian player in the competition, alongside Obafemi Martins.

Galatasaray's Leroy Sané has been directly involved in 39 goals in 73 UEFA Champions League games (23 goals, 16 assists), scoring or assisting every 125 minutes. The only Germany player who has been involved in more goals in Champions League history is Thomas Müller (82 - 57 goals, 25 assists).

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Galatasaray: UEFA Champions League stats & head-to-head