In the last five matches Galatasaray, they had won three victories, one draw and one loss.
- The new Schalke one win, two draws, and two defeats from their last five matches.
- The game between the two teams will be the debut for Jens Keller in the Champions League, he was replaced Huub Stevens in December.
- Schalke have lost only one of their last nine away games in European competition, including when they win over Arsenal and Olympiakos and managed to top the Group B Champions League.
- Galatasaray will try to qualify for the quarter-finals since 2001 when the first face Schalke.
- This is the match-12 for Galatasaray host teams from Germany, where they were the previous record was two wins, seven draws and two defeats.
- The last time Schalke to Turkey in 1996/1997 when they played out a 3-3 draw with Trabzonspor.
- Hamit Altintop is genuine Schalke player, he was born in Gelsenkirchen and played for Schalke in 2003-2007 before his move to Bayern Munich.
- Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba are new Galatasaray players were recruited from Inter Milan and Shanghai Shenhua.
- In the last match Galatasaray, they managed to win over the host team, Akhisar with the score 1-2, where Drogba had scored on his debut after replacing Umut Bulut on 62 minutes.
- Meanwhile, Schalke managed to draw against Mainz hosts with the score 2-2 through two goals by Michel Bastos.
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