Match Previews

The Lions makes it guarentee in Germany where is not an away city with lots of Turkish supporters... Milan Baros (k) (att) is on fire... They have still some long term injured players including Orkun Usak (sp) (gk), Ugur Ucar (sp) (def), Murat Akca (sp) (def), Hasan Sas (r) (mid), Tobias Linderoth (r) (mid), Umit Karan (r) (att) and Serkan Calik (sp) (att)... While Ayhan Akman (r) (mid) is suspended, Ferdi Elmas (sp) (mid) is ineligible to play... Hakan Balta (r) (def) is also doubtful... Having defeated Hacettepe in the Turkish Super League, coach Michael Skibbe wants to guarentee the promotion to the next stage; because he is under pressure. If they lose, they can be relegated at the end of group matches. This means coach Michael Skibbe may face a bad result for him. A win against Hacettepe on sunday night saw striker Milan Baros, who has scored three goals, pick up the man of the match award. Except some unavailable players, Ayhan Akman is also suspended due to collecting three yellow cards. Mehmet Topal is expected to play instead of him. Hakan Balta, who has been injured before the warming up action of Metalist game, is doubtful to play. Coach Michael Skibbe may play with Volkan Yaman who is currently on his form. Umit Karan, who has edema on his knee, will be out for three weeks. The offence line of Galatasaray including Lincoln, Arda Turan, Harry Kewell and Milan Baros is doing a great job this season. All of them have scored twenty six goals until now. Now sitting in the top of the table, the away team wants to stay right there in order to be advantageous for the next stage.