Galatasaray had struggled in their opening qualifying encounter of this season's EUROPA League and are now facing a prospect of getting knocked out of European competition unless they are able to grab a victory away from home tonight.

OFK earned a 2-2 draw at Galatasaray despite going 2-0 down, and were able to only grab the 2 crucial away goals in the final 10 minutes of the encounter. The Turkish side seem to be brimming with confidence and as a result didn't expect to lose this fixture until fortuned favoured the braver Serbian side.

The major factor is both leagues of these 2 teams haven't started yet, which means all the players will be fresh and raring to go. Rijkaard's men will want to prove a point and make sure once again they qualify to the main stage of Europe's second tier competition, but will need a spirited performance to get themselves back in the tie.

Gala will need to depend on some of their more established stars such as Lucas Neill, Harry Kewell, Arda Turan, Ayhan Akman and possibly Elano who might make an appearance tonight.

Galatasaray should build on their experience and establishment of their players and squad to win this game.