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Having held Barcelona to a goalless draw at the Camp Nou in the first leg, Galatasaray have the chance to atone for a disappointing domestic season by knocking out the Catalan giants and reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League.

• The Azulgrana have been held to a home draw in the first leg of a UEFA tie on 12 previous occasions, going through six times, most recently in this season's knockout round play-off against Napoli. When drawing 0-0 at home first, Barça's aggregate record is W1 L2 with all three ties in European semi-finals against English opposition. • Galatasaray have emerged victorious from nine of the 12 previous UEFA ties in which they drew the first away leg, most recently against Randers in this season's UEFA Europa League qualifying play-off. • This is the Istanbul club's first appearance in the UEFA Europa League round of 16. • Ousted by Rangers in the play-offs of last season's UEFA Europa League (1-2 a), Galatasaray are currently enjoying their deepest run in the competition. They did, however, claim a record-extending 31st victory in the Copa del Rey, beating Athletic Club 4-0 in the final. • Barcelona and Galatasaray had met in eight previous UEFA fixtures before this season – all group games in the UEFA Champions League between 1993 and 2002. They also defeated Madrid 2-1 after extra time in the UEFA Super Cup later that year. Indeed, they had lost six successive games against Spanish opponents, with 21 goals conceded and just two scored, before the first-leg stalemate at the Camp Nou. They have lost each of their previous initial ties in the knockout phase of the competition, falling to round of 32 defeats in 2009/10 by Atlético (1-1 a, 1-2 h), in 2015/16 by Lazio (1-1 h, 1-3 a) and in 2018/19 by Benfica (1-2 h, 0-0 a). They are therefore still awaiting their first win in a UEFA Europa League knockout phase encounter (D3 L3). They are therefore still awaiting their first win in a UEFA Europa League knockout phase encounter (D4 L3). • Barça's win in Naples last time out was one of only two they have managed in their last 12 springtime European fixtures outside Catalonia (D4 L6). The other was against Manchester United in the first leg of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League quarter-final (1-0). • Last season Barcelona also failed to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2006/07, losing to Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 (1-4 h, 1-1 a). This term they scored just two goals – both in 1-0 wins against Dynamo Kyiv – in finishing third behind Bayern (0-3 h, 0-3 a) and Benfica (0-3 a, 0-0 h) in Group E. Head coach Ronald Koeman was dismissed in October and replaced the following month by former midfielder Xavi Hernández. • Runners-up to Beşiktaş in the 2020/21 Turkish Süper Lig by the narrowest of margins, Galatasaray were unable to join their Istanbul rivals in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage as they were overwhelmed by PSV Eindhoven in the second qualifying round (1-5 a, 1-2 h). However, they ensured an autumn of UEFA Europa League involvement by subsequently defeating St Johnstone (1-1 h, 4-2 a) and Randers (1-1 a, 2-1 h).