Galatasaray 1.9520/21 v Lokomotiv Moscow 4.77/2; The Draw 3.613/5 Tuesday 18 September, 20:00 Live on BT Sport Extra No clear favourites in Group D Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moscow are in what is probably the most open group in this season's Champions League and both will be looking to get off to a positive start. Group D sees Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moscow battling it out with Porto and Schalke. There's no clear favourite and all four teams stand a chance of qualifying for the knockout stages, which would not be the case in many of the other more challenging groups. Galatasaray are once again champions of Turkey, having wrestled back the title from a Besiktas side that have dominated in recent seasons. They've won four of their first five league games, but suffered a shock 4-0 thrashing by Trabzonspor at the start of the month. The Russian champions Lokomotiv have made a poor start to their defence of their title (W2 D3 L2). Currently tenth in the Premier League, they are without a win in their last two games. Home advantage key for Galatasaray Though some fragilities were evidenced by Galatasaray's thrashing by Trabzonspor, they were down to ten men for most of the match, after Younes Belhanda was sent off. The match was away too and Galatasaray have a very good home record. They only lost once at the Turk Telecom Arena last season and home advantage is likely to be crucial here. With the Russians not in the best of form, the price of a home win at 1.9520/21 looks pretty generous and is big enough a price that there's no need to complicate matters by looking to boost it with extra conditions.<doc-sep>Garry Rodrigues, Eren Derdiyok and Selcuk Inan were on target as Galatasaray opened their Champions League Group D campaign with a 3-0 win over Lokomotiv Moscow. The Turkish side started ferociously in front of a partisan home crowd and took a deserved lead inside the opening 10 minutes when Cape Verde international Garry Rodrigues scored from distance. Lokomotiv twice came close to equalising through Solomon Kvirkvelia and Jefferson Farfan as Galatasaray looked like they might be punished for failing to double down on their early dominance. Derdiyok had other ideas, though, whipping in a superb free-kick from 25 yards in the 67th minute before Inan netted a penalty in stoppage time after Emre Akbaba had been brought down in the area. Not even the late dismissal of Badou Ndiaye for two bookings could take the shine off a fine night for Fatih Terim's side, who open their Champions League campaign with a flourish. The hosts started with a spring in their step and opened the scoring after nine minutes when Rodrigues' low shot from outside the penalty area powered through Guilherme's less-than robust resistance. The Russian champions recovered well from those early wobbles and carved out a number of opportunities of their own as the first half wore on. Kvirkvelia saw a close-range effort cleared off the line and then an unmarked Farfan headed over from six yards when it looked easier to score. The sides exchanged quick-fire chances shortly after the restart, Aleksey Miranchuk's fizzing effort palmed away by Fernando Muslera and Guilherme tipping over Badou Ndiaye's thunderous drive from 30 yards. There was little Guilherme could do about Galatasaray's second, though, as Derdiyok's free-kick found the net. Ndiaye received his marching orders three minutes from time for a rash second booking, but that did not stop the hosts adding a third deep into added time from the spot after Guilherme tripped Akbaba to abruptly end a flowing counter-attack.<doc-sep>ISTANBUL, TURKEY - SEPTEMBER 14: Henry Onyekuru (21) celebrates after scoring a goal during Turkish Super Lig soccer match between Galatasaray and Kasimpasa at Turk Telekom Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on September 14, 2018. Referee Bulent Yildirim cancelled the goal after he reviewed it at 'Var System'. (Photo by Sebnem Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Galatasaray face Lokomotiv Moscow at Turk Telekom Stadium on Tuesday, Sept. 18. Here’s all the info you need to watch. The Champions League campaign gets underway on Tuesday with Turkish champions Galatasaray hosting Russian champions Lokomotiv Moscow in Istanbul. Galatasaray have been a fixture in European competitions but have not made it out of the Champions League group stage since 2013-14. Lokomotiv have been a regular in Europa League but Tuesday will be their first Champions League game since 2003-04. After five games, Galatasaray are first in the Turkish Super Lig, winning four games. The Lions have scored 14 goals over their first five games with five players scoring at least two goals. Eren Derdiyok scored his team-best third goal of the season in Galatasaray’s game Friday against Kasimpasa. Galatasaray sold Badou Ndiaye to Stoke in January as the English club attempted to avoid relegation. When the Potters were relegated, they agreed to loan Ndiaye back to the Turkish club. Ndiaye will operate in the middle of the field and will dictate the pace of play for the home side. While Lokomotiv Moscow was the seeded in the first pot at the draw, every team was hoping to be drawn with them. The Russian champions have struggled to start the season, picking up only nine points in their first seven games of the season. Lokomotiv drew with Dinamo Moscow in their last game. Manager Yuri Semin decided to rest a few of his regulars. Fedor Smolov signed with Lokomotiv in the summer after scoring 14 goals for Krasnodar. Smolov has scored only once for his new club but has only played in five of the first seven games. The Champions League match between Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moscow will be broadcast live on B/R Live. Live streaming is available on B/R Live, which you can access with your cable or satellite subscription, either online or through their app. Date: Tuesday, Sept. 18 Start Time: 3 p.m. ET Location: Istanbul, Turkey Stadium: Turk Telekom Stadium TV info: B/R Live Live Stream: B/R Live | Watch live on Fubo.TV. Sign up for a free seven-day trial here. Group D might not be the most talented group with Schalke, Porto, Galatasaray and Lokomotiv Moscow but it is a very even group, where anyone of the teams could win the group. Lokomotiv and Galatasaray were in the same Champions League group in 2002-03, with the two teams splitting the two games.<doc-sep>Galatasaray returned to the Champions League in style on Tuesday, beating Lokomotiv Moscow 3-0. After spending two seasons outside Europe's premier club competition, the Turkish champion beat its Russian counterpart with high-tempo tactics and swift counterattacks in the Group D game. Garry Rodrigues gave Galatasaray the lead in the ninth minute with a low hard shot from just outside the penalty area. Lokomotiv keeper Guilherme got a hand to the ball, but couldn't stop it. Eren Derdiyok doubled Galatasaray's lead in the 67th when he curled a free kick around the Lokomotiv wall. Only Guilherme's outstretched hand stopped Rodrigues making it 3-0 on a breakaway in the 75th. Galatasaray midfielder Badou Ndiaye was sent off in the 87th after earning a second yellow card for a late tackle on Anton Miranchuk. Selçuk Inan scored Galatasaray's third from the penalty spot in stoppage time after Guilherme brought down Emre Akbaba on a counterattack. Porto and Schalke drew 1-1 in the other game in Group D.<doc-sep>
Galatasaray returned to the Champions League in style on Tuesday, beating Lokomotiv Moscow 3-0. After spending two seasons outside Europe's premier club competition, the Turkish champion beat its Russian counterpart with high-tempo tactics and swift counterattacks in the Group D game. Garry Rodrigues gave Galatasaray the lead in the ninth minute with a low hard shot from just outside the penalty area. In a stadium famously hostile to visiting teams, with the crowd roaring, Lokomotiv keeper Guilherme got a hand to the ball, but couldn't stop it. Galatasaray's Garry Rodrigues celebrates scoring the opening goal over Lokomotiv Moscow Eren Derdiyok (left) looks on as his free-kick finds the bottom corner of Lokomotiv's net Derdiyok celebrates doubling the Turkish side's lead in the tie by cupping his ear Galatasaray's Selcuk Inan scores their third goal from the penalty spot past Guilherme Eren Derdiyok doubled Galatasaray's lead in the 67th when he curled a free kick around the Lokomotiv wall. Only Guilherme's outstretched hand stopped Rodrigues making it 3-0 on a breakaway in the 75th. Galatasaray midfielder Badou Ndiaye was sent off in the 87th after earning a second yellow card for a late tackle on Anton Miranchuk. Selcuk Inan scored Galatasaray's third from the penalty spot in stoppage time after Guilherme brought down Emre Akbaba on a counterattack. It was Galatasaray's first home win over a Russian club, and its first Champions League victory since beating Benfica in October 2015. MATCH FACTS Galatasaray: Muslera, Linnes, Donk, Aziz, Nagatomo, N'Diaye, Fernando, Belhanda (Maicon 73), Akbaba, Derdiyok (Onyekuru 82), Rodrigues (Inan 90+1). Subs not used: Cipe, Mariano, Gumus, Kabak. Goals: Rodrigues 9, Derdiyok 67 and Inan 90+4. Booked: N'Diaye, Fernando. Sent off: N'Diaye. Lokomotiv Moscow: Guilherme, Ignatiev (Eder 69), Kvirkvelia, Corluka, Idowu, Fernandes, Howedes, Denisov, Krychowiak, Aleksey Miranchuk (Anton Miranchuk 86), Farfan. Subs not used: Kochenkov, Barinov, Tarasov, Rotenberg, Lysov. Booked: Guilherme, Idowu, Corluka, Denisov. Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy). Advertisement Galatasaray's Badou N'Diaye is sent off by referee Gianluca Rocchi late in the game Galatasaray keeper Fernando Muslera leaps in an attempt to gather the ball during the game Lokomotiv is back in the Champions League group stage for the first time in 15 seasons. In the other Group D game, Porto and Schalke drew 1-1. 'We were probably too nervous in the beginning,' Lokomotiv left back Bryan Idowu said. 'Their goals came out of nowhere. We managed to take the game under our control for some time but it didn't last long.' There were some positives for the Railwaymen, especially in the first half. Lokomotiv pressed Galatasaray high up the field and especially in the first half forced errors to exploit with its smart set-piece routines. Lokomotiv's costliest summer signing, forward Fyodor Smolov, was suspended for the game. The Russian team came closest in the 20th when Galatasaray goalkeeper Fernando Muslera needed lightning reactions to keep out Jefferson Farfan's header off a cross from Alexei Miranchuk, who also tested Muslera with a hard shot from distance in the 50th. Referee Gianluca Rocchi attempts to calm down the Galatasaray players during the tie