# Osimhen plays the full 90 as Galatasaray beat Stuttgart 2-0, their first home win over a German club since 1993 *Aleksey Batrakov scored twice inside 15 minutes in Istanbul on Tuesday at 18:45 WAT (18:45 CET). Victor Osimhen had the most shots on the pitch without scoring. Galatasaray have six points and are 18th of 36.* News · Published 07:12 WAT, 4 Nov 2026 · Match News (https://matchnews.news/ng/news/osimhen-plays-the-full-90-as-galatasaray-beat-stuttgart-2-0-first-home-win-over-german-club-since-1993/) By News desk · Reviewed by Fredrik Jurek Victor Osimhen played the whole of Galatasaray's 2-0 win over Stuttgart at RAMS Park in Istanbul on Tuesday 3 November, a game that kicked off at 18:45 WAT (18:45 CET) and was decided in its first quarter of an hour. Aleksey Batrakov scored both goals, the first in the 12th minute and the second about three minutes later, according to Complete Sports. Osimhen did not score, but he was the busiest forward on the pitch. ## What Osimhen did Osimhen had seven attempts on goal, more than any other player in the match, and the most touches in the Stuttgart penalty area, according to Pulse Sports Nigeria, which also credits him with creating one big chance. He was closely marked all evening and played the full 90 minutes without being substituted. Complete Sports describes his performance as impressive and notes that he has scored once in three Champions League appearances this season. Our preview on Tuesday reported that he had trained on Monday after a knock on Friday; he was fit to start, and did. The result ended a long wait. Pulse Sports Nigeria reports that it was Galatasaray's first home win over a German club since the 1992-93 season, a gap of more than 30 years. It was also the club's second win in this season's league phase, after a win away at Lille, as Complete Sports notes. ## What it changes The Champions League's league phase is a single table of 36 clubs. Each club plays eight different opponents; the top eight go straight to the last 16, places nine to 24 go into a play-off round in February, and the bottom 12 are out. Galatasaray now have six points from four games, two wins and two defeats, and are 18th, inside the play-off places with four games left. Stuttgart, who arrived with seven points from three games, stay on seven and are tenth. PSG lead the table on 12 points after scoring six at Villarreal; the full night's results are in our round-up, linked below. Galatasaray's next Champions League game is at home to Aston Villa on Tuesday 24 November, according to Complete Sports. Villa lost 3-0 at Barcelona on Tuesday and are third in the table on nine points. Before that comes the international break, in which Nigeria's Super Eagles play Tanzania home and away in the qualifiers for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations; Osimhen is the national team's main striker, and a full 90 minutes with seven shots on Tuesday is the kind of evening the Nigeria Football Federation would rather see than an injury. No squad for the Tanzania games had been published in any source this site found by 07:00 WAT on Wednesday. ## The rest of the night for Nigerians in Europe Ademola Lookman's Atlético Madrid lost 2-0 at home to Bayern Munich on Tuesday, with both goals coming after the break; our report of that game is on the Matches desk. On Wednesday, Zaidu Sanusi's Porto host Napoli at 21:00 WAT (21:00 CET), with Porto bottom of the table on no points, and Bruno Onyemaechi's Olympiacos play at Rennes in the Europa League at 16:30 WAT (16:30 CET), a game UEFA moved from Thursday. Whether either Nigerian starts is for the team sheets, which are due an hour before each kick-off. ## Sources 1. UCL: Osimhen Helps Galatasaray Claim Home Win Against Stuttgart (Complete Sports) https://www.completesports.com/ucl-osimhen-helps-galatasaray-claim-home-win-against-stuttgart/ - Read 06:57 WAT, 4 Nov 2026 2. Galatasaray vs Stuttgart 2-0: Batrakov Brace Breaks 32-Year Jinx (Pulse Sports Nigeria) https://www.pulsesports.ng/story/galatasaray-stuttgart-2-0-ucl-batrakov-osimhen-2026110319442696822 - Read 06:58 WAT, 4 Nov 2026 3. Champions League Matchday 4: Key stats and what to look out for in every game (UEFA) https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/02aa-21f10edb96af-f01ebdbd9935-1000--champions-league-matchday-4-key-stats-and-what-to-look-o/ - Read 06:48 WAT, 4 Nov 2026 4. Champions League results and standings (licensed feed, generated 2026-11-04T05:23Z, in data/latest.json) (football-data.org via Match News) https://www.football-data.org/ - Read 06:40 WAT, 4 Nov 2026 --- 18+. Gambling involves risk and can be addictive. Please gamble responsibly. Odds links go to BettingBeast. Match News is a football news site published by Checkraise Ltd. Every odds link on this site goes to BettingBeast. Articles are written with the help of an AI system and checked against the sources they cite; the responsible editor is named on every article.