Juve booed lustily with every touch of the ball. It's been Gala who have seen plenty of the ball in the opening exchanges, with Sneijder getting a lot of touches.
It's an expected lineup from Antonio Conte, with Andrea Pirlo, the only regular starter missing through injury, replaced by Claudio Marchisio, who mans the middle alongside the in-form Arturo Vidal and Paul Pogba.
Wesley Sneijder starts for the home side after nearly two months out with injury, while Roberto Mancini has set his side up in an attacking 3-5-2 formation. Burak Yilmaz and Didider Drogba will do the heavy lifting up front.
Juventus: Buffon, Chiellini, Barzagli, Bonucci, Lichtsteiner, Pogba, Marchisio, Asamoah, Vidal, Tévez, Llorente. SUBS: Storari, MartÃn Cáceres, Ogbonna, Padoin, Isla, Giovinco, Quagliarella.
Galatasaray: Muslera, Gökhan Zan, Chedjou, Semih Kaya, Eboué, Felipe Melo, Selçuk İnan, Sneijder, Riera, Drogba, Burak Yılmaz. SUBS: Ufuk Ceylan, Nounkeu, Ceyhun Gülselam, Bruma, Yekta Kurtuluş, Emre Çolak, Umut Bulut.
It's all come down to the wire in Group B. Juve are two points ahead of Gala in the race to finish second behind Real Madrid. The Italians need only avoid defeat to sew up qualification, but here in the Turkish capital behind their frightening fanbase, Gala are capable of anything.
Greetings everyone, and welcome to the final matchday of the group stages, as Galatasaray take on Juventus in Istanbul. I'm Keeghann Sinanan, your designated scribe for all the action.
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