Team News: Galatasaray without injured Hamit Altintop

Turkish champions Galatasaray are without injured midfielder Hamit Altintop for their Champions League clash with Benfica.

Striker Burak Yilmaz has shaken off a hamstring problem that has kept him out of action for a month but is only named among the Galatasaray substitutes by Hamza Hamzaoglu.

Benfica go into the match aiming to win their first three Champions League group games of the season for the first time.

However, the Portuguese side are without the injured Nuno Santos and Nelson Semedo.

Galatasaray: Muslera; Sarioglu, Chedjou, Balta, Carole, Kisa, Inan, Sneijder, Oztekin; Podolski, Bulut Subs: Gonen, Rodriguez, Yılmaz, Gümüş, Semih, Olcan, Colak

Benfica: Cesar; Silvio, Luisao, Jardel, Eliseu; Samaris, Almeida, Gaitan; Guedes, Jonas, Jimenez Subs: Ederson, Lopez, Fejsa, Pizzi, Talisca, Andrade, Mitroglou

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