Football: Galatasaray face Atletico in Champions League

ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's Galatasaray face Atletico Madrid in the Spanish capital Wednesday night as they battle to qualify for the knockout stage of European football's Champions League.

Galatasaray will be without striker Burak Yilmaz and midfield playmaker Selcuk Inan due to suspensions.

Atletico frontman Jackson Martinez is also set to miss the game with an ankle injury.

The Group C match is to kick-off at 8.45 p.m. CET (1945GMT) at the Vicente Calderon Stadium.

Benfica currently lead the group with nine points, followed by Atletico in second spot with seven points. Third-placed Galatasaray need to come in the top two to reach the next round. They face Kazakhstan's Astana in Istanbul in the final group game next month.

- Tuesday's results:

BATE 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen

Zenit 2-0 Valencia

Olympique Lyon 1-2 Gent

Barcelona 6-1 Roma

Arsenal 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb

Bayern Munich 4-0 Olympiacos

Porto 0-2 Dynamo Kyiv

Maccabi Tel-Aviv 0-4 Chelsea

- Wednesday's fixtures:

Group A:

Malmo (Sweden) vs Paris Saint-Germain (France)

Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) vs Real Madrid (Spain)

Group B:

CSKA Moscow (Russia) vs Wolfsburg (Germany)

Manchester United (England) vs PSV (Netherlands)

Group C:

Astana (Kazakhstan) vs Benfica (Portugal)

Atletico Madrid (Spain) vs Galatasaray (Turkey)

Group D:

Juventus (Italy) vs Manchester City (England)

Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany) vs Sevilla (Spain)

- Standings:

Group A

Teams

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

/-

Pts

Real Madrid

4

3

1

0

7

0

7

10

Paris Saint-Germain

4

2

1

1

5

1

4

7

Shakhtar Donetsk

4

1

0

3

4

8

-4

3

Malmo

4

1

0

3

1

8

-7

3

Group B

Teams

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

/-

Pts

Manchester United

4

2

1

1

5

4

1

7

PSV

4

2

0

2

6

6

0

6

Wolfsburg

4

2

0

2

4

4

0

6

CSKA Moscow

4

1

1

2

4

5

-1

4

Group C

Teams

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

/-

Pts

Benfica

4

3

0

1

7

4

3

9

Atletico Madrid

4

2

1

1

7

2

5

7

Galatasaray

4

1

1

2

5

7

-2

4

Astana

4

0

2

2

2

8

-6

2

Group D

Teams

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

/-

Pts

Manchester City

4

3

0

1

8

5

3

9

Juventus

4

2

2

0

5

2

3

8

Sevilla

4

1

0

3

5

7

-2

3

Borussia Monchengladbach

4

0

2

2

2

6

-4

2

Group E

Teams

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

/-

Pts

Barcelona

5

4

1

0

14

3

11

13

Roma

5

1

2

2

11

16

-5

5

Bayer Leverkusen

5

1

2

2

12

11

1

5

BATE

5

1

1

3

5

12

-7

4

Group F

Teams

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

/-

Pts

Bayern Munich

5

4

0

1

17

3

14

12

Olympiacos

5

3

0

2

6

10

-4

9

Arsenal

5

2

0

3

9

10

-1

6

Dinamo Zagreb

5

1

0

4

3

12

-9

3

Group G

Teams

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

/-

Pts

Chelsea

5

3

1

1

11

3

8

10

Porto

5

3

1

1

9

6

3

10

Dynamo Kyiv

5

2

2

1

7

4

3

8

Maccabi Tel-Aviv

5

0

0

5

1

15

-14

0

Group H

Teams

P

W

D

L

GF

GA

/-

Pts

Zenit

5

5

0

0

12

4

8

15

Gent

5

2

1

2

6

6

0

7

Valencia

5

2

0

3

5

7

-2

6

Olympique Lyon

5

0

1

4

3

9

-6

1

Real Madrid, Manchester City and Zenit St Petersburg, Barcelona and Bayern Munich have secured places in next stage.