Good evening and welcome to our live coverage of tonight's Champions League last 16 clash between Galatasaray and Schalke 04 at the Turk Telekom Arena.

They also boast an unbeaten record against Turkish opposition with two wins and two draws from four matches.

Plenty of reasons for Schalke to be positive here. Their last two away games in Turkey have both ended in a 3-3 scoreline, against Trabzonspor in October 1996 (UEFA Cup) and Fenerbahce in October 2005 (Champions League). They'd take that right now!

When Galatasaray struck the woodwork in the 18th minute it was the seventh time they have done so in this season's CL.

The corner floats right across the penalty area and out to the left wing. Galatasaray are struggling to cope with set piece deliveries.

Bastos shoots from a tight angle but it crashes back off the wall and out for a corner.

Free-kick to Schalke as Farfan goes down under Sneijder's challenge on the right. Good opportunity on the far side here....

Bastos rolls the ball in from the left and Farfan crashes a shot towards goal on the turn but it flies just past the upright.

Already 10 attempts so far. 6-4 in Gala's favour.

Sneijder lines one up from 20 yards but he slips as he hits it and it drifts harmlessly wide.

Yilmaz is the first Turkish player to score seven goals in a season in the Champion League history.

Yilmaz is down injured after a heavy fall in the centre circle. It looks like he's hurt his wrist.

If the opening to this game is anything to go by we are in for a treat tonight. End to end stuff.

STAT ALERT: This is Galatasaray's 12th home meeting with Bundesliga opposition and they are seeking just their third victory – having won none of their last five games against German clubs in Istanbul. Their overall home record against teams from Germany is W2 D7 L2.

Farfan gets in down the right but sees his low cross blocked out for a corner. From the resulting kick it's absolute choas in there and Bastos gets the ball stuck between his feet. Gala manage to hack it clear.

The home crowd are buzzing now. They like what they have seen so far. It's been a very entertaining start.

Wow, everything is happening here. Drogba fizzes in a low shot that is brilliantly saved by Hildebrand. Altintop follows up but hammers his shot against the crossbar.

Muslera booked.

Yilmaz scored six of Galatsaray’s seven goals in the group stages this season. He was the joint-top scorer in the group phase with Cristiano Ronaldo. He is a man in form and scored the 100th league goal of his career at the weekend against Akhisar Belediyespor.

Schalke look to respond and should have levelled from a corner. A Howedes header is powered towards goal and Huntelaar somehow contrives to completely miss his kick from one yard out.

Correction - The assist was from Inan.

That goal came right out of the blue after a decent start by the visitors.