Galatasaray team news: Although Drogba and fellow new boy Sneijder are likely to start, the Turks will be without Tomas Ujfalusi and Johan Elmander due to injury but ex-Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue could be in the starting lineup.
Schalke team news: Schalke will be without several key players in Istanbul, with Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Atsuto Uchida, Ibrahim Affelay and Ciprian Marica all mising out. The German side have also travelled without Christoph Moritz and Lars Unnerstall. However, they are set to receive a boost as Dutch striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar looks likely to return after struggling with an eye injury in the past few games.