Dec 23rd features a match where Göztepe and Beşiktaş will play a match in İstanbul in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 4 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Beşiktaş is fresh off their 2-2 draw against Fenerbahçe. Mesut Özil struck first for Fenerbahçe in the 14th minute on a penalty, but de Souza Dias got the equalizer for Beşiktaş in the 25th minute on a penalty . Beşiktaş is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while göztepe is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Fatih Karagümrük. Caner Erkin scored the first goal for Fatih Karagümrük in the 76th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Göztepe couldn’t muster any offence and Fatih Karagümrük ran away with the shutout win. Göztepe looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Beşiktaş won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Göztepe’s most prolific scorer has been Adis Jahović. The attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. For Beşiktaş, their top scorers are Michy Batshuayi and Josef de Souza Dias, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Georges-Kévin N’Koudou, Gökhan Töre, Cengiz Umut Meraş and Alex Teixeira are unavailable to play for Beşiktaş, while Göztepe will be without Brown Ideye, Marko Mihojević and Arda Ozcimen.