On Monday Mar 7th, in week 28, Beşiktaş will play host to İstanbul Başakşehir in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams in the ever popular İstanbul derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 6th placed Beşiktaş is fresh off their 3-2 win against Sivasspor. Michy Batshuayi scored the first goal for Beşiktaş in the 12th minute, then Mustapha Yatabare got the equalizer for Sivasspor in the 26th minute on a feed from Uğur Çiftçi , but fortunately for Beşiktaş it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. Beşiktaş should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while i̇stanbul Başakşehir is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Fatih Karagümrük. Trezeguet struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 25th minute on a feed from Pizzi, then Fabio Borini got the equalizer for Fatih Karagümrük in the 39th minute on a feed from Kristijan Bistrović But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 41st minute on a goal by Ahmed Musa. With 17 points in their last 10 matches İstanbul Başakşehir should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Oct 15th, İstanbul Başakşehir hosted Beşiktaş at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu in their last match together. İstanbul Başakşehir won by a score of 3 to 2. Stefano Okaka struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 40th minute, but Alex Teixeira got the equalizer for Beşiktaş in the 59th minute , but luckily for İstanbul Başakşehir it didn’t end there. They were able to keep scoring to earn the win.
İstanbul Başakşehir’s top weapon lately has been Trezeguet, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Beşiktaş is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Alex Teixeira and Michy Batshuayi each having 2 goals in their last five
Önder Karaveli’s squad will be without Cyle Larin, Georges-Kévin N’Koudou, Oğuzhan Özyakup and Ridvan Yilmaz, while Mahmut Tekdemir and Mert Günok are unavailable to play for Erdinç Sözer’s team.