On the 19th of March, Beşiktaş will play host to Hatayspor in a meeting of these two evenly matched Super Lig teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Beşiktaş recorded a 1-2 loss against Galatasaray. Muhammed Aktürkoğlu struck first for Galatasaray in the 22nd minute on a feed from Mostafa Mohamed, then Muhammed Aktürkoğlu added another in the 32nd minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Beşiktaş should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 6th placed Hatayspor is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Fatih Karagümrük. Saba Lobjanidze struck first for Hatayspor in the 29th minute on a feed from Rúben Ribeiro, then Ayoub El Kaabi added another in the 34th minute on a feed from Rúben Ribeiro In the end, Fatih Karagümrük couldn’t muster any offence and Hatayspor ran away with the shutout win. Hatayspor is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Saturday Oct 30th, Hatayspor was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Saba Lobjanidze struck first for Hatayspor in the 6th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Beşiktaş couldn’t manage to score, and Hatayspor took the shutout win.
Ayoub El Kaabi has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 7 goals for Hatayspor. Beşiktaş’s top weapon lately has been Michy Batshuayi, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches
Beşiktaş will be without Cyle Larin, Oğuzhan Özyakup and Ridvan Yilmaz, while Noss Traoré and Burak Camoglu are unavailable to play for Hatayspor.