On the 7th of January, Beşiktaş will play host to Kasımpaşa in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams in the ever popular İstanbul derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 5th placed Beşiktaş, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Adana Demirspor. Arthur Masuaku struck first for Beşiktaş in the 14th 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 Adana Demirspor couldn’t manage to score, and Beşiktaş took the shutout win. Beşiktaş is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Kasımpaşa recorded a 1-2 loss against İstanbulspor. Raoul Petretta scored the first goal for Kasımpaşa in the 25th minute, then in the 29th minute, Muammer Sarikaya sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Valon Ethemi But luckily in the 78th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Emir Kaan Gultekin. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Kasımpaşa won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Haris Hajradinović and Bengali-Fodé Koita are the top scorers for Kasımpaşa in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Beşiktaş is fortunate enough to have Wout Weghorst in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 4 goals.