On Sun Mar 5th, in week 24, Beşiktaş hosts Ankaragücü at Vodafone Park (i̇stanbul) in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Beşiktaş sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Antalyaspor. Neither Beşiktaş nor Antalyaspor could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 20 and 3 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 18 points in their last 10 matches Beşiktaş should be reasonably happy with their performance, while ankaragücü sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Fatih Karagümrük. Mbaye Diagne struck first for Fatih Karagümrük in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Fabio Borini added another in the 65th minute from the penalty spot At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ankaragücü couldn’t manage to score, and Fatih Karagümrük took the shutout win. Ankaragücü is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sep 4th, Ankaragücü hosted Beşiktaş in their last match together. Beşiktaş took the match by a score of 3 to 2. Giorgi Beridze struck first for Ankaragücü in the 26th minute on a feed from Tolga Ciğerci, but Jackson Muleka got the equalizer for Beşiktaş in the 30th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 74th minute on a penalty goal by Georges-Kévin N’Koudou to cap off a wild match.
Ankaragücü is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Emre Kılınç and Ali Sowe each only have 1 goal in their last five. Cenk Tosun has been the most effective weapon for Beşiktaş lately. The Turkish attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches.