In this week 36 match, on Sunday May 8th, Beşiktaş hosts Fenerbahçe in a meeting of these two closely matched 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 14 degrees, which is great football weather. 6th placed Beşiktaş is fresh off their 3-2 win against Kayserispor. Mame Thiam scored the first goal for Kayserispor in the 23rd minute on a penalty, then in the 50th minute, Atiba Hutchinson sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Saatci But luckily in the 75th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Georges-Kévin N’Koudou. Beşiktaş is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Fenerbahçe recorded a 3-2 win against Gazişehir Gaziantep. Diego Rossi scored the first goal for Fenerbahçe in the 5th minute, then Serdar Dursun added another in the 62nd minute. Fenerbahçe is on a hot streak lately, with 9 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi, Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş battled to a 2-2 draw. Mesut Özil scored the first goal for Fenerbahçe in the 14th minute on a penalty, then Josef de Souza Dias tied it up for Beşiktaş in the 25th minute on a penalty .
Serdar Dursun has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 5 goals for Fenerbahçe. Both Michy Batshuayi and Georges-Kévin N’Koudou have been the hottest scorers for Beşiktaş in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.