December 12th features a match where Beşiktaş hosts Kayserispor at Vodafone Park (i̇stanbul) in a clash of the Super Lig. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. Beşiktaş sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-5 blowout loss against Borussia Dortmund. Donyell Malen scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 29th minute, then Marco Reus added another in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a penalty shot At the end of 90 a dissapointed Beşiktaş couldn’t manage to score, and Borussia Dortmund took the shutout win. Beşiktaş looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while in their last match, 13th placed Kayserispor, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Antalyaspor. Mame Thiam scored the first goal for Kayserispor in the 11th minute, then Mame Thiam added another in the 17th minute on a penalty shot At the end of 90 a dissapointed Antalyaspor couldn’t manage to score, and Kayserispor took the shutout win. Kayserispor is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Beşiktaş won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Mame Thiam has been the most prolific scorer on Kayserispor in his last 5 matches with three goals. Rachid Ghezzal and Can Bozdogan are the top scorers for Beşiktaş in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Ali Rıza Sergen Yalçın’s squad will be without Georges-Kévin N’Koudou, Gökhan Töre, Ridvan Yilmaz, Alex Teixeira and Bernard Mensah, while Miguel Cardoso and Emrah Başsan are unavailable to play for Kayserispor.