Beşiktaş will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 3 points behind İstanbul Başakşehir.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Beşiktaş form and stats
1-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Lig numbers at home for Beşiktaş so far this season.
In their previous game, the manager A. Yalçın led his Beşiktaş to a defeat in the Super Lig match away at Gazişehir Gaziantep. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Vodafone Arena. Ahead of that match, Beşiktaş won a home game hosting Yeni Malatyaspor (1-0).
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Beşiktaş here at Vodafone Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Beşiktaş have only conceded 2 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
As the visiting team in Super Lig matches, İstanbul Başakşehir have produced an overall stat of 2-0-2 so far. The fact that İstanbul Başakşehir have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Başakşehir, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Impressive finishing from Fredrik Gulbrandsen and Mehmet Topal secured the home win 2-1 against Gençlerbirliği in their previous game. That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Manchester United in the Champions League.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager O. Buruk when Mehmet Topal scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. The end of the last match, against Gençlerbirliği, was very satisfying as Mehmet Topal scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Champions League trip to Manchester United.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far İstanbul Başakşehir have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. 5 goals have been conceded by Başakşehir in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Beşiktaş victories, four draws and four İstanbul Başakşehir wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Larin 4 goals |   E. Višća 3 goals |  İ. Kahveci 2 goals |
Beşiktaş missing players
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
| Beşiktaş | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 57% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 57% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 71% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 38% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.9 | 3.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | 39 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 51 | 128 |
| 30 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 20 | 40 |
| 33% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 20% | 28% |
- All of İstanbul Başakşehir's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Beşiktaş haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- İstanbul Başakşehir haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alanyaspor | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 17 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Fatih Karagümrük | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Kasimpasa | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Rizespor | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| 9 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Hatayspor | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Beşiktaş | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Konyaspor | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Goztepe | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | Sivasspor | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -2 | 8 |
| 16 | BB Erzurumspor | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Trabzonspor | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Gençlerbirliği | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 5 |
| 20 | Denizlispor | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 21 | Ankaragucu | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 2 |