Fenerbahçe fights Beşiktaş in Super Lig battle

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Date: Sun 22.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sukru Saracoglu Stadium (50509 seats)

A key match in Super Lig as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 5th position and the visitors placed 3rd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Fenerbahçe form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 7 Super Lig games here at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium for Fenerbahçe, who have the most scored goals (21) at home in Super Lig,. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. After failing to beat Antalyaspor here at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium, Fenerbahçe has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

The Fenerbahçe supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Beşiktaş in Super Lig and win 3-1. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Istanbulspor.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Fenerbahçe have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won 3 times, drawn 2 and lost 0.

Fenerbahçe are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 7 games). On the other hand, Fenerbahçe have conceded 8 goals.

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Beşiktaş form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses. That’s the product of Beşiktaş playing as the away team in the Super Lig this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Beşiktaş, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Fenerbahçe (placed 5th). Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting 24 Erzincanspor's place.

We have checked recent matches where Beşiktaş have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were W0-D0-L3.

Beşiktaş are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 9 away goals from 7 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Beşiktaş have conceded 13 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 4 - 5 - 1 (Fenerbahçe wins - draws - Beşiktaş wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

FenerbahçeV. Muriqi
V. Muriqi
9 goals
BeşiktaşB. Yılmaz
B. Yılmaz
5 goals
BeşiktaşU. Nayir
U. Nayir
4 goals

Fenerbahçe missing players

Beşiktaş missing players

Fenerbahçe Beşiktaş
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 1 Played P 2 8 16
8 6 0 Won W 0 3 8
4 1 1 Drew D 0 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 2 4 5
32 24 1 Scored S 1 10 23
20 9 1 Conceded C 7 16 21
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
75% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
69% 75% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 75% 50%
50% 62% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 31%
25% 50% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 38% 25%
69% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 50%
19% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 38%
25% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 19%
 
5.1 5.5 6 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.5 5.8
3.3 2.9 3 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.5 4.2 3.9
2.1 1.8 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 3 3.1
4 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 2 3
 
258 166 21 Total Shots T S 27 92 190
102 73 9 Shots on Target S O 9 35 77
31% 33% 11% Goal Efficiency G E 11% 29% 30%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Beşiktaş have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fenerbahçe has the most points from losing position (10)
  • Fenerbahçe has the most scored goals (21) at home
  • Fenerbahçe has the most scored goals in the first half (18)
  • Fenerbahçe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fenerbahçe have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Fenerbahçe have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Beşiktaş have scored away.
  • Fenerbahçe haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sivasspor 15 10 3 2 32 14 8 7 1 0 18 5 7 3 2 2 14 9 18 33
2 İstanbul Başakşehir 15 7 6 2 23 15 8 4 3 1 16 8 7 3 3 1 7 7 8 27
3 Beşiktaş 15 8 3 4 22 18 8 5 2 1 13 5 7 3 1 3 9 13 4 27
4 Trabzonspor 15 7 5 3 28 17 8 4 2 2 15 9 7 3 3 1 13 8 11 26
5 Fenerbahçe 15 7 4 4 29 19 7 5 1 1 21 8 8 2 3 3 8 11 10 25
6 Galatasaray 16 6 6 4 18 15 8 4 3 1 10 6 8 2 3 3 8 9 3 24
7 Yeni Malatyaspor 16 6 5 5 31 21 8 3 2 3 16 10 8 3 3 2 15 11 10 23
8 Alanyaspor 15 6 5 4 24 14 8 4 3 1 18 6 7 2 2 3 6 8 10 23
9 Goztepe 16 6 5 5 19 19 8 3 3 2 11 9 8 3 2 3 8 10 0 23
10 Gazişehir Gaziantep 16 6 5 5 25 27 8 3 2 3 14 11 8 3 3 2 11 16 -2 23
11 Denizlispor 15 6 3 6 16 16 7 2 1 4 6 7 8 4 2 2 10 9 0 21
12 Rizespor 16 6 2 8 16 25 8 4 1 3 10 9 8 2 1 5 6 16 -9 20
13 Gençlerbirliği 15 4 5 6 25 26 8 2 3 3 10 11 7 2 2 3 15 15 -1 17
14 Kasimpasa 16 4 3 9 25 29 8 1 2 5 13 17 8 3 1 4 12 12 -4 15
15 Konyaspor 15 3 6 6 14 21 7 1 4 2 5 7 8 2 2 4 9 14 -7 15
16 Antalyaspor 16 3 5 8 15 28 8 1 3 4 10 18 8 2 2 4 5 10 -13 14
17 Ankaragucu 16 2 5 9 13 32 7 1 2 4 5 14 9 1 3 5 8 18 -19 11
18 Kayserispor 15 2 4 9 13 32 7 2 2 3 7 10 8 0 2 6 6 22 -19 10

Read more about Super Lig

The Süper Lig is the top league in Turkish football. It has 18 teams who play a season from August to May, meeting each other home and away. After all fixtures have been played the final league table is ready and the champion of Turkey celebrated. The three bottom teams are relegated.