Sivasspor will aim to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The host team are currently 7 points behind Beşiktaş.
- Sivasspor have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Super Lig
- Beşiktaş have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Super Lig
It's quite the trip for Beşiktaş when visiting Sivasspor as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
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.
Sivasspor form and stats
4-8-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Lig numbers at home for Sivasspor so far this season. In general it's been a long time since Sivasspor tasted defeat here at Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
The fans are hoping that Sivasspor will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the match against Fatih Karagümrük (placed 10th). Defender Yeşilyurt got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Yeşilyurt won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Yeni Malatyaspor.This is expected to be a close game, with Sivasspor perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sivasspor as a small favourite), we find five games. Sivasspor has won three of these, drawn one and lost one.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fatih Karagümrük are coming to town in four days.
A decent goal production from Sivasspor in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. From these home matches, Sivasspor have conceded only 11 goals.
Beşiktaş form and stats
Beşiktaş have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Super Lig, after 2-6-5 (13 played). Beşiktaş has drawn their two previous away games.
Vida scored in Beşiktaş's previous match, the home game against Altay that ended 1-0. Midfielder Ghezzal was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.44. Ghezzal served one assist, hit seven key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that, Beşiktaş travelled to Adana Demirspor and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Beşiktaş in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Beşiktaş, two draws and two defeats.
After this away game Beşiktaş return home for a Turkish Cup game against Kayserispor. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visiting Beşiktaş have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 13 games. 18 goals have been conceded by Beşiktaş in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The teams have met each other already this season, with the result Beşiktaş - Sivasspor 2-1 logged in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sivasspor five wins, one draw and Beşiktaş four victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less. The matches between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  M. Batshuayi Tunga 9 goals |   M. Yatabaré 7 goals |  C. Larin 6 goals |
Sivasspor missing players
Beşiktaş missing players
| Sivasspor | Beşiktaş | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 33 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 14 | 37 |
| 31 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 18 | 32 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 92% |
| 73% | 77% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 25% | 69% | 69% |
| 46% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 38% | 54% |
| 23% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 27% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 62% | 62% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 62% | 54% |
| 27% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 15% | 31% |
| 15% | 15% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 75% | 31% | 23% |
| 4.2 | 4.6 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6 |
| 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9.8 | 10.2 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 13.8 | 13.8 |
| 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.9 |
| 33% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 6% | 19% | 24% |
| 8.7 | 8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 9.8 | 8.2 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
- Beşiktaş have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in Super Lig
- Sivasspor have the fewest matches over the total-line (5) in Super Lig
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Trabzonspor | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 30 | 63 |
| 2 | Konyaspor | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 49 |
| 3 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 46 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 44 |
| 5 | Fenerbahce | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 43 |
| 6 | Beşiktaş | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 41 |
| 7 | Alanyaspor | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Hatayspor | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 41 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 26 | -4 | 39 |
| 9 | Kayserispor | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 38 |
| 10 | Fatih Karagümrük | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 26 | -8 | 36 |
| 11 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | -2 | 35 |
| 12 | Sivasspor | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 2 | 34 |
| 13 | Galatasaray | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 32 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -7 | 31 |
| 15 | Kasimpasa | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -2 | 29 |
| 16 | Goztepe | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 31 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -7 | 27 |
| 17 | Giresunspor | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 26 |
| 18 | Rizespor | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 26 | -22 | 23 |
| 19 | Altay | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 23 | -13 | 22 |
| 20 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 25 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | -23 | 16 |
