📊 Form Guide

Beşiktaş

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Beşiktaş will play in this match after a 1-1 Super Lig drawn game versus Alanyaspor.

In that match, Beşiktaş had 60% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for Beşiktaş was Rafa Silva (71'). On the other side, Alanyaspor had 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target. Ui-jo Hwang (40') scored for Alanyaspor.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Beşiktaş have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Beşiktaş have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 6 goals during that time.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Beşiktaş:

• have not been beaten in the league by Çaykur Rizespor in their previous 23 games. What a record.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Çaykur Rizespor

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Çaykur Rizespor will come into the match following a 6-3 Super Lig win as they beat Göztepe in their last game.

In that match, Çaykur Rizespor had 42% possession and 11 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Çaykur Rizespor, goals were scored by Casper Højer (11'), Ibrahim Olawoyin (32'), Ali Sowe (50'), Altin Zeqiri (62', 87') and David Akintola (85'). On the other side, Goztepe got 20 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Rômulo (26', 45') and Koray Günter (77') scored for Göztepe.

In the course of their six latest matches, İlhan Palut's Çaykur Rizespor have fired home a total of 10 times - yielding them the goals scored per game average of 1.67.

Pre-game facts show that Çaykur Rizespor:

• have not won against Beşiktaş when having played them away from home in the previous 11 league matches. Very poor away form.
• are without a win away from home in their last 4 league games.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head to head results stretching back to 28/04/2021 tells us that these fixtures have been a source of anguish for Çaykur Rizespor. They have not been able to get any wins at all while Beşiktaş have been too good for them, finishing as winners in 67 per cent of those games where they have faced each other.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 23 in all at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.

The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Super Lig match day 18 on 03/01/2025 and the score finished Çaykur Rizespor 1-1 Beşiktaş.

That time, Çaykur Rizespor had 47% possession and 21 shots at goal with 5 on target.

For their opponents, Beşiktaş had 9 shots on goal with 2 on target. Gedson Fernandes (38' Own goal) and Ernest Muçi (45') scored.

The match was refereed by Ozan Ergun.

ℹ️ Team News: Beşiktaş

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Inner ligament stretch of the knee) and Bakhtiyor Zaynutdinov (Achilles tendon problems) won’t be able to feature for Beşiktaş gaffer Ole Gunnar Solskjær.

In all likelihood, Kara Kartallar look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation for this one and select Mert Günok, Jonas Svensson, Gabriel Paulista, Emir Han Topcu, Arthur Masuaku, Joao Mario, Amir Hadziahmetovic, Milot Rashica, Gedson Fernandes, Rafa Silva and Ciro Immobile.

📋 Team News: Çaykur Rizespor

It’s our belief that Atmacalar seem likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Ivo Grbic, Muhammet Taha Şahin, Samet Akaydin, Attila Mocsi, C. Højer Nielsen, Dal Varesanovic, Mithat Pala, B. David Akintola, Ibrahim Olawoyin, Abdulkadir Omur and Ali Sowe.

🔮 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Beşiktaş will probably dominate possession and create several successful chances.

However, Çaykur Rizespor are also probably going to find it difficult to break down their defence although we do reckon that they could well end up getting enough chances to score, too.

We’re predicting a decent 3-1 margin for Beşiktaş when the full-time whistle blows.

Renata Leite, 15:02 25/05/2025