Göztepe vs Beşiktaş Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Göztepe

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Göztepe will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 0-2 Super Lig losing effort in their last game against Beşiktaş.

In that match, Göztepe managed 62% possession and 18 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. At the other end, Beşiktaş had 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Cyle Larin (27') and Josef de Souza (32') scored for Beşiktaş.

Their most recent results shine a light on the fact that a bigger effort is required from the Göztepe backline. Göztepe have seen an unforgivable 18 goals fly into the back of their net over the course of their last six outings. We will just have to see whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Beşiktaş

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The stats don’t lie, and Beşiktaş have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 8 goals in total. Defensively, Beşiktaş seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 16/03/2019 shows that Göztepe have won 1 of these & Beşiktaş 5, with the tally of drawn matches being 0.

A total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 5 from Göz Göz and 11 being from Kara Kartallar. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league clash featuring the two was Super Lig match day 18 on 23/12/2021 when it ended Beşiktaş 2-1 Göztepe.

In that match, Beşiktaş had 54% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The goalscorers were Cyle Larin (31') and Rachid Ghezzal (60').

Göztepe got 19 shots on goal with 5 on target. Cherif Ndiaye (3') scored.

The referee was Umit Öztürk.

📋 Team News: Göztepe

Wilker Ángel (Thigh muscle rupture) and Atinc Nukan (Ankle fracture) are unavailable for Göztepe gaffer Stjepan Tomas. Players who are serving a ban and are therefore ineligible to play are Irfan Can Egribayat and Adis Jahovic.

🗞️ Team News: Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş manager Önder Karaveli has some current player fitness concerns. Ersin Destanoglu (Stretched Ligament), Miralem Pjanic (Pneumonia), Ridvan Yilmaz (Thigh Muscle Strain), Mert Günok (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Demir Ege Tiknaz (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. Muhayer Oktay will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment is that Göztepe would be disappointed if they were not to find the back of the net against this Beşiktaş side, however a single goal possibly won’t be good enough.

We’ve gone for a tight encounter finishing with a 1-2 winning margin for Beşiktaş by the conclusion of the game. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 00:44 11/05/2022