İstanbul Başakşehir vs Beşiktaş Live Stream, Predictions

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İstanbul Başakşehir

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İstanbul Başakşehir enter this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Conference League tied result vs KAA Gent.

The only player to score from İstanbul Başakşehir was Stefano Okaka (16'). Gift Orban (35') scored for KAA Gent.

Fewer than three goals per game were recorded in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where İstanbul Başakşehir have been participants. Breaking down the goal distribution from this period, opposition teams scored an aggregate of 5 and İstanbul Başakşehir totted up 6.

Beşiktaş

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Beşiktaş will come into the match following a 2-1 Super Lig win to defeat MKE Ankaragücü in their last fixture.

In that match, Beşiktaş had 51% possession and 20 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. For Beşiktaş, the scorers were Salih Uçan (39') and Vincent Aboubakar (54'). For their opponents, Ankaragücü got 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Ali Sowe (52') scored for MKE Ankaragücü.

A sequence of resolute displays by the Beşiktaş defenders has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their past 6 outings overall. Over that same time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 8. Despite that, time will tell if that pattern shall be sustained in this upcoming match.

Going into this contest, Beşiktaş are without an away win for the past 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

A look at their past head to head clashes stretching back to 14/02/2020 tells us that İstanbul Başakşehir have won 3 of these games and Beşiktaş 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

A combined sum of 21 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 11 for Belediye and 10 created by Kara Kartallar. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The last league fixture between these clubs was Super Lig match day 6 on 12/09/2022 and the score finished Beşiktaş 0-1 İstanbul Başakşehir.

In that game, Beşiktaş had 49% possession and 21 shots at goal with 2 on target.

At the other end, İstanbul Başakşehir had 7 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target. Bertrand Traoré (71') was the scorer.

The referee was Halil Umut Meler.

ℹ️ Team News: İstanbul Başakşehir

The İstanbul Başakşehir boss Emre Belözoğlu has zero fitness worries at all coming into this match owing to a fully injury-free squad available for selection.

It looks as if Belediye will possibly kick off with a 4-1-4-1 system, handing starts to Volkan Babacan, Ömer Ali Sahiner, Léo Duarte, Ahmed Touba, Lucas Lima, Lucas Biglia, Serdar Gurler, Berkay Özcan, Deniz Türüc, Eden Karzev and Stefano Okaka.

ℹ️ Team News: Beşiktaş

From a largely full-strength group of players, there is just a single fitness issue for the Beşiktaş manager Şenol Güneş to be concerned about. Rachid Ghezzal (Unknown Injury) won’t be playing here. Welinton cannot play in this game through suspension.

We believe Kara Kartallar seem likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 lineup with a starting lineup of Mert Günok, Onur Bulut, Omar Colley, Tayyib Talha Sanuc, Arthur Masuaku, Amir Hadziahmetovic, Salih Ucan, Vincent Aboubakar, Gedson Fernandes, Nathan Redmond and Cenk Tosun.

⚡ Prediction

In our opinion, Beşiktaş and İstanbul Başakşehir may well both score, with little between these two teams.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. We’re therefore predicting a very close game with a score draw when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Peter Guest, 03:08 08/03/2023