Fenerbahçe will be taking on visiting opponents Beşiktaş at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu in the Super Lig meeting on Saturday.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Fenerbahçe v Beşiktaş can be seen below (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
Fenerbahçe
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Fenerbahçe prepare for this game after a 2-2 Super Lig draw against Sivasspor.
In that match, Fenerbahçe had 64% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. For Fenerbahçe, the scorers were Fred (45') and İrfan Can Kahveci (81'). At the other end, Sivasspor had 9 shots at goal with 4 on target. Fodé Koita (58') and Rey Manaj (93') scored for Sivasspor.
Matches featuring Fenerbahçe have proved to be engaging encounters lately with plenty of scoring being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 clashes alone, a grand total of 20 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 11 of these being chalked up by Fenerbahçe.
Coming into this clash, Fenerbahçe are undefeated in their previous 10 home league matches. They have been so resilient here.
Beşiktaş
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Beşiktaş head into the meeting after a 2-0 Super Lig win to defeat MKE Ankaragücü in their previous fixture.
In that game, Beşiktaş managed 44% possession and 16 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For Beşiktaş, the scorers were Ernest Muçi (18') and Jackson Muleka (67'). At the other end, Ankaragucu had 17 attempts at goal with 2 on target.
In 5 of the past six games featuring Beşiktaş, a notably low volume of goals have gone in between them and opposing teams. The overall average number of goals per game during that period works out to just 2, with the number of goals averaged by Kara Kartallar standing at 0.83. That trend might not follow through into this match, of course.
A look at their previous results shows us that Beşiktaş:
- haven't been beaten by Fenerbahçe when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league games.
- are without an away win for the past 2 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels dating back to 21/03/2021, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Fenerbahçe winning 1 of those games, Beşiktaş 1 and 4 being drawn in normal time.
A sum of 18 goals were scored between them in these games, with 9 of them for Sarı Kanaryalar and 9 created by Kara Kartallar. That’s an average goals per game of 3.
The last league game featuring these sides was Super Lig match day 15 on 09/12/2023 when it ended Beşiktaş 1-3 Fenerbahçe.
On that day, Beşiktaş had 46% possession and 4 shots at goal with 1 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (24').
On the other side, Fenerbahçe had 21 attempts on goal with 9 of them on target. Edin Džeko (10'), Dušan Tadić (63') and Sebastian Szymański (96') scored.
The referee was Atilla Karaoğlan.
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Team News: Fenerbahçe
The Fenerbahçe manager İsmail Kartal has no fitness worries at all ahead of this match with a fully injury-free squad to pick from.
It seems likely that Sarı Kanaryalar will possibly use the 4-2-3-1 system this time, handing starts to Dominik Livakovic, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Rodrigo Becão, Alexander Djiku, Ferdi Kadioglu, Fred, İsmail Yüksek, Irfan Can Kahveci, Sebastian Szymański, Dusan Tadic and Edin Dzeko.
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Team News: Beşiktaş
It’s our belief that Kara Kartallar might make use of a 4-1-4-1 system by sending out Ersin Destanoğlu, Jonas Svensson, Necip Uysal, Serkan Emrecan Terzi, Joe Worrall, Gedson Fernandes, Rachid Ghezzal, Milot Rashica, Ernest Muci, Jackson Muleka and Ali Elmusrati.
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Prediction
We feel that in this game, Beşiktaş should have enough to find the net against this Fenerbahçe team, but that might not be as many as they’ll concede.
We’re tipping a very close game with a 2-1 win for Fenerbahçe at the end of the match. Expecting it to be very competitive.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Lucas Pereira,
20:11 26/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Fenerbahçe
Formed: 1907
Stadium: Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadyumu (47,834)
Captain: Edin Džeko
Chairman: Ali Koç
Manager: İsmail Kartal
Competitions: Super Lig position 2, Süper Kupa (Final), Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)
⭐ Star Player: Michy Batshuayi
Mostly used in the Striker position, Michy Batshuayi was born in Brussels, Belgium. Having made his senior debut playing for Standard Liège in the 2010 - 2011 season, the dangerous Forward has struck 10 league goals in this Süper Lig 2023 - 2024 campaign to date in a total of 23 appearances.