İSTANBUL. Beşiktaş manages to find the solution against Galatasaray to win 2-1. C. Larin was the key to score 2 goals. It was Galatasaray to strike first with a goal of A. Cicaldau at the 35′. Then it was a goal in the 39′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, C. Larin gave the win to Beşiktaş in the 64′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Beşiktaş took advantage of its superior ball possession (59%).

Mostafa Mohamed missed a decisive penalty (81′). That would have allowed Galatasaray to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Vodafone Park (İstanbul) stadium in İstanbul on Monday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Fırat Aydınus with the assistance of Aleks Taşçıoğlu and Erdem Bayık. The 4th official was Alper Ulusoy. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.4 degrees Celsius or 54.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Beşiktaş was in firm control of the ball 59% while Galatasaray was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Beşiktaş was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Beşiktaş won the match​.

Beşiktaş shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Galatasaray shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Beşiktaş received 3 yellow cards (R. Ghezzal, A. Teixeira and E. Destanoglu). On the opposite side, Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards (T. Antalyali and Marcao).

Standings

After playing this contest, Beşiktaş has 20 points to occupy the 3rd place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Galatasaray stays with 17 points (8th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Beşiktaş will play away with Hatayspor on the 30th of October with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Beşiktaş (1 draw).

Galatasaray will host Gaziantep F.K. on the 31st of October with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Galatasaray (1 draw).

Beşiktaş – Formation

Beşiktaş started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ali Rıza Sergen Yalçın decided to play with the following team: Ersin Destanoğlu (7.8), Valentin Rosier (6.8), Necip Uysal (7.0), Domagoj Vida (6.1), Cengiz Umut Meraş (8.0), Miralem Pjanić (7.6), Souza (7.1), Rachid Ghezzal (6.2), Alex Teixeira (6.1), Cyle Larin (8.3) and Michy Batshuayi (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Kenan Karaman, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Güven Yalçın, Can Bozdoğan, Welinton, Mert Günok, Serdar Saatçı, Salih Uçan (6.6), Francisco Montero and Oğuzhan Özyakup.

Substitutions

Beşiktaş made 4 changes: A. Teixeira for S. Ucan (83′), R. Ghezzal for K. Karaman (89′), M. Batshuayi for G. Yalcin (90′) and N. Uysal for Welinton (90′).

Best player: Cyle Larin​

The most impressive player for Beşiktaş was Cyle Larin.

His rating is (8.3) with 2 goals, 25 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 2 crosses.

Galatasaray – Formation

Galatasaray started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the opposite side, Fatih Terim played with: Fernando Muslera (5.9), DeAndre Yedlin (6.7), Victor Nelsson (7.0), Marcão (6.2), Patrick van Aanholt (6.8), Berkan Kutlu (6.4), Taylan Antalyalı (6.5), Alexandru Cicâldău (7.1), Olimpiu Moruțan (6.4), Mbaye Diagne (6.4) and Kerem Aktürkoğlu (7.3).

They had on the bench: Sofiane Feghouli, Ömer Bayram (6.2), Ryan Babel (6.8), Emre Kılınç, Alpaslan Öztürk, Christian Luyindama, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Halil Dervişoğlu (6.8), Fatih Öztürk and Mostafa Mohamed (5.8).

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: T. Antalyali for H. Dervisoglu (64′), O. Morutan for R. Babel (64′), M. Diagne for Mostafa Mohamed (78′), D. Yedlin for O. Bayram (78′) and A. Cicaldau for B. Yilmaz (89′).

Best player: Kerem Aktürkoğlu​

The most impressive player for Galatasaray was Kerem Aktürkoğlu.

His rating is (7.3) with 20 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.​

• Beşiktaş – Galatasaray – 2-1