İSTANBUL. Beşiktaş found a way to reverse the scoreline against Galatasaray. It was Galatasaray to score first with a goal from Mauro Icardi. Nevertheless, later Beşiktaş found the way to reverse the scoreline scoring 3 consecutive goals with Romain Saïss (35′), Amir Hadziahmetovic  (58′) and Vincent Aboubakar (90′).

The match was played at the Vodafone Park (İstanbul) stadium in İstanbul on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Ali Şansalan who had the assistance of Ceyhun Sesigüzel and Mehmet Emin Tuğral. The 4th official was Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 14.9 degrees Celsius or 58.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Galatasaray had a superior ball possession 55% while Beşiktaş was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Galatasaray was putting more pressure with 87 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Beşiktaş managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Beşiktaş shot 15 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Galatasaray shot 9 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Beşiktaş received 6 yellow cards (Romain Saïss, Arthur Masuaku, Valentin Rosier, Salih Ucan , Vincent Aboubakar and Omar Colley ). Regarding the opposition, Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards (Milot Rashica and B. Yılmaz).

Standings

After this match, Beşiktaş will have 65 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Galatasaray will stay with 70 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Beşiktaş will play away against Adana Demirspor on the 21st of May with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Beşiktaş (3 draws).

Galatasaray will host İstanbul Başakşehir on the 8th of May with a 14-7 head to head record in favor of Galatasaray (8 draws).

Beşiktaş – Formation

Beşiktaş adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Şenol Güneş decided to play with the following team: Mert Günok (6.1), Valentin Rosier (7.0), Romain Saïss (7.3), Omar Colley (7.1), Arthur Masuaku (7.1), Salih Uçan (6.9), Amir Hadžiahmetović (7.4), Nathan Redmond (7.3), Gedson Fernandes (7.8), Cenk Tosun (6.4) and Vincent Aboubakar (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Ersin Destanoğlu, Alexandru Maxim, Jackson Muleka, Welinton, Umut Meraş, Onur Bulut, Necip Uysal, Tayfur Bingöl, Kerem Atakan Kesgin and Berkay Vardar.

Substitutions

Beşiktaş made 5 changes: Cenk Tosun for Necip Uysal (84′), Salih Ucan  for Tayfur Bingöl (84′), Vincent Aboubakar for Jackson Muleka (90′), Gedson Fernandes for Onur Bulut (90′) and Amir Hadziahmetovic  for Alexandru Maxim (90′).

Best player: Gedson Fernandes​

The player that probably impressed the most for Beşiktaş was Gedson Fernandes even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 25 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 18 duels out of 26. He performed 1 cross.

Galatasaray – Formation

Also Galatasaray adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Okan Buruk played with: Fernando Muslera (6.4), Sacha Boey (5.5), Victor Nelsson (6.2), Abdülkerim Bardakçı (6.5), Sam Adekugbe (6.4), Sérgio Oliveira (5.4), Lucas Torreira (6.9), Milot Rashica (6.1), Dries Mertens (6.3), Kerem Aktürkoğlu (6.2) and Mauro Icardi (6.9).

These were the players on the bench: Bafetimbi Gomis, Barış Alper Yılmaz (6.4), Berkan Kutlu, Kaan Ayhan, Yunus Akgün, Juan Mata, Okan Kocuk, Léo Dubois (6.5), Nicolò Zaniolo (6.3) and Fredrik Midtsjø (6.8).

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: Sérgio Oliveira for Fredrik Midtsjø (62′), Dries Mertens for Nicolò Zaniolo (62′), Milot Rashica for Léo Dubois (71′), Sam Adekugbe for Barış Yılmaz (71′) and Lucas Torreira for Yunus Akgün (90′).

Best player: Lucas Torreira​

The player that probably impressed the most for Galatasaray was Lucas Torreira.

His rating is (6.9) with 54 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

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

• Beşiktaş – Galatasaray – 3-1