KONYA. Konyaspor snatched a late win Beşiktaş 1-0 after K. scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu stadium in Konya on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Mete Kalkavan who was helped by Kerem Ersoy and Samet Çiçek. The 4th official was Bahattin Şimşek. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -0.3 degrees Celsius or 31.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Konyaspor was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Beşiktaş that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Konyaspor had a more offensive attitude with 55 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Konyaspor won the match​.

Konyaspor shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Beşiktaş shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Konyaspor received 3 yellow cards (P. Mpoku, Koka and A. Rahmanovic). Talking about the opposition, Beşiktaş received 4 yellow cards (D. Vida, O. Ozyakup, M. Batshuayi and R. Ghezzal).

Standings

After playing this match, Konyaspor will have 39 points to remain in the 2nd place. On the other side, Beşiktaş will stay with 28 points like Alanyaspor and Gaziantep F.K. to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Konyaspor will host Sivasspor on the 9th of January with a 9-8 head to head statistic in favor of Sivasspor (8 draws).

Beşiktaş will play away agasint Rizespor on the 9th of January with a 14-2 head to head record in favor of Beşiktaş (5 draws).

Konyaspor – Formation

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

The manager İlhan Palut decided to play with the following team: Ibrahim Šehić (8.2), Nejc Skubic (7.6), Adil Demirbağ (7.0), Abdulkerim Bardakçı (7.0), Guilherme Haubert Sityá (7.2), Paul-José Mpoku (6.2), Amir Hadžiahmetović (7.4), Konrad Michalak (6.5), Soner Dikmen (7.0), Zymer Bytyqi (6.5) and Sokol Cikalleshi (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Erten Ersu, Ahmet Karademir, Endri Çekiçi (6.6), Musa Çağıran, Barış Yardımcı, Ahmed Hassan (7.6), Amar Rahmanović (6.8), Marin Aničić, Alper Uludağ and Ekrem Kayılıbal.

Substitutions

Konyaspor made 4 changes: P. Mpoku for A. Rahmanovic (59′), Z. Bytyqi for E. Cekici (77′), S. Cikalleshi for Koka (78′) and K. Michalak for A. Uludag (90′).

Best player: Ibrahim Šehić​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Konyaspor was the goalkeeper: Ibrahim Šehić. His rating is 8.21. He performed 6 saves.

Beşiktaş – Formation

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

Önder Karaveli played with: Ersin Destanoğlu (6.9), Cengiz Umut Meraş (7.8), Domagoj Vida (6.5), Francisco Montero (6.8), Rıdvan Yılmaz (6.6), Souza (7.1), Miralem Pjanić (6.6), Rachid Ghezzal (6.6), Oğuzhan Özyakup (6.8), Cyle Larin (7.2) and Michy Batshuayi (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Can Bozdoğan (6.4), Welinton, Serdar Saatçı, Kenan Karaman, Salih Uçan, Güven Yalçın (6.2), Mehmet Topal, Atiba Hutchinson (6.2) and Emre Bilgin.

Beşiktaş could not rely on the presence of A. Hutchinson (injured).

Substitutions

Beşiktaş made 3 changes: C. Larin for G. Yalcin (69′), O. Ozyakup for C. Bozdogan (69′) and M. Pjanic for A. Hutchinson (81′).

Best player: Cengiz Umut Meraş​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Beşiktaş was Cengiz Umut Meraş.

His rating is (7.8) with 43 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Kayserispor – Sivasspor – 3-0
• Konyaspor – Beşiktaş – 1-0