İSTANBUL. Beşiktaş bested Sivasspor to win 2-1. G. Yalcin was the key to score 2 goals. It was Beşiktaş to strike first with a goal of G. Yalcin at the 32′. Then it was an own goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, G. Yalcin gave the win to Beşiktaş in the 69′ minute with a goal scoring a double.
Beşiktaş remained in 10 people after S. Yalcin received a red card in the 43′. Anyway, Beşiktaş still succeeded in win this match competing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Vodafone Park (İstanbul) stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Yaşar Kemal Uğurlu who had the assistance of Ali Saygın Ögel and Serkan Çimen. The 4th official was Yasin Kol. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.6 degrees Celsius or 60.08 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Beşiktaş was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Sivasspor that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Beşiktaş was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Beşiktaş won the match.
Beşiktaş shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Sivasspor shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Beşiktaş received 2 yellow cards (Josef and U. Meras). On the opposite side, Sivasspor received 1 yellow card (M. Yatabare).
(Beşiktaş) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (43′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Beşiktaş will have 17 points to stay in the 2nd place. On the other side, Sivasspor will stay with 9 points to stay in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Super Lig, Beşiktaş will play away against Hatayspor on the 30th of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Beşiktaş (1 draw).
Sivasspor will play away agasint Altay on the 30th of October with a 0-0 head to head record.
Beşiktaş – Formation
Beşiktaş
86'
64'
32', 69'
Beşiktaş started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Ali Rıza Sergen Yalçın decided to play with the following team: Ersin Destanoğlu , Valentin Rosier , Serdar Saatçı , Domagoj Vida , Rıdvan Yılmaz , Souza , Kenan Karaman , Can Bozdoğan , Oğuzhan Özyakup , Güven Yalçın and Michy Batshuayi .
The home team had on the bench: Demir Tiknaz, Fabrice N’Sakala, Mert Günok, Necip Uysal , Salih Uçan, Alex Teixeira , Berkay Vardar, Cengiz Umut Meraş , Emirhan Delibas and Gökhan Töre .
Substitutions
Beşiktaş made 4 changes: C. Bozdogan for N. Uysal (67′), O. Ozyakup for A. Teixeira (67′), K. Karaman for G. Tore (68′) and E. Destanoglu for U. Meras (86′).
Best player: Güven Yalçın
The player that probably impressed the most for Beşiktaş was Güven Yalçın.
His rating is with 2 goals, 27 passes (66% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.
Sivasspor – Formation
Sivasspor
Sivasspor started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
On the other side, Rıza Çalımbay played with: Muammer Yıldırım , Ahmet Oğuz , Dimitris Goutas , Caner Osmanpaşa , Uğur Çiftçi , Pedro Henrique , Hakan Arslan , Okechukwu Azubuike , Max Gradel , Olarenwaju Kayode and Jorge Félix .
They had on the bench: Isaac Cofie, Mehmet Albayrak, Ziya Erdal, Ali Şaşal Vural, Ozkan Yigiter, Sefa Yılmaz , Mustapha Yatabare , Samba Camara, Erdoğan Yeşilyurt and Koray Altınay.
Substitutions
Sivasspor made 3 changes: O. Kayode for M. Yatabare (60′), A. Oguz for E. Yesilyurt (72′) and O. Azubuike for S. Yilmaz (80′).
Best player: Jorge Félix
The player that probably impressed the most for Sivasspor was Jorge Félix.
His rating is with 44 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 19.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.
- Beşiktaş – Sivasspor – 2-1
- Kayserispor – Trabzonspor – 1-2
- Konyaspor – Alanyaspor – 1-1
- Göztepe – Giresunspor – 0-1
