İSTANBUL. Beşiktaş defeated Malmö FF to win 2-1. A goal from S. Rieks was decisive in the 90min. It was Beşiktaş to strike first with a goal of E. Muçi at the 76′. Then S. Kılıçsoy scored again for Beşiktaş in the 85′ minute. Eventually, Søren Rieks reduced the distance for Malmö FF (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Beşiktaş Park stadium in İstanbul on Wednesday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Sven Jablonski who was helped by Lasse Koslowski and Eduard Beitinger. The 4th official was Tobias Reichel. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was cold at 13.21 degrees Celsius or 55.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Beşiktaş was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Malmö FF that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Malmö FF was putting more pressure with 48 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. Even so, Beşiktaş was able to find the solution to win this match.
Beşiktaş shot 14 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Malmö FF shot 16 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Beşiktaş received 3 yellow cards (Gabriel Paulista, S. Kılıçsoy and Arthur Masuaku). Talking about the opposition, Malmö FF received 2 yellow cards (Pontus Jansson and Sergio Peña).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Beşiktaş has 6 points like Olympique Lyonnais, Rangers, Olympiakos Piraeus and FCSB to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Malmö FF stays with 3 points like Viktoria Plzeň, Manchester United, Elfsborg, Ferencváros, AZ and Sporting Braga to remain in the 26th place.
Beşiktaş – Formation
Beşiktaş
45'
84'
76'
Beşiktaş adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst decided to play with the following team: Mert Günok , Jonas Svensson , Gabriel Paulista , Felix Uduokhai , Arthur Masuaku , Cher Ndour , Gedson Fernandes , E. Muçi , Rafa Silva , João Mário and S. Kılıçsoy .
The home team had on the bench: Ersin Destanoğlu, E. Topçu , Onur Bulut, Tayyip Talha Sanuç, Mutassim Al Musrati , M. Rashica , Salih Uçan , B. Zaynutdinov, Junior Onana, Can Keleş, Mustafa Hekimoglu and Göktuğ Baytekin.
Beşiktaş could not rely on the presence of E. Topçu (injured).
Substitutions
Beşiktaş made 4 changes: Rafa Silva for Salih Uçan (84′), Gabriel Paulista for E. Topçu (84′), Cher Ndour for Mutassim Al Musrati (72′) and João Mário for Oliver Berg (72′).
Player of the match: Jonas Svensson
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Beşiktaş was Jonas Svensson even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 63 passes (95% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 14.
Malmö FF – Formation
Malmö FF
Also Malmö FF adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Henrik Rydström played with: Ricardo Friedrich , Colin Rösler , Pontus Jansson , Nils Zätterström , Busanello , Lasse Berg Johnsen , Sergio Peña , Anders Christiansen , Erik Botheim , H. Bolin and Isaac Kiese Thelin .
These were the players on the bench: Oliver Berg , Taha Ali , Søren Rieks , Oscar Lewicki, Otto Rosengren , Martin Olsson, Joakim Persson, Daníel Tristan Gudjohnsen, Elison Makolli, Zakaria Loukili, Adrian Skogmar and William Nieroth Lundgren.
Substitutions
Malmö FF made 4 changes: H. Bolin for Taha Ali (72′), Erik Botheim for Søren Rieks (86′), Sergio Peña for Otto Rosengren (86′) and Isaac Kiese Thelin for M. Rashica (73′).
Player of the match: Anders Christiansen
The most impressive player for Malmö FF was Anders Christiansen.
His rating is with 40 passes (90% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
