İSTANBUL. İstanbul Başakşehir defeats Beşiktaş 1-0 after B. Traore scored just 1 goal (71′).

The match was played at the Vodafone Park (İstanbul) stadium in İstanbul on Monday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Halil Umut Meler who was helped by Ceyhun Sesigüzel and Kemal Yılmaz. The 4th official was Kadir Sağlam. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 20.7 degrees Celsius or 69.31 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Beşiktaş was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. İstanbul Başakşehir that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Beşiktaş was more pushing with 112 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, İstanbul Başakşehir found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Beşiktaş shot 24 times, 4 on target, 20 off target. On the opposite side, İstanbul Başakşehir shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Beşiktaş received 5 yellow cards (S. Ucan, R. Saiss, V. Ismael, V. Ismael and T. Sanuc). Regarding the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir received 6 yellow cards (J. Caicara, E. Belozoglu, L. Duarte, Y. Ndayishimiye, D. Turuc and S. Okaka).

Standings

After this match, Beşiktaş will stay with 13 points like İstanbul Başakşehir, Adana Demirspor and Galatasaray to remain in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir will have 13 points like Beşiktaş, Adana Demirspor and Galatasaray to hold in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Beşiktaş will host Trabzonspor on the 16th of October with a 13-12 head to head in favor of Beşiktaş (11 draws).

İstanbul Başakşehir will play away agasint Ankaragücü on the 1st of October with a 8-4 head to head in favor of İstanbul Başakşehir (4 draws).

Beşiktaş – Formation

Beşiktaş adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Valérien Ismaël decided to play with the following team: Emre Bilgin (6.4), Valentin Rosier (6.8), Necip Uysal (6.8), Romain Saïss (6.7), Arthur Masuaku (6.2), Salih Uçan (7.8), Berkay Vardar (7.3), Gedson Fernandes (6.9), Jackson Muleka (7.1), Wout Weghorst (6.8) and Georges-Kévin N’Koudou (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Tayyip Talha Sanuç (7.0), Umut Meraş, Ersin Destanoğlu, Oğuzhan Akgün, Tayfur Bingöl (7.1), Emrecan Uzunhan, Nathan Redmond (6.6), Francisco Montero, Kerem Atakan Kesgin and Cenk Tosun (7.0).

Substitutions

Beşiktaş made 4 changes: J. Muleka for N. Redmond (57′), G. Fernandes for C. Tosun (75′), N. Uysal for T. Sanuc (75′) and B. Vardar for T. Bingol (79′).

Best player: Salih Uçan​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Beşiktaş was Salih Uçan.

His rating is (7.8) with 30 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 4 crosses.

İstanbul Başakşehir – Formation

Also İstanbul Başakşehir adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Emre Belözoğlu played with: Volkan Babacan (7.1), Ömer Ali Şahiner (7.1), Léo Duarte (7.1), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (7.3), Lucas Lima (7.0), Mahmut Tekdemir (7.1), Lucas Biglia (6.6), Berkay Özcan (6.9), Bertrand Traoré (7.3), Philippe Keny (7.1) and Mounir Chouiar (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Patryk Szysz, Muhammet Arslantaş, Hasan Ali Kaldırım, Muhammed Şengezer, Ahmed Touba, Deniz Türüç (6.3), Junior Caiçara (6.6), Danijel Aleksić (6.7), Stefano Okaka (6.3) and Serdar Gürler (6.3).

İstanbul Başakşehir could not rely on the presence of S. Okaka (injured).

Substitutions

İstanbul Başakşehir made 5 changes: O. Sahiner for J. Caicara (56′), M. Chouiar for S. Gurler (68′), B. Ozcan for D. Turuc (68′), P. P. Keny for S. Okaka (80′) and B. Traore for D. Aleksic (82′).

Best player: Bertrand Traoré​

The most impressive player for İstanbul Başakşehir was Bertrand Traoré.

His rating is (7.3) with 1 goal, 20 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Beşiktaş – İstanbul Başakşehir – 0-1
• Adana Demirspor – Trabzonspor – 3-2