İSTANBUL. Beşiktaş crushes Olympique Marseille 4-1 with goals of İlhan Fakılı (15′), Vaclav Cerny (56′), Amir Murillo (59′) and Ernest Poku (81′). On the opposite side, Olympique Marseille scored with ​Keyliane Abdallah (29′).

The match was played at the Beşiktaş Stadium stadium in İstanbul on Thursday and it started at 10:00 pm local time. The referee was Andrea Colombo with the support of Davide Imperiale and Giuseppe Perrotti. The 4th official was Simone Sozza. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 97%.​

Match Statistics​

Beşiktaş

4 - 1

Olympique Marseille

• 54 Ball Possession 46

Shots

• 18 Total 14
• 7 On Target 3
• 8 Off Target 9
• 3 Shots blocked 2

• 99 Attack 85
• 35 Dangerous attack 33
• 75 Ball safe 69

• 12 Free Kicks 10
• 0 Penalties 0
• 3 Corners 3

Fouls

• 10 Total 12
• 2 Yellow Cards 1
• 0 Double Yellow 0
• 0 Red Card 0

Other

• 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Beşiktaş was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Olympique Marseille that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Beşiktaş was more pushing with 35 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Beşiktaş won the match​.

Beşiktaş shot 18 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Olympique Marseille shot 14 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Beşiktaş received 2 yellow cards (Fabio Miretti and Emmanuel Agbadou). Regarding the opposition, Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card (Amine Harit).

Standings

Beşiktaş – Formation

Beşiktaş

G

Alexander Nübel 1.Germany

6.7

D

Kassoum Ouattara 11.France

6.2

D

Emmanuel Agbadou 12.Ivory Coast

6.9

46' 10'

D

Emirhan Topçu 53.Turkey

7.2

D

Amir Murillo 62.Panama

7.2

59'

M

İlhan Fakılı 29.France

7.5

15'

M

Salih Özcan 6.Turkey

6.7

M

Orkun Kökçü  10.Turkey

7.8

71'

M

Junior Olaitan 15.Benin

8.3

82'

M

Vaclav Cerny 18.Czech Republic

7.6

71' 56'

M

Leandro Trossard 19.Belgium

F

Dušan Vlahović 28.Serbia

7.7

Substitutes

G

Doğan Alemdar 80.Turkey

D

Taylan Bulut 22.Germany

D

Rıdvan Yılmaz 33.Turkey

D

Tiago Djaló 35.Portugal

6.4

46'

D

Ümit Akdağ 50.Romania

D

Yasin Özcan 58.Turkey

M

Wilfred Ndidi 4.Nigeria

6.6

71'

M

Kartal Yılmaz 8.Turkey

M

Fabio Miretti 21.Italy

6.6

90'

F

Hyeon-gyu Oh 9.South Korea

6.5

82'

F

Ernest Poku 17.Netherlands

7.2

71' 81'

F

Semih Kılıçsoy 90.Turkey

Beşiktaş started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Leandro Trossard, Alexander Nübel (6.7), Amir Murillo (7.2), Emmanuel Agbadou (6.9), Emirhan Topçu (7.2), Kassoum Ouattara (6.2), Salih Özcan (6.7), Vaclav Cerny (7.6), Junior Olaitan (8.3), Orkun Kökçü (7.8), İlhan Fakılı (7.5) and Dušan Vlahović (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Wilfred Ndidi (6.6), Kartal Yılmaz, Hyeon-gyu Oh (6.5), Ernest Poku (7.2), Fabio Miretti (6.6), Taylan Bulut, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Tiago Djaló (6.4), Ümit Akdağ, Yasin Özcan, Doğan Alemdar and Semih Kılıçsoy.

Beşiktaş could not rely on the presence of Ernest Poku (injured).

Substitutions

Beşiktaş made 4 changes: Emmanuel Agbadou for Tiago Djaló (46′), Orkun Kökçü  for Wilfred Ndidi (71′), Vaclav Cerny for Ernest Poku (71′) and Junior Olaitan for Hyeon-gyu Oh (82′).

Player of the match: Junior Olaitan​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Beşiktaş was Junior Olaitan even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is 8.3 with 44 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 14.

Olympique Marseille – Formation

Olympique Marseille

G

Jeffrey de Lange 1.Netherlands

6.1

D

Derek Cornelius 13.Canada

6.0

67'

D

Ulisses Garcia 25.Switzerland

6.4

58'

D

CJ Egan-Riley 4.England

6.6

D

Timothy Weah 22.United States

6.7

M

Keyliane Abdallah 48.France

7.4

82' 29'

M

Angel Gomes 7.England

6.9

58'

M

Himad Abdelli 8.Algeria

7.3

M

Pierre-Emile Højbjerg 23.Denmark

6.5

M

Amine Harit 77.Morocco

6.2

72'

F

Neal Maupay 11.France

6.4

67'

Substitutes

G

Jelle Van Neck 40.Belgium

G

Théo Vermot 92.France

D

Bamo Meïté 18.France

D

Alexi Koum 46.France

D

Kelyann Bezahaf 74.

D

Nayef Aguerd 21.Morocco

6.4

67'

D

Emerson 33.Italy

6.2

58'

M

Nouhoum Kamissoko 42.Mali

F

Faris Moumbagna 29.Cameroon

F

Tadjidine Mmadi 43.

6.4

82'

F

Amine Gouiri 9.Algeria

6.6

67'

F

Igor Paixão 14.Brazil

7.0

58'

Olympique Marseille started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Bruno Génésio played with: Jeffrey de Lange (6.1), Timothy Weah (6.7), CJ Egan-Riley (6.6), Derek Cornelius (6.0), Ulisses Garcia (6.4), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (6.5), Himad Abdelli (7.3), Keyliane Abdallah (7.4), Angel Gomes (6.9), Amine Harit (6.2), Neal Maupay (6.4).

They had on the bench: Amine Gouiri (6.6), Igor Paixão (7.0), Nayef Aguerd (6.4), Emerson (6.2), Bamo Meïté, Faris Moumbagna, Jelle Van Neck, Nouhoum Kamissoko, Tadjidine Mmadi (6.4), Alexi Koum, Kelyann Bezahaf and Théo Vermot.

Olympique Marseille could not rely on the presence of Nayef Aguerd (injured).

Substitutions

Olympique Marseille made 5 changes: Ulisses Garcia for Emerson (58′), Angel Gomes for Igor Paixão (58′), Derek Cornelius for Nayef Aguerd (67′), Neal Maupay for Amine Gouiri (67′) and Keyliane Abdallah for Tadjidine Mmadi (82′).

Player of the match: Keyliane Abdallah​

The player that probably impressed the most for Olympique Marseille was Keyliane Abdallah.

His rating is 7.4 with 1 goal, 22 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 3. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Europa League.​

• Levski Sofia – Salzburg – 0-1
• OFI – TSG Hoffenheim – 2-0
• Viktoria Plzeň – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-3
• Crystal Palace – Lech Poznań – 4-0
• Lillestrøm – Torreense – 1-2
• Celtic – Ferencvárosi – 1-3
• Juventus – NEC Nijmegen – 5-0
• Beşiktaş – Olympique Marseille – 4-1
• Real Sociedad – AFC Bournemouth – 1-2