İSTANBUL. Galatasaray defeated Beşiktaş to win 2-1. M. Icardi was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Galatasaray to strike first with a goal of M. Icardi at the 18′. Then it was a goal in the 28′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Icardi gave the win to Galatasaray in the 59′ minute with a goal scoring a double.

The match was played at the NEF Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Halil Umut Meler assisted by Mustafa Emre Eyisoy and İbrahim Çağlar Uyarcan. The 4th official was Kadir Sağlam. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.7 degrees Celsius or 62.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Galatasaray was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Beşiktaş that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Galatasaray was more aggressive with 100 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Galatasaray won the match​.

Galatasaray shot 17 times, 6 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Beşiktaş shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Galatasaray received 3 yellow cards (D. Mertens, S. Oliveira and L. Torreira). Talking about the opposition, Beşiktaş received 4 yellow cards (Josef, N. Redmond, N. Uysal and T. Bingol).

Standings

After this match, Galatasaray will have 24 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Beşiktaş will stay with 22 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Galatasaray will play away with İstanbul Başakşehir on the 12th of November with a 13-7 head to head record in favor of Galatasaray (8 draws).

Beşiktaş will host Antalyaspor on the 13th of November with a 20-3 head to head record in favor of Beşiktaş (6 draws).

Galatasaray – Formation

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

The manager Okan Buruk decided to play with the following team: Fernando Muslera (7.0), Sacha Boey (7.3), Victor Nelsson (6.2), Abdülkerim Bardakcı (7.0), Emre Taşdemir (6.2), Lucas Torreira (6.5), Sérgio Oliveira (7.0), Barış Alper Yılmaz (6.8), Dries Mertens (7.2), Milot Rashica (7.4) and Mauro Icardi (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Berkan Kutlu (6.4), Léo Dubois (7.2), Fredrik Midtsjø, Kerem Aktürkoğlu (6.5), Emin Bayram, Yunus Akgün, Kâzımcan Karataş, Bafetimbi Gomis, Okan Kocuk and Juan Mata.

Substitutions

Galatasaray made 5 changes: B. Yilmaz for K. Akturkoglu (64′), D. Mertens for B. Kutlu (80′), E. Tasdemir for L. Dubois (81′), S. Oliveira for F. Midtsjo (90′) and L. Torreira for E. Bayram (90′).

Best player: Mauro Icardi​

The player that probably impressed the most for Galatasaray was Mauro Icardi.

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 9 passes (55% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 10. He hit the woodwork once times.

Beşiktaş – Formation

Beşiktaş started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Valérien Ismaël played with: Mert Günok (6.7), Valentin Rosier (6.3), Tayyip Talha Sanuç (6.9), Romain Saïss (7.0), Umut Meraş (6.4), Salih Uçan (7.0), Souza (6.9), Gedson Fernandes (7.7), Cenk Tosun (7.7), Wout Weghorst (6.3) and Georges-Kévin N’Koudou (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Emrecan Uzunhan, Jackson Muleka (6.2), Kerem Atakan Kesgin, Ersin Destanoğlu, Welinton, Atiba Hutchinson, Nathan Redmond (7.0), Dele Alli, Necip Uysal (6.4) and Tayfur Bingöl (6.6).

Substitutions

Beşiktaş made 4 changes: V. Rosier for T. Bingol (40′), G. N’Koudou for J. Muleka (64′), S. Ucan for N. Redmond (64′) and U. Meras for N. Uysal (70′).

Best player: Cenk Tosun​

The player that probably impressed the most for Beşiktaş was Cenk Tosun.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 19 passes (57% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Galatasaray – Beşiktaş – 2-1
• Giresunspor – İstanbulspor – 3-2