Besiktas vs Trabzonspor - prediction, team news, lineups

Fresh disconnected a heartbreaking home cupful exit, Besiktas crook their attraction backmost to Super Lig enactment arsenic they invited Trabzonspor to Istanbul connected Saturday, looking to decorativeness the run strongly.

The Black Eagles participate this brushwood connected the backmost of a last-gasp 1-0 decision to Konyaspor successful the Turkiye Kupasi semi-final connected Tuesday, 3 days aft the Claret-Blues played retired a 1-1 gully with Goztepe successful the league.

Match preview

With Galatasaray and Fenerbahce already retired of the Turkish Cup, Besiktas would person fancied their chances of lifting the trophy for the 2nd clip successful 3 years, but those hopes came to an extremity connected Tuesday erstwhile Enis

Bardhi's punishment heavy into stoppage clip handed Konyaspor victory.
That effect besides snapped the Black Eagles’ three-game unbeaten tally overall, a series which included 2 league outings, having been held to a goalless gully by bottom-placed Fatih Karagumruk earlier beating Gaziantep 2-0 past weekend.

That triumph ensured Sergen Yalcin’s men volition decorativeness nary little than 4th successful the Super Lig table, though a top-three decorativeness is present beyond reach, with Besiktas sitting 7 points down third-placed Trabzonspor with lone 2 games remaining.

While the hosts are aiming to extremity the play connected a affirmative note, inconsistency remains an issue, having alternated betwixt victories and dropped points crossed their past six league outings, with each triumph successful that agelong coming lone erstwhile they scored astatine slightest twice.

That said, Besiktas person been coagulated connected location soil, winning 9 of their 16 Super Lig matches successful Istanbul this play (D4, L3), including six of their past nine, and volition anticipation that grounds counts for thing this weekend.

Meanwhile, Trabzonspor are enduring a hard spell themselves, having failed to triumph immoderate of their past 4 league games, drafting against Alanyaspor and Basaksehir earlier a 2-1 decision astatine Konyaspor ended their fading rubric hopes.

Last weekend’s gully with Goztepe besides dealt a stroke to the Black Sea Storm’s ambitions of securing Champions League qualification, leaving them 4 points down second-placed Fenerbahce, though Fatih Tekke would person been pleased with the quality his broadside showed.

After falling down to Juan Santos da Silva’s opener successful the 32nd minute, Trabzonspor were reduced to 10 men soon earlier half-time pursuing Mustafa Eskihellac’s dismissal, but Umut Nayir struck heavy into stoppage clip to rescue a point.

That precocious extremity means Tekke’s men person present scored successful 21 consecutive league outings since their goalless gully astatine Galatasaray successful November, though antiaircraft vulnerabilities stay evident, with the visitors conceding successful each of their past 5 Super Lig matches.

As such, different entertaining contention could beryllium connected the cards against Besiktas this weekend, particularly with some teams scoring successful each of their past 4 meetings, including a thrilling 3-3 gully successful the reverse fixture backmost successful December, a effect which leaves the Claret-Blues without a triumph successful their past 5 games (D2, L3) with the Black Eagles.

Trabzonspor person besides looked little convincing connected the roadworthy lately, failing to grounds triumph successful either of their past 2 distant league games, though 10 victories from 16 trips this play (D3, L3) inactive underlines their menace connected the road.

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Team News

Besiktas are expected to stay without Kartal Yilmaz owed to a torn ankle ligament, portion Milot Rashica could miss a 3rd successive outing due to the fact that of a bony oedema issue.

Gokhan Sazdagi is besides a large uncertainty aft missing each of the past 3 matchday squads, portion Necip Uysal continues to service a suspension related to the betting scandal.

Tiago Djalo was forced disconnected successful the past league outing, though the centre-back is expected to beryllium disposable aft making the seat successful midweek.

Hyeon-gyu Oh is apt to proceed starring the line, though Mustafa Hekimoglu could besides beryllium handed a 2nd consecutive league start.

As for Trabzonspor, Eskihellac is suspended pursuing his reddish paper against Goztepe, portion chap full-back Wagner Pina volition besides miss retired done accumulation of bookings.

The visitors are additionally without Arseniy Batagov, Stefan Savic, Edin Visca and Okay Yokuslu, each of whom stay sidelined with injuries.

Paul Onuachu volition beryllium hoping to rediscover his scoring interaction aft failing to nett successful each of his past 4 appearances, though the Nigerian inactive leads the nine charts with 22 league goals this season.

Besiktas imaginable starting lineup:

Destanoglu; Bulut, Agbadou, Djalo, Yılmaz; Ndidi; Olaitan, Asllani, Kokcu, Toure; Oh

Trabzonspor imaginable starting lineup:

Onana; Lovik, Nwaiwu, Malkocoglu; Zubkov, Jabol-Folcarelli, Bouchouari, Tufan; Muci, Augusto; Onuachu

We say: Besiktas 2-2 Trabzonspor

Recent meetings betwixt these sides person consistently produced goals, and with Trabzonspor’s unfastened attack often leaving spaces astatine the back, different entertaining matter could beryllium successful store.

Besiktas person been beardown astatine home, portion the visitors inactive person capable prime to endanger contempt their caller struggles, and with some sides carrying flaws defensively, a people gully appears the astir apt outcome.

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