Fenerbahce vs Besiktas - prediction, team news, lineups

Fenerbahce big Besiktas astatine Chobani Stadyumu connected Saturday successful circular 4 of the Turkish Super Lig season, with the archetypal large Istanbul derby of the run offering some sides an accidental to marque an aboriginal connection successful the rubric race.

Ismail Kartal's men person recovered from an opening-day decision to Genclerbirligi by winning their past 2 league matches, portion Vincenzo Italiano's broadside get aft responding to consecutive defeats with a demolition of Corum.

Match preview

Fenerbahce's play began with an unexpected 2-1 decision distant to Genclerbirligi, putting a batch of unit connected Kartal successful his archetypal league instrumentality to the nine for his 3rd spell arsenic manager.

However, the Yellow Canaries responded emphatically by beating Konyaspor 4-2 connected matchday 2 earlier picking up a 2-0 triumph implicit Samsunspor past clip out, arsenic Vedat Muriqi continued the good commencement to his vocation astatine the nine by opening the scoring earlier Archie Brown added a second, allowing Kartal's broadside to grounds their archetypal Super Lig cleanable expanse of the season.

It was besides a 3rd consecutive triumph for the Istanbul broadside crossed each competitions, a tally that included the Champions League playoff triumph implicit Lyon (2-1) that secured their instrumentality to Europe's elite competition.

The underlying numbers are peculiarly encouraging successful the Super Lig, with Fenerbahce scoring 7 goals from 7.42 xG crossed their archetypal 3 Super Lig matches, underperforming their accidental instauration by 0.42 goals, portion they person besides conceded 3 times from lone 2.90 xGA, suggesting that their antiaircraft grounds could beryllium somewhat better.

That operation could beryllium important successful a derby, with the Yellow Canaries creating chances astatine a complaint of 2.47 xG per match, 2nd lone to Galatasaray successful the league, but they volition person to beryllium amended successful some boxes against 1 of the strongest contenders for the apical places.

Fenerbahce did triumph the astir caller league gathering betwixt the sides, prevailing 1-0 successful April aft Kerem Akturkoglu converted a 90th-minute penalty, but they person mislaid 3 of the past 5 competitory meetings against the visitors.

Indeed, the past 8 competitory meetings betwixt the clubs person produced nary draws, making this an intriguing contention betwixt 2 sides that are some connected six points and successful the apical four, with some looking to extremity their respective league trophy droughts.

Besiktas besides participate this afloat of confidence, having experienced a melodramatic turnaround successful the abstraction of a week, bouncing backmost from consecutive 1-0 losses to Alanyaspor successful the Super Lig and Kauno Zalgiris successful Europe with a 6-2 thrashing of Corum astatine Tupras Stadyumu.

Dusan Vlahovic was the header act, scoring a hat-trick arsenic the Black Eagles yet produced the attacking show their squad had promised, with Vaclav Cerny, Orkun Kokcu and Junior Olaitan besides contributing to a six-goal show that saw the Istanbul broadside people 4 times successful the 2nd half.

However, the astir awesome portion of the visitors' crippled heading into this clash is their antiaircraft numbers, having conceded lone 4 goals successful 9 matches crossed each competitions, and though they person allowed each 4 crossed their past 3 matches, they person inactive mostly constricted their opposition, particularly successful the league.

Italiano's broadside person conceded 3 goals successful the league portion scoring seven, portion they person produced the lowest xGA fig successful the part astatine 1.31, showing that they are not simply riding their goalkeeper's signifier but person mostly prevented opponents from creating high-quality opportunities.

In summation to that, Besiktas volition caput into this derby feeling assured of picking up a affirmative result, having already won astatine Fenerbahce 3 times successful their past 5 visits crossed each competitions, including doubly successful their past 4 successful the Super Lig.

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Team News

Fenerbahce stay without respective players, with Mert Hakan Yandas suspended, portion Anderson Talisca, Kerem Akturkoglu, Marco Asensio, Caglar Soyuncu and Jayden Oosterwolde are besides unavailable.

Talisca is expected backmost astir mid-September, portion Oosterwolde's Achilles occupation is expected to support him retired until precocious October.

Kartal is truthful expected to clasp the 4-2-3-1 strategy that has been utilized during the club's caller winning run, with N'Golo Kante and Matteo Guendouzi providing the midfield platform.

Mason Greenwood and Oguz Aydin should support their places successful the attacking three, with Irfan Can Kahveci expected to run centrally down Muriqi.

Besiktas presently person nary large absences listed up of the derby, with Italiano expected to support the 4-1-4-1 operation utilized successful the latest league match, with Alexander Nubel down Amir Murillo, Emmanuel Agbadou, Tiago Djalo and Rıdvan Yilmaz.

Salih Ozcan is the starring enactment astatine the basal of midfield, allowing Cerny, Junior Olaitan, Kokcu and Leandro Trossard to run further forward, portion Vlahovic should clasp his spot aft his hat-trick against Corum.

Fenerbahce imaginable starting lineup:

Ederson; Semedo, Skriniar, Ake, Brown; Guendouzi, Kante; Greenwood, Kahveci, Aydin; Muriqi

Besiktas imaginable starting lineup:

Nubel; Murillo, Agbadou, Djalo, Yilmaz; Ozcan; Cerny, Olaitan, Kokcu, Trossard; Vlahovic

We say: Fenerbahce 2-1 Besiktas

We expect the archetypal fractional to beryllium peculiarly cagey arsenic some sides effort to debar giving the absorption the modulation opportunities that could determine the derby.

However, Fenerbahce's greater measurement of accidental instauration should yet tell, though Besiktas person capable antiaircraft organisation and attacking prime to support the contention live until the last stages.
 

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