Besiktas blanks Basaksehir with two late second-half goals

ISTANBUL (Interstat) — Besiktas scored twice in the final 14 minutes and kept visiting Basaksehir scoreless Monday, earning a home victory at İBB GOP Halit Kıvanç Şehir Stadı. The match remained without a goal until the closing stages. Basaksehir finished the match with no goals, while Besiktas finished with two. Besiktas was the home team, and Basaksehir was the visiting team. The match was a home game for Besiktas and a road game for Basaksehir.

The first goal came in the 76th minute. Oh Hyeon-Gyu scored for Besiktas. The second goal came in the 89th minute. Junior Olaitan scored for Besiktas. Olaitan played all 90 minutes and scored once. Oh played 25 minutes and scored once. Basaksehir did not score in the match. The goals were the only scores of the game. The goals came in the order listed, with Oh Hyeon-Gyu’s goal in the 76th minute preceding Junior Olaitan’s goal in the 89th minute. The match had two Besiktas goals and no Basaksehir goals.

The listed key performances, in descending order of importance, began with Junior Olaitan of Besiktas, who had a statline of 90 minutes and one goal. Oh Hyeon-Gyu of Besiktas followed with a statline of 25 minutes and one goal. Both players scored for Besiktas in the second half.

The first yellow card of the match went to Basaksehir’s Ba O. in the 37th minute. The second yellow card went to Basaksehir’s Karbownik M. in the 59th minute. The third yellow card went to Besiktas’s Trossard L. in the 61st minute. Basaksehir received two yellow cards, and Besiktas received one. The yellow cards came in the order listed, with Basaksehir receiving the first two and Besiktas receiving the third.

Basaksehir made its first two substitutions at halftime, using Bozok U. and Ba O. Besiktas made its first substitution in the 56th minute, bringing on Cerny V. Basaksehir made another substitution in the 60th minute, using Sari Y. Besiktas made its second substitution in the 65th minute, bringing on Ndidi W. Basaksehir used Shomurodov E. in the 75th minute and Gunes U. in the 78th minute. The substitutions were the only changes listed for the match and came in the order listed.

Basaksehir’s season record in this competition is now 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw. Besiktas’s season record in this competition is now 2 wins and 1 loss. Basaksehir’s season record across all competitions is now 1 win, 1 loss and 1 draw. Besiktas’s season record across all competitions is now 3 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw. Both clubs have now played three matches in this competition this season. The result came in each club’s third match of the competition. The records include the result of this match.

Basaksehir entered after a win over Gaziantep and a scoreless draw at Konyaspor. Basaksehir had beaten Gaziantep 2-1 at home and drawn 0-0 at Konyaspor in its previous two matches. Besiktas had drawn 2-2 at home with Crystal Palace, lost 0-2 at Trabzonspor, won 3-2 at Hoffenheim and beaten Kocaelispor 2-1 at home in its previous matches. Those previous results were listed in reverse date order for each club. Besiktas is next scheduled to visit Basaksehir in Turkish Super Lig play.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Besiktas 1, Basaksehir 1. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Besiktas with a 63.3 percent probability to win. Besiktas had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under line was 3.5, and the total score of 2 went over the over/under line of 3.5.