On Sunday, starting with 19:00, the Besiktas – Fenerbahce match will be played, within the 33rd round in Turkey, the first league. In the round, Fenerbahce won 3-1 at home, through the goals scored by Kruse, Tufan and Muriqi, respectively Hutchinson. At home, Besiktas have won only one derby in the last 4, but Fenerbahce have only won two away games in the previous 11 away games.
Besiktas has 56 points in the Super League standings, but is only in 4th place, 10 points behind leader Basaksehir. Sergen Yalcin’s students obtained 33 points at home, compared to 23 away, but 3 other teams have a better record “at home”. The last time champion in 2016/2017, Besiktas has a 2-point lead over rival Galatasaray, and at least a draw in the derby with Fenerbahce, will bring the “Eagles” the mathematical qualification in the Europa League preliminaries and implicitly the 4th place in the Super League .
Fenerbahce is without a 3-stage victory in Turkey, has 50 points in the standings and ranks 7th, 6 points behind Besiktas. Thus, the “Yellow Canaries” only keep theoretical chances at a place in the Europa League, but at a possible equality of points, the record of direct matches prevails. If in Istanbul he collected 33 points, Fenerbahce disappointed away, where he has only 4 victories and 17 points in total. The last external success dates from January 18, 2-0 to Marius Sumudica’s team, Gaziantep.
The 351st direct meeting will be played dull, without spectators in the stands. Besiktas won 124 times, Fenerbahce 134 times, and 93 of the duels ended in a draw. The “Eagles” have a good record on their own field this season and are favorites to get the point that brings them the 4th place in the Super League, and the “Yellow Canaries” do not do well in foreign matches.
Besiktas has won the championship in Turkey 15 times;
The “black eagles” won 9 times in the Turkish Cup;
Fenerbahce won 19 Turkish titles;
The “yellow canaries” have not won in the Super League since 2013/2014;
PREDICTION: Besiktas to win @ 2,18
