Week 3 brings us a match on Aug 21st, where Beşiktaş and Fatih Karagümrük will play a match in İstanbul in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams in the ever popular İstanbul derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Beşiktaş is fresh off their 3-3 draw against Alanyaspor. Georges-Kévin N’Koudou struck first for Beşiktaş in the 3rd minute, then Salih Uçan added another in the 20th minute on a feed from Rachid Ghezzal . Beşiktaş is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 17th placed Fatih Karagümrük is fresh off their 2-4 loss against Alanyaspor. Wilson Eduardo struck first for Alanyaspor in the 19th minute, then Efkan Bekiroglu added another in the 28th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Beşiktaş won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Fatih Karagümrük is fortunate enough to have Fabio Borini in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals. Rachid Ghezzal has been the most effective weapon for Beşiktaş lately. The midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last five matches.