On the 18th of March, in this week 26 match, Beşiktaş and İstanbulspor will play a match in İstanbul in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams in the ever popular İstanbul derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Beşiktaş sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against İstanbul Başakşehir. Vincent Aboubakar struck first for Beşiktaş in the 15th minute on a feed from Salih Uçan, then Arthur Masuaku added another in the 55th minute on a feed from Vincent Aboubakar In the end, İstanbul Başakşehir was frustrated by Beşiktaş’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Beşiktaş ended the match with the shutout victory. Beşiktaş is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while i̇stanbulspor is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Sivasspor. Valon Ethemi struck first for İstanbulspor in the 7th minute on a penalty, then Demeaco Duhaney added another in the 59th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sivasspor couldn’t manage to score, and İstanbulspor took the shutout win. İstanbulspor is looking for direction having 5 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
İstanbulspor and Beşiktaş last played eachother at the Bahçelievler İl Özel İdare Stadyumu on Sep 17th. İstanbulspor and Beşiktaş battled to a 2-2 draw. Georges-Kévin N’Koudou scored the first goal for Beşiktaş in the 8th minute, then Ersin Destanoglu tied it up for İstanbulspor on an own goal in the 26th minute .
Valon Ethemi has been the most effective weapon for İstanbulspor lately. The midfielder has netted 3 goals in his last 5 matches. Beşiktaş’s most prolific scorer has been Vincent Aboubakar. The Cameroonian attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches.