On Friday Jan 27th, in week 21, Beşiktaş will host Alanyaspor at Vodafone Park (i̇stanbul) in a meeting of these two closely matched Super Lig teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. 4th placed Beşiktaş is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Kayserispor. Nathan Redmond struck first for Beşiktaş in the 2nd minute, then Salih Uçan added another in the 42nd minute In the end, Kayserispor couldn’t muster any offence and Beşiktaş ran away with the shutout win. Beşiktaş should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Alanyaspor recorded a 2-2 draw against Fatih Karagümrük. Umut Güneş struck first for Alanyaspor in the 6th minute, then in the 59th minute, Mbaye Diagne sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Fabio Borini . Alanyaspor is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
Beşiktaş and Alanyaspor last played eachother at the Bahçeşehir Okulları Arena on Aug 14th. Alanyaspor and Beşiktaş battled to a 3-3 draw. 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 .
Alanyaspor is fortunate enough to have Koka in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored 5 goals. Both Wout Weghorst and Cenk Tosun have been the hottest scorers for Beşiktaş in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each.