Beşiktaş vs Crystal Palace 2-2

Beşiktaş and Crystal Palace drew 2-2 at Tüpraş Stadium after a second-half fightback from the visitors and a late equaliser from the home side. VAR, an early disallowed goal and a red card for Umit Akdag shaped the match.

Beşiktaş went ahead in first-half stoppage time when Wilfred Ndidi scored in the 45+2nd minute from Salih Özcan’s assist, after Özcan had come on in the 39th minute. Crystal Palace had already seen Jean-Philippe Mateta’s sixth-minute goal ruled out by VAR, and the half ended 1-0.

Yeremy Pino equalised in the 51st minute from Anan Khalaili’s pass, and VAR confirmed it after the goal. Jean-Philippe Mateta then put Crystal Palace 2-1 ahead in the 55th minute, before Beşiktaş changed both sides of the pitch in the 64th minute and again on 75 minutes. Junior Olaitan, who came on in the 64th minute, made it 2-2 in the 73rd minute, and the home side held on after Umit Akdag was sent off in the 77th minute. Crystal Palace also made two changes on 61 minutes and a further switch on 85 minutes.

Beşiktaş had 59% of the ball and 514 passes to Crystal Palace’s 356, while the visitors had more shots, 8 to 5, and more efforts on target, 3 to 2. Beşiktaş also had 0 offsides, 1 corner and 1 save, compared with Crystal Palace’s 2 offsides, 3 corners and no saves, while the xG was 0.71 to 0.42.

Wilfred Ndidi and Umit Akdag were booked for Beşiktaş in the 15th and 66th minutes. Yeremy Pino was booked for Crystal Palace in first-half stoppage time. Umit Akdag was then sent off in the 77th minute.