Beşiktaş vs Başakşehir 2-0

Beşiktaş beat Başakşehir 2-0 at Tüpraş Stadyumu, with two late goals settling a match that stayed level until the second half. Oh Hyeon-Gyu broke the deadlock after coming off the bench, and J. Olaitan added the second three minutes from time.

The first half brought no goals, though Başakşehir picked up the first booking when O. Ba was shown a yellow card in the 37th minute. The interval arrived with the score at Beşiktaş 0-0 Başakşehir.

Başakşehir made two changes on 46 minutes, sending on J. Kaluzinski and H. Gureler, and later introduced I. Brnic on 60 minutes, B. Yildirim on 75 minutes and D. Selke on 78 minutes. Beşiktaş responded with changes of their own, bringing on E. Poku in the 56th minute and Oh Hyeon-Gyu in the 65th. That switch paid off in the 76th minute when Oh Hyeon-Gyu scored, with the assist not listed, to make it Beşiktaş 1-0 Başakşehir. J. Olaitan then sealed it in the 89th minute for 2-0.

The numbers pointed to Beşiktaş’s control of the match, even if Başakşehir kept the score down. Beşiktaş had 65% of the possession, 486 passes to Başakşehir’s 258 and an 87% pass accuracy compared with 71%. They also led 17 shots to 9, 6 on target to 4, 5 corners to 2 and 1.73 expected goals to 0.31, while both sides finished with 4 saves.

Discipline was light. Beşiktaş had one yellow card, for L. Trossard on 61 minutes, while Başakşehir had two, for O. Ba on 37 minutes and M. Karbownik on 59 minutes.