Beşiktaş vs Kocaelispor 2-1

Beşiktaş beat Kocaelispor 2-1 at Tüpraş Stadyumu after taking an early lead and then holding on through a lively first half. O. Kokcu opened the scoring in the 18th minute and D. Vlahovic’s penalty on 31 minutes settled the contest before the break.

Beşiktaş went ahead in the 18th minute when O. Kokcu scored from V. Cerny’s assist to make it 1-0. Kocaelispor replied in the 27th minute through Show, who equalised at 1-1, but Beşiktaş restored the lead four minutes later when D. Vlahovic converted a penalty to make it 2-1. That was how it stood at half-time.

The second half brought no more goals, but Beşiktaş had to manage the game after V. Cerny went off in the 39th minute and Kocaelispor made two changes on 71 minutes, with R. Rivas replacing G. Sousa and F. Aye coming on for D. Agyei. Beşiktaş also made three changes on 71 minutes, sending on W. Ndidi, K. Ouattara and E. Agbadou, before O. Kokcu was replaced by K. Kayra Yilmaz on 84 minutes. Kocaelispor pushed on with two more substitutions on 87 minutes, but could not find an equaliser.

The numbers showed Beşiktaş had 60% of the ball, 440 passes to Kocaelispor’s 291 and 87% pass accuracy to 79%. They also had more shots, 16 to 11, while both sides finished with 6 on target. Kocaelispor won 7 corners to Beşiktaş’s 4, and the home side had 5 saves to Kocaelispor’s 4. Expected goals were 2.24 to 1.51, and both teams committed 10 fouls.

T. Bingol was booked for Kocaelispor in the 29th minute, with S. Oztasdelen also going into the book on 78 minutes. Beşiktaş’s only yellow card went to L. Trossard in the 78th minute.