Besiktas is set to lock horns with Konyaspor this weekend at Vodafone Park in their final fixture in the Turkish Super Lig. Match day schedules for May 21, 2022 at 19:00 EAT.
The hone team is placed in the sixth position, well below their expected finish at the beginning of the season. Besiktas has been bettering their form of late in the hope of finding a spot in the European Competition. Unfortunately, they fell short of form as their possible three final fixtures can’t bag them a total more than the safe zone occupier Basaksehir.
Kara Kartallar will be looking for another win following 0-2 Super Lig victory to beat Göztepe in their last match. In that game, Beşiktaş had 38% possession, eight shots with three of them on target and goals by Cyle Larin (27′) and Josef de Souza (32′). Göztepe got 18 shots with seven of them on target.
Meanwhile, Konyaspor are well inside the safe zone and won’t be losing their spot even if they concede a defeat in their final fixture. In fact, their final fixture won’t be elevating or affecting their current spot. Still, Konyapsor will be keen to finish the season in strong form, while looking to take an impressive scalp against 21-times Turkish champions Besiktas.
Konyaspor heads into this fixture aiming for another win following 3-1 Super Lig success over Hatayspor in their fixture. In that game, Konyaspor had 66% possession, 22 shots with seven of them on target and goals scoored by Zymer Bytyqi (6′), Konrad Michalak (73′) and Ahmed Hassan (87′). Hatayspor got seven shots with one of them on target and a goal by Ayoub El Kaabi (15′.
Besiktas vs Konyaspor head to head
Besiktas holds a slight upper hand in the history of this fixture having won 16 times out of the 37 direct encounters since 2003. Eleven matches played out draws while Konyaspor has took victory 10 times
- Konyaspor 1-0 Besiktas 27/12/21
- Konyaspor 2-3 Besiktas 11/02/21
- Besiktas 1-0 Konyaspor 07/02/21
- Konyaspor 4-1 Besiktas 27/09/20
- Besiktas 3-0 Konyaspor 26/06/20
Home
- Goztepe Izmir 0-2 Besiktas
- Besiktas 1-1 Fenerbahce
- Kayserispor 2-3 Besiktas
- Besiktas 0-3 Kasimpasa
- Giresunspor 0-0 Besiktas
Away
- Konyaspor 3-1 Hatayspor
- Antalyaspor 3-2 Konyaspor
- Konyaspor 1-2 Fatih Karagumruk
- Malatyaspor 2-3 Konyaspor
- Konyaspor 4-1 Gaziantep
Besiktas team news
Midfield duo Josef de Souza and Valentin Rosier will be missing for the hosts due to red cards picked up in recent weeks.
Konyaspor team news
İlhan Palut has close to a full squad to pick from, with midfielder Paul-Jose M’Poku the only absentee for the visitors.
Prediction and odds
Besiktas have been going through an inconsistent form however they have succeeded in remaining unbeaten in nine of the past 10 league fixtures at home while Konyaspor has lost six of their past eight league fixtures on road.
- Besiktas Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
