Beşiktaş have recently found shots without always finding the finish, while Başakşehir have swung between getting into the box and barely testing the keeper. That makes their meeting a question of which team can turn its first attack into a second one. If Beşiktaş pin the visitors back but leave the clearance uncontested, Başakşehir have a route out; if Beşiktaş recover that ball, the pressure can build. I’m more curious about those repeat possessions than the last scorelines.
In our provisional records, Beşiktaş took 19 shots and ten from inside the box in a scoreless defeat at Trabzonspor, then only five shots in a draw with Crystal Palace. Başakşehir took 14 shots, ten inside the box, against Gaziantep; at Konyaspor they managed seven shots and none on target. The match availability record lists Orkun Kökçü and Milot Rashica out for Beşiktaş, so the routes into the box may need to come from different players.
