Besiktas – Eskisehirspor

Mario Gomez Ricardo Quaresma Besiktas

Second placed Besiktas will take on last placed Eskisehirspor, in a crucial match for both of these Turkish Super Liga sides.

Besiktas is sitting on the second place in the standings, trailing Fenerbahce by 5 points, but today’s hosts have two games in hand, which could propel them to the first position. Unfortunately for Besiktas, they lost a massive game in the last round against Fener, 0-2 and also lost midweek in the Cup against Konyaspor, 0-1 – both matches being played on the road. Bouncing back today against Eskisehirspor will be crucial.

Eskisehirspor is dead last in the table with just 17 points in 23 rounds, but they do have a very realistic chance of avoiding relegation – being just 6 points behind safety and having game in hand. However, traveling to play against Besiktas won`t give them much hope, especially since Eskisehirspor is on the back of 2 consecutive defeats and lost 9 out of 11 road matches this season.

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Team news & lineups:

Tosun and Rhodolfo are Besiktas’ only injury worries. Eskisehirspor will not have Dossa Junior, Ciftci, Vural and possibly Kanak in the lineup.

Besiktas: Boyko – Beck, Marcelo, Alexis, Koybasi – Ozyakup, Hutchinson – Quaresma, Sosa, Saham – Gomez

Eskisehirspor: Boffin – Corekci, Figueras, Gungor, Kanak – Bekdemir, Toko, Causic – Meye, Hadzic, Gural

Eskisehirspor is not exactly the kind of team to produce upsets against more talented sides. Having the worst defense in the league, they are NOT that small club who can frustrate better opponents by staying behind the ball and crowding the box. Results against the top teams this season come to confirm the above statement: 1-2 vs Besiktas, 0-4 vs Galatasaray, 0-2 and 0-3 vs Fenerbahce.

A telling statistic about Eskisehirspor’s inability to trouble the big teams is the fact that they lost ALL 14 matches played against Top 9 Super Liga sides this season (12 of 12 in the league, 2 of 2 in the cup).

Listen, the hosts haven’t played great in the last month, but Eskisehirspor is on the last place for a reason and I don’t expect a healthy Besiktas to blow their title challenge against this team – especially not at home. Look for the hosts to dominate possession and exploit Eskisehirspor’s defensive issues.

I can see a comfortable home win here, so my tip is Besiktas to win with a 1,25 goal asian handicap. Keeping the stakes within reason though. Prediction: Besiktas – Eskisehirspor 3-0.

Pick: Besiktas (-1,25 Asian Handicap)
Odds: 1.77 @ Sbobet
Stake: 7
Possible profit: 5.39
Event date: 7 March

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