Fenerbahçe vs Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş left the Şükrü Saracoğlu with a 1-2 win that felt fully deserved on the balance of play. Fenerbahçe had matched them for a spell and led at the break after the sides went in level at 1-1, but the visitors always looked the sharper side in the final third. They finished with 14 shots to the hosts' 9, and six of those found the target compared to just two from Fenerbahçe, numbers that tell you where the game was really won and lost. Oğuzhan Kökçü was at the heart of it all for Beşiktaş, pulling the strings from midfield and picking up the Man of the Match award for his efforts. Beşiktaş also dominated the corner count, seven to two, a sign of how often they forced their way into dangerous areas even without controlling the ball outright. For Fenerbahçe, there's plenty to work on before the next fixture. For Beşiktaş, this was the kind of away performance that builds real belief.

Beşiktaş beat Fenerbahçe 1-2 at Chobani Stadium, and the numbers from the match back up how the game played out. Even without the extra share of possession, which finished 46% in favour of Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş made the most of the chances that mattered and did enough to see the game out. The shot count told a similar story, with 9 attempts from Fenerbahçe against 14 from Beşiktaş over the course of the game. Fenerbahçe had their moments and did not make it easy from start to finish, but ultimately came up short on the day. Small margins like this one tend to add up over a season, and results such as this are often what separates teams in the table further down the line. Here is a closer look at exactly how the two sides compared, statistically.