Süper Lig Bursaspor vs Beşiktaş Match preview

Bursaspor – Besiktas 22.09.2014
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Bursaspor – Besiktas 22.09.2014

Bursaspor – Besiktas / Super League – The last match in the third round of the strongest Turkish league is also a derby of the round, given that it is played between Bursa which currently occupies the ninth place with three points and the famous Besiktas, which us with one point more at the sixth place in Super League. In addition, the team from Istanbul has also last year celebrated in both of their championship matches. Begins: 22.09.2014 – 20:30 CET
Bursaspor

However, in spite of that, the team from Bursa has last year ended up on a solid eighth place in the championship and they got the chance to compete in Europa League, due to suspensions of certain clubs, but they have just like the last year against the Serbian representative, Vojvodina, again disgraced themselves when they were eliminated in the second qualifying round by Tskhinvali from Georgia. All this tells us that their new coach Gunes obviously needs more time to organize this team, which was only further confirmed by their championship defeat of 2-0 in the first round of Galatasaray.

However, already in their last week’s away match at Genclerbirligi, things have looked much better and they at the end came to their first win of the season (2-1), so they will now with much greater confidence welcome their favourite team of Besiktas. As for the composition, Gunes will probably sent the same lineup to the field as in the previous round, with the provision that their goalkeeper Frey, defender Taiwo and midfielder Kiraz are all still out of action due to injuries, as well as the suspended midfielders Cinaz and Karabulut and striker Altintas.

Probable lineups Bursaspor: Tekin – Ozbayrakli, Aziz, Civelli, Behich – Tufan – Sen, Belluschi, Josue, Holmen – Fernandao
Besiktas

Unlike Bursa, Besiktas football players had a great start of the season, because they in the third qualifying round of the Champions League with two safe victoreis eliminated the Dutch Feyenoord, but they were later eliminated in the play-offs by Arsenal, although they provided very good resistance to the favoured English in both matches. But apparently they were very exhausted after these matches so they had a very hard time against Mersin and Rizespor in the first two rounds of the Turkish championship, although they eventually won four points and thus stayed right behind the leading teams.

On the other hand, four days ago, they have utterly failed at the start of the group stage in Europa League, when they played only 1-1 at home with Asteras from Greece, so their coach Bilic certainly has something to say to his players before this very demanding championship match with Bursa. As for the composition, there will probably be some minor changes, especially in attack where we expect the recovered Demba Ba, while the injured defender Kurtulus and central defender Gulum are both still out of action.

Probable lineups Besiktas: Zengin – Uysal, Franco, Sivok, Ramon Motta – Kavlak, Hutchinson – Tore, Ozyakup, Sahan – Demba Ba
Bursaspor – Besiktas PICK

Although these Turkish championship matches are always very tricky for prediction,  we have still decided to give a slight advantage to the guests from Istanbul, because they simply have much bigger ambitions than Bursa and it is thus very important that they stay close to the leading teams from the very start of the season.