Besiktas vs Crystal Palace Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check: goals at both ends

Besiktas's log of 20 matches across all competitions shows 12 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats, with 35 goals scored and 19 conceded. That's a healthy return, though it blends Süper Lig games with Europa League ties and pre-season friendlies, so it's not a pure league picture.

Besiktas: 20 completed matches; Crystal Palace: 20 completed matches.

Besiktas

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

19

Difference

+16

Crystal Palace

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

31

Conceded

33

Difference

-2

Crystal Palace's equivalent sample reads 8 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from 20 games, with 31 scored and 33 conceded. It's a tighter picture than Besiktas's, and their goal difference is negative rather than positive.

Besiktas look sharper in front of goal on this sample, though Palace's games have come against tougher Premier League opposition on the whole.

Comparative Team Statistics: Besiktas vs Crystal Palace

Where they sit in the league phase

Both clubs began this season's Europa League league phase with wins - Besiktas beating Marseille 4-1 and Crystal Palace putting four past Lech Poznan without reply. That leaves them level on three points, though Palace's cleaner sheet has them a couple of places higher in the early table.

It's only one round of league-phase games each, so the positions could easily shift by the time these two meet.

Squad notes

Besiktas's scoring has been shared around - Václav Černý, Fakili and Murillo all have a single goal apiece from their recent sample, while Olaitan and Kökçü have two assists each. Oh Hyeon-Gyu and Černý have also picked up a couple of yellow cards along the way.

Besiktas:

Best scorers:

V. Černý - 1

I. Fakili - 1

A. Murillo - 1

Best assist providers:

J. Olaitan - 2

O. Kökçü - 2

Penalty cards:

K. Ouattara x 1 x 1

Oh Hyeon-Gyu x 2

V. Černý x 2

Crystal Palace:

Best assist providers:

D. McNeil - 1

There isn't much comparable detail for Crystal Palace here, just a single assist credited to Daniel McNeil in one match, which doesn't tell us a great deal about the wider squad.

What might decide it

Both sides have looked capable of scoring in their league-phase openers, and neither's broader recent form suggests a watertight defence. That points towards a game where goals at both ends are plausible rather than a tight, low-scoring affair.

This one is still some weeks away from when this was written, so squad news and form on both sides could well look different by kickoff. Anything drawn from the current picture is a rough guide rather than a settled read.