Besiktas vs Hapoel Beer Sheva Prediction

Form guide: Besiktas motoring, Hapoel stop-start

Besiktas have won 13 of their last 20 matches across competitions, drawing twice and losing five, with 38 goals scored against 20 conceded. That run includes recent wins over Başakşehir, Trabzonspor and Alanyaspor, plus a tight 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace in the Europa League and a 2-3 loss at home to Hoffenheim.

Besiktas: 20 completed matches; Hapoel Beer Sheva: 20 completed matches.

Besiktas

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

38

Conceded

20

Difference

+18

Hapoel Beer Sheva

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

34

Difference

-4

Hapoel Beer Sheva's record over the same length of sample is far choppier: 10 wins, two draws and eight losses from 20 games, with 30 scored and 34 conceded. They've shown they can hurt bigger sides in Europe, winning 5-2 away at Maccabi Haifa and 4-0 away at Union Saint-Gilloise, but they've also shipped heavy defeats, including a 1-4 loss away to Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Besiktas look the more settled side on recent sample, but Hapoel's defence has been leaky enough to concede goals even in winning performances.

Comparative Team Statistics: Besiktas vs Hapoel Beer Sheva

Past meetings: ancient history

These two sides have met twice before, both in the Europa League back in February 2017. Besiktas won 2-1 at home, and Hapoel won 3-1 in the reverse fixture at their own ground.

That's nearly a decade ago now, with completely different squads and circumstances on both sides, so it tells us very little about how this version of either team will perform.

Europa League league phase table

In the early league phase standings, Besiktas sit fourth with six points from two matches, having scored seven and conceded three. Hapoel Beer Sheva are down in 25th with a single point from their two games, scoring once and conceding twice.

It's only two rounds in, so there's plenty of competition still to play out, but it does show Besiktas have started their European campaign well while Hapoel have found it tougher going.

Besiktas's key men

From the player data available, Besiktas's goals in the league phase have been shared around, with V. Černý, I. Fakili and A. Murillo each contributing one goal apiece. J. Olaitan and O. Kökçü lead the assist charts with two each.

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

On discipline, Oh Hyeon-Gyu and Černý have both picked up two yellow cards already in the league phase. There's no comparable player breakdown available for Hapoel Beer Sheva in this dataset.