Besiktas vs Kocaelispor Prediction & Betting Tips

Similar league form, different routes

Beşiktaş's last six league games read four wins and two losses. There was a comfortable 6-2 home win over Çorum and an away success at Fenerbahçe, but also defeats to Alanyaspor and, most recently, Amed. They've also been juggling Europa League football, which has kept their schedule busy.

Besiktas: 20 completed matches; Kocaelispor: 20 completed matches.

Besiktas

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

35

Conceded

19

Difference

+16

Kocaelispor

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

55% 11 / 20

Scored

12

Conceded

23

Difference

-11

Kocaelispor's league record over the same stretch is also four wins and two losses. They beat Konyaspor away and have now won their last match, a 2-0 home win over Gaziantep, after a defeat to Galatasaray the game before that.

Both teams arrive with almost identical recent league records, so form alone doesn't separate them.

Comparative Team Statistics: Besiktas vs Kocaelispor

Beşiktaş with the recent upper hand

The last three meetings have gone Beşiktaş's way, or at worst been level. They won 3-1 at home in the league last September, then drew 1-1 in a cup tie in February before winning 1-0 away in the return league fixture.

It's a small sample and some of it is from a different competition, but Beşiktaş haven't lost to Kocaelispor in any of these recent head-to-heads.

Two teams level on points

After six Süper Lig games each, Beşiktaş sit third with 12 points and Kocaelispor fourth, also on 12. It's an early-season snapshot rather than a settled picture, but it shows neither side has a clear edge in results so far.

Where they differ slightly is goal difference. Beşiktaş have scored 14 and conceded 7, while Kocaelispor's numbers are 7 for and 4 against. Beşiktaş have been the more free-scoring of the two, even if both have kept things reasonably tight at the back.

Points-wise it's dead level, but Beşiktaş have the better underlying goal difference.

Vlahović the standout, Trossard a doubt

Dušan Vlahović has been in sharp form for Beşiktaş, with five goals in his last four appearances. Kökçü and Olaitan have both chipped in with assists, though Kökçü is picking up yellow cards at a fairly steady rate.

Besiktas:

Best scorers:

D. Vlahović - 5

V. Černý - 2

Best assist providers:

O. Kökçü - 2

J. Olaitan - 2

Penalty cards:

O. Kökçü x 3

Injury list:

L. Trossard

Kocaelispor:

Best scorers:

B. Kutlu - 2

Kocaelispor's top scorer, Kutlu, has two goals in six games, a much quieter return by comparison. On the injury front, Leandro Trossard is listed as a fitness doubt for Beşiktaş, which is worth keeping an eye on given how influential their attack has been.