04.05.2025 16:50
In the match of the week in the Super League, Fenerbahçe, who continues to chase the top spot, is hosting Beşiktaş at home. The starting lineups for the match, which will begin at 7 PM, have been announced.
In the 34th week of the Trendyol Super League, Fenerbahçe will face Beşiktaş.
The derby match will be officiated by referee Yasin Kol. Yasin Kol, a referee from the Trabzon region, officiated his first derby in his career during the Beşiktaş - Galatasaray match played at Dolmabahçe this season. The VAR referee for the Fenerbahçe - Beşiktaş derby is Dutch Richard Martens.
FORM STATUS
The yellow-blues, who have not won any derby this season, aim to please their fans by defeating Beşiktaş. The yellow-blues, managed by head coach Jose Mourinho, enter the week in 2nd place with 75 points, 5 points behind the leader Galatasaray. Fenerbahçe, who last lost to Beşiktaş, achieved 13 victories and 4 draws in the following 17 matches.
The black-and-white team entered the week in 4th place with 52 points from 31 matches in the Super League. Beşiktaş, who gained morale by defeating Atakaş Hatayspor 5-1 at home last week before the Fenerbahçe match, is calculating to win the derby and finish the league in 3rd place. Beşiktaş won the match played in the first half of the season at home 1-0.
POSSIBLE LINEUPS
Fenerbahçe: İrfan Can, Çağlar, Skriniar, Yusuf Akçiçek, Szymanski, Oğuz, Fred, İsmail, Tadic, Talisca, Dzeko
Beşiktaş: Mert, Svensson, Paulista, Masuaku, Emrecan Terzi, Hadziahmetovic, Gedson, Chamberlain, Rashica, Mustafa Hekimoğlu, Rafa Silva
THE FIRST HALF DERBY WAS WON BY BEŞİKTAŞ
The black-and-white team won the derby match in the first half of the Super League 1-0. Beşiktaş, who faced Fenerbahçe in a difficult administrative and sporting process in the 15th week of the league, left the field victorious with a score of 1-0. The goal that brought victory to the "Black Eagle" was scored by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the second half.
INJURIES IN FENERBAHÇE
Fenerbahçe will be without 4 players for the Beşiktaş derby. In the yellow-blues, in addition to the yellow card suspension of Filip Kostic, injured players Mert Hakan Yandaş, Sofyan Amrabat, and Allan Saint-Maximin are not included in the squad. It has been learned that the situation of Mert Müldür, whose treatment has been completed, will be decided at match time.
INJURIES IN BEŞİKTAŞ
The defensive absences of the black-and-white team are concerning the coaching staff before the Fenerbahçe derby. The health committee will decide whether injured defenders Emirhan Topçu and Gabriel Paulista, as well as Felix Uduokhai, who returned to training this week, will play in the derby. It is not expected that Necip Uysal, who continues to train with the team, will play in the derby. Bakhtiyor Zaynutdinov, who has been away from the team for a long time, along with Elan Ricardo and Ernest Muçi, who are still undergoing treatment, will also miss the derby.
361st MEETING
The yellow-blues and the black-and-white team, who will share their strengths in the derby to be played at Ülker Stadium, have faced each other 360 times in Turkish football history to date. In the competition that started with Fenerbahçe's 4-0 victory on November 28, 1924, the yellow-blues have a notable advantage in terms of the number of victories and goals. In these matches, Fenerbahçe has won 135 times, while Beşiktaş has won 128 times. 97 matches ended in a draw. In this fierce rivalry, Fenerbahçe has scored 499 goals, while Beşiktaş has scored 458 goals.