What happened in Turkish football today? 27/01/2023

Besiktas has got confident win with mediocre tempo against Alanyaspor

Besiktas has got a confident win against Alanyaspor as the game has been played at mediocre tempo for most amount of the game as Besiktas for most amount of the game has controlled tempo and possession of the game.

It could be argued when looking at the game if Besiktas has showed especially extraordinary performance but it has been much better side compare to Alanyaspor and did look to be more focussed into game and wanting into more. It still could be stated that until 2:0 scoreline of the game, game has been in between as both sides did get some good possession as Alanyaspor could both get ahead and equalise as Besiktas goalkeeper Cenk Gonen had a very important saves and hence not letting Alanyaspor to get back into the game. Still, compare to previous game with possibility of playing at home, willingness of players and also Vincent Aboubakar starting game, Besiktas has been pretty creative and willing at the attack as among scoring goals, it did also get other opportunities. It has also been important for Dele Alli, regardless how that goal did come up, to score his 1st opening goal and possibly that would provide willingness and confidence for upcoming game. Besiktas also did improve from previous season and among winning 5-games, has also shown with game that it would fight for title until end of the season.

Even through Alanyaspor did get number of great chances during 1st half, it needs to be stated that there expectations from side to provide much more effective performance but with conceding goals it did lose concentration and motivation. This game could lead for side to learn some lessons for sure.

Besiktas hence got an important win with playing most of the time at mediocre tempo and has raised winning run to 5 games and is being 7 points behind leaders with 2 games in hand.

Giresunspor will provide brave game against Galatasaray.

Galatasaray would be coming out to one of the most tough away games during this season as it would be playing against Giresunspor who tends to show strong performance against bigh 4 clubs with getting surprising results.

It needs to be stated that even through Galatasaray does come out to the game with 9-game run at the league, this should not be confused with factor that this team is being unbeatable as during this period in some of the games,including last week, it has got won due of quality factor and also luck. With Giresunspor aiming to show brave positive attacking game with focussed defensive game, it has provide some serious issues towards Galatasaray as long as it stays focussed and organised. Galatasaray hence needs to be aware of this and possibly provide an extra effort with being focussed for 90 minutes of the game if it wants to continue its winning run.

Galatasaray without doubt are being favourites but it would not be an easy game for them at all as Giresunspor tends to get surprising results.

Hatayspor will aim for surprise against Trabzonspor 

When looking into the table and without statistical aspects, Trabzonspor would be coming out as favourites against Hatayspor but it needs to be reminded that it does get unwanted results at away games this season.

Without doubt, main aim for Trabzonspor would be in this game to overgo its poor performance at away games during this season and hence would need to focus into strong attacking game and creativity without forgetting about defence. Even through on first glance Trabzonspor are being strong favourites, Hatayspor would see this game as possibly motivational boost and also extra 3 points and would likely get extra confident and motivated at the game when looking into an away form of Trabzonspor. Hence, Trabzonspor will need to be organised and aim to get through its away game performance.

Trabzonspor are favourites but pressure from recent away games could have negative impact into team.

Results:

Turkish Super League, 21st week:

Besiktas 3:0 Alanyaspor

Schedule:

Turkish Super League, 21st week:

13:30 Sivasspor - Adana Demirspor

16:00 Ankaragucu - Gaziantep

16:00 Hatayspor - Trabzonspor

19:00 Antalyaspor - Umraniyespor 

19:00 Giresunspor - Galatasaray

In other news:

- Gaziantep has terminated contract with Erol Bulut.

- Sivasspor has signed Girona player Samu Sainz for 1.5 years

- Fenerbahce has made transfer with Parma player Jayden Oosterwelde.

- Basaksehirspor has made transfer deal with Caner Erkin for 1.5 years.

- DynamoKyiv has declined transfer offer from Ankaragucu for Tomasz Kedziora

- Hatyaspor has loaned Greuther Furth player Jeremy Dudziak.

- Fenerbahce has made extension deal with its player Altay Bayindir with salary expected to be more than 20 million euro.

- Besiktas are interested to transfer Sevilla player Thomas Delaney

- Galatasaray are interested to transfer Bayer Leverkusen player Serdar Azmoun.

- Hatayspor are interested to transfer Fenerbahce player Lincoln Henrique

- Galatasaray and Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Dinamo Zagreb player Bruno Petkovic.

- Basaksehirspor are interested to transfer Benfica player Gil Dias.

- Zenit has declined Besiktas transfer offer for Wilmar Barrios

- Monza has raised transfer offer from 2.5 million euro to 3.5 million euro for Besiktas player Valentin Rosier.

- Galatasaray has offered 4.5 million euro for Reims player Andreaw Gravillon for 4.5 years contract

- Gaziantep has allowed its player Alin Tosca to have transfer negotiations with Benevento.