Besiktas Istanbul vs Istanbul BB
Match details. Besiktas Istanbul host Istanbul BB in Super Lig Regular Season - 9 on Mon 26 Oct. Kick-off is set for 17:00 Lagos time at Tüpraş Stadyumu, İstanbul. The referee in charge is U. Ozturk.
What's at stake. Besiktas Istanbul are 6th on 15 points after 8 games, level on points with Kocaelispor and 1 point behind Kasımpaşa. A win would take them above Kasımpaşa. Istanbul BB sit 12th on 11 points after 8 games, 1 point clear of Rizespor and 1 point behind Alanyaspor, whom they can pass with a victory.
Team news. Besiktas Istanbul are without O. Kokcu with a foot injury, M. Rashica with a muscle injury, and F. Miretti through injury. Istanbul BB will be missing C. Operi and J. Opoku as both are inactive.
Form. Besiktas Istanbul have won five and lost three of their last eight, taking 1.9 points a game. Their last five overall read L W L W W, while their competition run is L W L W W W. Istanbul BB have three wins, two draws and three losses from eight, picking up 1.4 points a game with a W D W L L form line.
The numbers. Besiktas Istanbul score two and concede 1.2 a game over their last eight, keeping two clean sheets. They average 17.8 shots (6.4 on target), 7.5 corners and 2.5 cards a game with 62% of the ball. Istanbul BB score 1.5 and concede 1.5 a game, averaging 12.4 shots (4.0 on target), 4.4 corners and 2.6 cards with 52% possession.
Head to head. Besiktas Istanbul have won four, drawn three and lost three of the last ten meetings. Four of those ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in five. When they last met on 15 Feb 2026, Besiktas Istanbul won 3-2 despite having 44% of the ball, 13 shots to 14, and four yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. The odds board makes it 72% against the records' 50%. Their goals for and against point to a tight game, though their records put over 2.5 goals at 55%. That said, six of the last ten meetings went under 2.5 goals.
The read. No firm call: Besiktas Istanbul are the better side, but not at this price. Besiktas Istanbul are the stronger side on form and in the table. Both teams' records favour Besiktas Istanbul, and the head-to-head meetings favour them too.
The bets. No bet on this one: too close to call. Leave: Istanbul BB Under 1.5 goals (Istanbul BB's own games don't back it (4 of 8)). Predicted score: Besiktas Istanbul 1-1 Istanbul BB (13% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the Model's table).