Бешикташ против Истанбул Башакшехир

Beşiktaş host Başakşehir in round nine of the Süper Lig with a clear gap between them. The home side are in the top four on 15 points after seven games. The visitors have 8 points and sit around 11th. Beşiktaş beat Kocaelispor 2-1 on 11 October. Orkun Kökçü scored from the edge of the box and Dusan Vlahovic converted a penalty. They have won four of their last five matches, scoring 14 goals and conceding seven. Başakşehir have one win, two draws and two defeats in their last five, with seven scored and nine conceded. The sides last met in February, when Beşiktaş won 3-2 away. Before this fixture Başakşehir play Gaziantep and Beşiktaş visit Trabzonspor, so both teams will arrive with another result behind them. Our prediction: 2-1