Beşiktaş and Galatasaray take the field for their 358th meeting

Beşiktaş and Galatasaray, who will compete in the big match of the 29th week of the Süper Lig, will be rivals for the 358th time in history.

In the rivalry that began with Beşiktaş's 2-0 victory at Taksim Stadium on August 22, 1924, the yellow-reds have won 128 of the remaining 357 matches, while the black-whites have won 115. The rivals' 114 encounters ended in a draw.

In the historic rivalry between the sides, Beşiktaş has responded with 470 goals to Galatasaray's 498 goals.

GALATASARAY HAS THE UPPER HAND IN THE LEAGUE

The yellow-red team holds the advantage in the 133 matches played between Galatasaray and Beşiktaş in the league.

In the matches where the two teams faced each other in the Süper Lig, Galatasaray left the field victorious 51 times, while Beşiktaş did so 39 times. While the sides could not break the deadlock in 43 matches, the yellow-reds found the net 164 times, and the black-whites 141 times.

GALATASARAY WON THE LAST 3 LEAGUE MATCHES

Galatasaray has won its last 3 league matches against Beşiktaş.

In the historic rivalry that has spanned over a century, the black-white team achieved its last victory in Süper Lig matches on April 30, 2023, with a 3-1 score at home. In the subsequent league matches, Galatasaray was the winning side with scores of 2-1 at home, 1-0 away, and 2-1 at home, respectively.

Beşiktaş will fight in today's match both to end this 3-match losing streak and to hand its rival its first league defeat of this season.

3RD MEETING THIS SEASON

Beşiktaş and Galatasaray will face each other for the third time this season.

The two teams had their first meeting of this season in the Turkcell Super Cup in August. The black-whites, who won the derby played at Atatürk Olympic Stadium 5-0, made a good start to the season with this score.

The match played in the first half of the Süper Lig brought the teams together for the second time. Galatasaray won the match played at RAMS Park 2-1.

MATCHES AT TÜPRAŞ STADIUM

Beşiktaş draws attention with the superiority it has established over Galatasaray at Tüpraş Stadium, which opened in 2016.

The first derby played between the two teams at this stadium on September 24, 2016, ended in a 2-2 draw. The black-white team left the field victorious in the 6 derbies played in Dolmabahçe afterwards. Galatasaray experienced its first and only victory in Dolmabahçe last season with a 1-0 score.

In these 8 encounters, Beşiktaş found the net 14 times, while Galatasaray could score 5 goals.

While the black-whites celebrated goals in 7 of the 8 matches played at Tüpraş Stadium, the yellow-reds were able to find the net in only 4 matches.

News Source: AA