A notable detail in the Beşiktaş-Galatasaray derby: A first for 11 players
In the derby where Beşiktaş will host Galatasaray on Sunday, March 3, in the 28th week of the Super Lig, a total of 11 players will play in a match between the two teams for the first time if they are given the task.
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From the black-and-whites' extensive squad since the beginning of the season, Demir Ege Tıknaz, Semih Kılıçsoy, and Serkan Emrecan Terzi will play in a derby for the first time if they are assigned to the task.
Jonas Svensson, Joe Worrall, Al-Musrati, and Ernest Muçi, who transferred to Beşiktaş in January, will also play against Galatasaray for the first time for the black-and-white team, depending on Fernando Santos's squad selection.
For the yellow-reds, Serge Aurier, Eyüp Aydın, Derrick Köhn, and Carlos Vinicius will compete in a derby for the first time if they are chosen by Okan Buruk.
NECİP UYSAL HAS PLAYED THE MOST
Necip Uysal has become the player with the most appearances in the Galatasaray derby in the black-and-whites' current squad.
Necip Uysal, who rose to the A-team at Beşiktaş in the 2009-2010 season, is the player with the most appearances against Galatasaray in the current squad. The experienced player has taken part in 16 matches against the yellow-reds. Necip Uysal, who is spending his 15th season at Beşiktaş, is followed by Cenk Tosun with 9 matches, and Rachid Ghezzal and Ersin Destanoğlu with 5 matches each.
RASHICA AGAINST HIS FORMER TEAM
The black-and-whites' Kosovar star Milot Rashica will play against Galatasaray for the second time if his coach assigns him the task.
Milot Rashica, who spent last year on loan at Galatasaray and transferred to Beşiktaş from the English team Norwich City in the summer of 2023, will play against his former team Galatasaray for the second time if coach Fernando Santos gives him the task. Rashica, who also played in the match they lost 2-1 in the first half of the league, had scored 6 goals in 30 matches with the yellow-red jersey last season.
Another former player of the yellow-reds, Gedson Fernandes, will not be able to take part in the match due to a yellow card suspension.
THE MUSLERA EFFECT!
Galatasaray's goalkeeper Fernando Muslera has become the person who has experienced the atmosphere of the Beşiktaş derby the most in the yellow-reds' current squad.
The Uruguayan goalkeeper, who transferred to the yellow-reds from the Italian team Lazio in the summer of 2011, has experienced 12 wins, 5 draws, and 8 losses in the 25 Beşiktaş derbies he has played in the league.
On the other hand, while Kerem Aktürkoğlu has been on the field against the black-and-white team 6 times, Victor Nelsson and Barış Alper Yılmaz have played in this derby 4 times each.
ICARDI DID NOT LEAVE BEŞİKTAŞ EMPTY-HANDED EITHER
Galatasaray's Argentine striker Mauro Icardi has found the net in all the matches he has played against Beşiktaş.
The experienced center-forward became the player who scored the most goals against the black-and-whites by scoring 5 goals in 3 matches. Icardi was followed by Kerem Aktürkoğlu, who shook the Beşiktaş net 2 times.
In Beşiktaş's current squad, exactly 5 players have scored against Galatasaray. Among these players, Cenk Tosun, who has 3 goals in 9 matches, stood out. Cenk Tosun was followed by Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain, Rachid Ghezzal, Vincent Aboubakar, and Amir Hadziahmetovic with 1 goal each.