Beşiktaş, which gave hope to its fans both with its play and the victories it achieved in the RAMS Başakşehir and Göztepe matches, will be the guest of the season’s flash team, Kocaelispor, in the 24th week of the Trendyol Super League. The challenging match, which will be played at Turka Vehicle Muayene Kocaeli Stadium, will start at 16.00. Referee Cihan Aydın will blow the whistle in the match. Aydın’s assistants will be İbrahim Çağlar Uyarcan and Osman Bilir. The fourth referee is Reşat Coşkunses.
ONE THOUGHT 3 POINTS
The black-white team had 12 wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats in 23 matches played in the league and started the week in 4th place with 43 points. Kartal, who wants to get a UEFA Europa League visa, aims to return from the critical away match with a victory and make it 3 out of 3 and also to gain morale before the Galatasaray derby to be played at Tüpraş Stadium on Saturday, March 7. In Beşiktaş, which has gained momentum with new transfers, all calculations were made on 3 points.
1 WIN 1 DRAW
The two teams met twice this season. Beşiktaş won the match played at Tüpraş Stadium in the first half of the Super League season, 3-1. The goals of the black-whites were scored by Rafa Silva, Cerny and Jota Silva, and the Gulf’s only point came from Tayfur Bingöl. The match played in Izmit in Ziraat Turkish Cup Group C ended in a 1-1 draw. Orkun Kökçü responded to Serdar Dursun’s penalty goal with a penalty again.
THEY MEET AFTER 16 YEARS
Kartal will duke it out with its rival in Kocaeli after 16 seasons in the Super League. The black-whites will face the green-blacks, who were relegated to the amateur group after being relegated from the Super League in 2008-2009, in Kocaeli years later. Beşiktaş won the last match between the two teams in Kocaeli in the 2008-2009 season with a score of 3-1.
3 NAMES WILL NOT WEAR THE JERSEY
The black-white team has 3 important missing points before the tough match against Kocaelispor. In addition to captain Orkun Kökçü, who is suspended for a yellow card, Emirhan Topçu and El Bilal Toure, who are injured, will remain away from the jersey. Two players with serious injuries are expected to be away from the field for 1.5 months.
SERGEN YALÇIN IS NOT IN THE CENTER
Coach Sergen Yalçın, who has a yellow card suspension, will not be able to manage Beşiktaş. The 53-year-old coach, who received his fourth yellow card in the league this season in the Göztepe match, will not be able to work on the bench in the Kocaeli away game. Assistant coach Murat Kaytaz is expected to give tactics to the black and white players on the bench.
HE HAS NOT SEEN DEFEAT FOR 4 MONTHS
Beşiktaş did not lose to its rivals in the last 15 matches played in the Super League and Turkish Cup. During this period, the black-whites played 12 matches in the league and 3 matches in the Turkish Cup, and have not seen defeat for nearly 4 months. Beşiktaş was last defeated by Fenerbahçe 3-2 on November 2, 2025.
HERE ARE THE POSSIBLE 11’S OF THE FIGHT
Kocaelispor: Gökhan, Ahmet, Smolcic, Balogh, Dijksteel, Show, Keita, Linety, Tayfur, Agyei, Petkovic
Besiktas: Ersin, Murillo, Agbadou, Djalo, Rıdvan, Ndidi, Asllani, Olaitan, Cerny, Cengiz, Oh
