Besiktas has played a lot on the 37th match day of the Süper Lig. The team of trainer Sergen Yalçin won on Saturday evening with no less than 7-0 against number six Hatayspor and the counter now stands at 81 points. The lead over Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray, who both played a game less, is eight and nine points: 73 and 72. If Fenerbahçe does not win on Monday, Besiktas can take the national title in Turkey next weekend in the away match against Galatasaray. .
The start of Hatayspor, the revelation of the season in Turkey, was nothing short of disastrous. After two minutes of play, Babajide David Akintola headed the ball from a corner beautifully into the far corner behind his own goalkeeper: 1-0. After eleven minutes, the visitors lost the ball a few meters from their own penalty area and in the end, after a few smooth combinations, Cyle Larin shot the ball from close range behind goalkeeper Munir: 2-0.
After fourteen minutes of play, the 3-0 already appeared on the scoreboard: Adem Ljajic passed the ball well to Larin, who worked the ball past Munir. Akintola had the connection goal on his shoe, but he shot goalkeeper Ersin Destanoglu from close range. Towards half time, Besiktas increased the advantageous margin: a shot by Georges-Kévin N’Koudou ended in the short corner and youngster Ridvan Yilmaz slipped in 5-0 for the list leader just before half time.
The score rose even higher after half time via Larin. The attacker received his third goal of the evening as a gift when a return ball from Yusuf Abdioglu on Munir was far too short: 6-0. The Canadian slipped in his fourth goal of the evening after more than an hour of play when Valentin Rosier passed the ball low from the right to the goal mouth: 7-0.
Galatasaray will play at low flyer number twenty Gençlerbirligi on Sunday, while Fenerbahçe will play against number nineteen Erzurum BB on Monday in-house. In Turkey the mutual result is decisive. Besiktas won this season 3-4 at Fenerbahçe and remained 1-1 at home. The home game with Galatasaray was won 2-0.
| No. | Team | M. | W. | G. | V. | +/- | Pnt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Besiktas | 37 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 81 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 36 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 73 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 36 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 72 |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 37 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 64 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 57 |
| 6 | Hatayspor | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 57 |
| 7 | Sivasspor | 36 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 55 |
| 8 | Gaziantep BB | 36 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 54 |
| 9 | Fatih Karagümrük | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 51 |
| 10 | Göztepe | 36 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 48 |
| 11 | Antalyaspor | 37 | 9 | 16 | 12 | -12 | 43 |
| 12 | Konyaspor | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | -4 | 42 |
| 13 | Rizespor | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | -12 | 42 |
| 14 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 36 | 9 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 40 |
| 15 | Medipol Basaksehir | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 40 |
| 16 | Ankaragücü | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | -14 | 38 |
| 17 | Kayserispor | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | -16 | 38 |
| 18 | Kasımpaşa | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | -15 | 37 |
| 19 | BB Erzurumspor | 37 | 9 | 10 | 18 | -22 | 37 |
| 20 | Gençlerbirligi | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | -27 | 35 |
| 21 | Denizlispor | 36 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -30 | 28 |