Match Report
Before the match
Beşiktaş: three wins and two defeats over five games; 13 goals scored, seven conceded. Amed were their latest opponents, away on 20 September: a 3-2 defeat; their biggest win in that spell was 6-2 at home to Çorum FK on 31 August.
Playing away from home against Amed (Süper Lig), Beşiktaş finished 2-3 on 20 September. Their score comprised two goals, against three from the opposition. 11 September: Beşiktaş won 3-0 against Erzurumspor FK at home in Süper Lig, scoring three goals and allowing zero. Against Fenerbahçe in Süper Lig, Beşiktaş scored two and conceded one on 5 September; the away from home result was 2-1. Beşiktaş's at home game on 31 August (Süper Lig) ended 6-2 against Çorum FK, with six goals for and two against. On 23 August, Alanyaspor faced Beşiktaş in Süper Lig: Beşiktaş lost 0-1 away from home, having scored zero and conceded one.
seven goals for and two against accompanied Kocaelispor's four wins and one defeat across five outings, keeping three clean sheets. A 2-0 win at home to Gaziantep FK (19 September) was their most recent result.
Kocaelispor's at home game on 19 September (Süper Lig) ended 2-0 against Gaziantep FK, with two goals for and zero against. On 13 September, Galatasaray faced Kocaelispor in Süper Lig: Kocaelispor lost 0-1 away from home, having scored zero and conceded one. Süper Lig, 6 September brought a home meeting with Samsunspor; Kocaelispor won 1-0, a return of one goal scored and zero conceded. Kocaelispor visited Konyaspor on 29 August (Süper Lig) and won 2-1; their goals totalled two, compared with one conceded. Amed travelled to face Kocaelispor (Süper Lig) on 24 August. For Kocaelispor, the score was 2-0: two goals scored, zero allowed.
The last two recorded meetings were a 1-0 away win for Beşiktaş on 28 February and a 3-1 home win for Beşiktaş on 29 September 2025.
After the match
Beşiktaş edged past Kocaelispor 2-1 on 11 October 2026. O. Kokcu opened the scoring in the 18th minute for Beşiktaş, set up by V. Cerny, to make it 1-0. Show levelled it in the 27th minute for Kocaelispor to make it 1-1. Beşiktaş regained the lead through D. Vlahovic from the penalty spot in the 31st minute to make it 2-1. T. Bingol (29'), S. Oztasdelen (78') and L. Trossard (78') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Beşiktaş 208 points stronger than Kocaelispor. All the scoring was done by half time. Beşiktaş: 73.6% to win this pairing in the model on current ratings; the match ended in their favour. Beşiktaş picked up one yellow card. The substitution total for Beşiktaş was five. two yellow cards went to Kocaelispor. The substitution total for Kocaelispor was five.