Beşiktaş 2-1 Galatasaray: result and report
Super Lig · Sunday 24 May 2009
Result
Beşiktaş 2-1 Galatasaray
Super Lig · Sunday 24 May 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Beşiktaş 2-1 Galatasaray: match report
Beşiktaş defeated Galatasaray 2-1 in the Super Lig on Sunday 24 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Beşiktaş's goals came from an own goal by Mehmet Topal (40') and Yusuf Şimşek (58'). Galatasaray scored through Harry Kewell (48').
Discipline: Beşiktaş received 4 yellow cards; Galatasaray received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Beşiktaş were 1st on 65 points from 32 and Galatasaray 4th on 58 points from 32. Beşiktaş went on to finish that season 1st with 71 points, and Galatasaray 5th with 61.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Beşiktaş wins, 0 draws and 3 for Galatasaray.
Going into the match Beşiktaş's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Galatasaray's W-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Emre Asik
- 40'Own goal · Mehmet Topal
- 44'Yellow card · Sabri Sarioğlu
- 48'Goal · Harry Kewell
- 53'Yellow card · Yusuf Şimşek
- 58'Goal · Yusuf Şimşek
- 67'Yellow card · Fabian Ernst
- 78'Yellow card · Tomáš Sivok
- 83'Yellow card · Hakan Arikan
Head-to-head
Team news
Beşiktaş line-up
Rustu Recber, Gökhan Zan, Tomáš Sivok, Ekrem Dag, Ibrahim Toraman, Edouard Cisse, Rodrigo Tello Valenzuela, Fabian Ernst, Filip Hološko, Bobô, İbrahim Üzülmez
Galatasaray line-up
Orkun Usak, Emre Asik, Hakan Kadir Balta, Sabri Sarioğlu, Baris Özbek, Ayhan Akman, Arda Turan, Milan Baros, Shabani Nonda, Mehmet Topal, Harry Kewell