In the last five rounds of the championship “Besiktas” made two misfires. First, the Istanbul club lost at the home arena to Trabzonspor (1:2) and then shared points away from Antalyaspor (1:1). Sergen Yalchyn’s wards managed to rehabilitate for these failures in clean sheets against Konyaspor (1:0) and Genclerbirligi (3:0) in the last round. Also on February 11th, the Eagles secured an entry into the Turkish Cup semifinals by defeating the aforementioned Konyaspor in a penalty shootout (2:1). In the championship standings Besiktas shares the second place with Fenerbahce, being three points behind the leader of Galatasaray with one game in hand.
Dynamo also made it to the Europa League playoffs thanks to the third line in the Champions League group. However, unlike their current rival, the Kyivans did not even claim to qualify for the group. In the first match against Club Brugge, Mircea Lucescu’s team looked quite solid in general, but conceded a goal from a standard and now they will have to open up and take risks in Belgium. After the fight with Brugge, the Kyivans faced a difficult fight with Desna in the Ukrainian Premier League. They failed to win this meeting. Moreover, Dynamo were able to recoup from the penalty spot in the last seconds. A 1:1 draw left Dynamo on the first line in the league table, but Shakhtar Donetsk, who won their match in the 15th round, got close to the leader by one point. More soccer analysis and predictions can be obtained from the link provided.
