Ankaragucu:
After finishing last last season, Ankaragacu was saved from relegation after the Turkish Football Federation’s decision to remove relegation, thus extending the league to 21 teams, however this season four teams will be relegated, so Ankaragacu will have to improve its game to remain a top-notch club.
Things got off to a bad start for Akaragucu and this led to their coach Fuat Capa being fired, with whom they scored just two points in their first seven games.
However, the players have responded to Mustafa Dalci, who has been promoted from assistant to head coach, with whom they have added an important point in his visit to Genclerbirligi, thus adding a three-game streak without losing where they won two of them, and in this way they have been three points from the safe zone, so this Thursday they will try to make their condition of homeowner prevail where they have won their last two commitments, although they will have to do without Michal Pazdan due to a muscle injury, while Jonathan Bolingi remains suspended after his red card against Konyaspor.
Possible lineup: Friedrich; Kitsiou, Sarlija, Dikmen, Turan; Lobzhanidze, Pinto, Cankaya, Aygoren, Cekici; Gural.
Besiktas:
Besiktas, meanwhile, finished third last season but failed to make it to the Europa League group stage after losing on penalties to Portuguese side Rio Ave in the third qualifying round.
However, those led by Sergin Yalcin have shown very good form in recent times, winning eight of their last ten games, ranking fourth with twenty-two points, four points less than leader Alanyaspor, so they are close to the coveted title and thus break that drought without winning since 2017.
One of their main weapons in the attack is Vincent Aboubakar who leads Turkey’s top scorers list with eight goals in nine games, and is coming off a double in the recent 4-0 win against Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor and wants to continue that way for remain unbeaten against Ankaragucu against whom they have not lost in their last seven direct games where they won four of them.
Possible lineup: Destanoglu; Uysal, Welinton, Vida, Yilmaz; Ghezzal, Mensah, Souza, Hutchinson, Nkdoudou; Aboubakar.
