Partizan – Besiktas Prediction & Picks (23.08.2018)

Partizan and Beşiktaş meet in Stadion Partizana, in a match for this phase of the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs). In the last 3 years there is only record of 2 direct confrontations between these two teams: one on 06-11-2014, which ended in a victory of Beşiktaş by (2-1), and a more recent on 23-10-2014, that ended in a victory of Beşiktaş by (0-4). Particular attention is required for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results at home and abroad.

Partizan:

Until reaching this stage of the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs), the home team eliminated: Nordsjælland, Trakai and Rudar. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses in away matches; against 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss at their stadium. In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Partizan have won 7, tied 2 and lost 1.

For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 6 games. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in all of the last 6 matches for this competition.

Partizan Belgrade is a club that never won a European title, having as best record a final lost in 1965/66, besides having conquered the Super League (Serbian Championship) eight times in its history, being the most recent title conquered in the season of 2016/17. In this season, the team has already gone through four previous rounds of the Europa League, eliminating teams like Viktoria Plzen and Rudar. In the last ten games that Partizan Belgrade played in their stadium, if we count all the competitions, they scored more than 1.5 goals in seven of them. We believe that in this match, by playing against an opponent who has a very strong squad, Partizan Belgrade will play an open game, with several goals scored, both by Partizan and by Besiktas.

Beşiktaş:

Until reaching this phase of the UEFA Europa League (Play-offs), the visiting team eliminated: LASK Linz and B36. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses in away matches; against 11 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss at their stadium. In their last match, for the Süper Lig, they beat BB Erzurumspor out by (1-3). In the last 10 away matches Beşiktaş has 5 wins and 5 losses. The defense has been strong and has only had goals in 1 of the last 4 matches, and their offense has scored frequently, since they have always scored at least one goal in the last 4 matches for this competition. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 4 times, but have won the first leg in 3. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 6 away matches for all competitions: they have scored 4 of their 10 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘ ).

Besiktas is a Turkish club that has thirteen titles of the Super League (1st Division of Turkey), the last of them conquered in 2016/17. In addition to these titles, the club has dozens of national cups, which makes Besiktas one of the biggest clubs in Turkish football. In this edition of the Europa League, the club eliminated Linz, from Austria, with a 1-0 home win and a 2-1 home defeat, remaining in advantage thanks to the goal scored in the opponent’s field. In the history of direct confrontations Besiktas has an advantage over Partizan Belgrade, because in two matches Besiktas won both.