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Saturday, 19 January 2013

Watch Besiktas vs Istanbul Buyuksehir Line-Ups, Preview, Picks 19th January 2013

Watch Besiktas vs Istanbul Buyuksehir Line-Ups, Preview, Picks 19th January 2013 After spectacular performance at the transfer market Beşiktaş looks like the little Real Madrid now. The team is coached by ex-Real man Bernd Schuster and he plays with the 'Real Madrid formation' where 1 defensive midfielder should do all the work at the midfield. That man is Turkey national Mehmet Aurelio and in front of him the 'stars' play. They have Mert Nobre (this one is not a star but a profilic striker), Hugo Almeida, Ricardo Quaresma, Simao Sabrosa and Guti.

As you already know from Real Madrid's that times, this type of a play is very open to high scoring games. The teams starts very motivated and finds a goal easily. But later the aged stars get tired and they become vulnerable and lose the control. In the midweek Trabzonspor tried to comeback from 2-0 but they could only score 1 goal. They were playing with their second team and even them dominated Beşiktaş at the second half.

Beşiktaş defender Ersan Gülüm is injured. He has closed the season and he will be missed for sure.

İstanbul Büyükşehir is a team which likes these big games. At the first half of the season they have beaten Beşiktaş 0-2 at İnönü Stadium. They will be aiming to repeat that and I do not expect them to do a 10 man defence. Last week they have lost 3-2 to Kayserispor.

I expect a high scoring game and I have to admit that this 2. 16 looks juicy.

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